London Cardinals Toastmasters

Feature

Technical Presentations

Speech objectives

1. The technical briefing (timed at 8-10 minutes)

• Using a systematic approach, organise technical material into a concise presentation
• Tailor the presentation to the audience’s needs, interests and knowledge levels

2. The proposal (timed at 8-10 minutes (speech), 3-5 minutes (question period))

• To prepare a technical presetnation advocating aproduct, service, idea or course of action
• To present your viewpoint logically and convincingly, using an inverted-pyramid approach
• To effectively use a flipchart to illustrate your message
• To effectively handle a question and answer period

3. The non-technical audience (timed at 10-12 minutes)

• Understand the principles of communicating complext information to non-technical listeners
• Build and deliver an interesting talk based on these principles
• Answer audience question that arise during the presentation
• Use overhead transparencies to illustrate your message

4. Presenting a technical paper (timed at 10-12 minutes)

• Deliver an interesting speech based on a technical paper or article
• Effectictively use a flipchart, overhead projector or slides to illustrate your message

5. The technical team presentation (timed at 10-30 minutes)

• Understand the nature and process of a team technical presentation
• Conceptualise a briefing or proposal involving three or more speakers, including yourself
• Assemble a team of club members capable of getting the job done
• Orchestrate the planning, preparation and delivery of a team technical presentation