Oral communication excellence for engineers and scientists : based on executive input /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Norback, Judith Shaul
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, [2013]
Series:	Synthesis lectures on professionalism and career advancement for scientists and engineers ; # 3.
Subjects:	Business communication. Communication in science. Communication of technical information. Oral communication. Public speaking. communication skills engineering communication engineering oral communication engineering presentation executive communication executive input on communication industry communication industry-related communication leadership communication leadership oral communication leadership skills on-the-job communication oral communication public speaking science communication science oral communication science presentation workplace communication workplace oral communication workplace presentation Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Background preparation
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Learning about your audience
2.3 Collecting specific kinds of audience information
2.3.1 How many people will (or could) be in your audience?
2.3.2 What connection does each audience member have with your presentation?
2.3.3 Is the background of your audience members technical, non-technical, or both?
2.3.4 How much does each audience member know about your topic? What do they understand the problem to be?
2.3.5 What does each person expect you to do, and what do they expect to get out of the presentation?
2.3.6 What does each audience member value most?
2.3.7 What is the relative authority level of each audience member?
2.4 The setting for your presentation
2.5 Avoiding notes
2.5.1 Using a laser slide-advancer
3. Presentation: customizing to your audience
3.1 Initial audience connection
3.2 Using appropriate language
3.2.1 Clearly defining and explaining technical terms
3.2.2 Using acronyms or abbreviations carefully
3.2.3 Using appropriate grammar and spelling
3.3 Relevant details
3.4 Taking questions
4. Presentation: telling your story
4.1 Sequencing
4.1.1 Storyboarding
4.1.2 Making transitions
4.2 Emphasizing the key points
4.3 Context
4.4 Sensitivity to time
5. Presentation: displaying key information
5.1 Layout and design
5.1.1 Slides with bullet points and more
5.1.2 Slides with color
5.1.3 Slides with information highlighted
5.2 Focused content
5.3 Amount of text
5.4 Engaging graphics
5.4.1 Charts
5.4.2 Slides with graphs and other graphics
6. Delivering the presentation
6.1 First/last impressions
6.2 Flow
6.2.1 Avoiding memorization
6.2.2 Avoiding the use of "um's"
6.3 Elaboration
6.4 Stature
6.5 Vocal quality
6.5.1 Tone
6.5.2 Volume
6.5.3 Inflection
6.5.4 Pace
6.6 Personal presence
6.6.1 Energy
6.6.2 Eye contact
6.6.3 Movement
7. Other oral communication skills
7.1 Challenges in oral communication
7.2 Choosing the right medium for supplementing your oral communication
7.3 Cross-cultural communication
7.4 Listening
7.5 Oral communication by phone
7.6 Oral communication in meetings
7.7 Oral communication in teams
7.8 Using oral communication to build social networks on the job
8. Advanced oral communication skills
8.1 Making effective elevator talks
8.2 Creating and presenting an effective poster
8.2.1 Guidelines for creating posters
8.2.2 Preparing to present your poster
References
About the author.