Please write a 1-page analysis on the information the speaker presented and what stood out most to you from this presentation.
Here are the notes that i took from the presentation, please feel free to use your imagination along with the notes to fulfill this assignment.
SPEAKER PROFILE
Tara Lea is the Executive Director of the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce, a position she has held since August 1, 2016. In that role, Lea manages the strategic, fiscal and programmatic goals for the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. She also serves as the spokesperson for the Chamber throughout the region. With almost 600 members the Fremont Area Chamber is the sixth largest and one of the oldest Chambers in the state of Nebraska.
Lea previously served as the President of the Ralston Area Chamber of Commerce, a 275-member organization dedicated to creating business and community vitality. She had a very active role in creating the Ralston 20 Year Development Plan. Prior to joining the Chamber industry, Tara was employed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Professional Golf Management program as the Educational Specialist recruiting students from across the country to make Nebraska their home.
Tara has served as a board member for a variety of civic and government organizations. She was elected to the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Executives and the Mid America Chamber of Commerce Executives Board of Directors by her peers and is the currently past chairman of both organizations. Lea has been recognized for both service and professional leadership through the Midlands Business Journals 40 under 40 Leadership Award.
Ms. Lea earned her Bachelors of Journalism in Broadcasting and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from the University of Nebraska
PRESENTATION NOTES
How to prepare a verbal or written message/presentation?
You need to figure out your main idea
You have to get your experts and the people you are going to interview
Finally, you have to make the interview happen in the most professional possible way.
Tara makes a lot of public speaking, at least twice a week.
The getting awesome at communicating plan…
Identify strategies
What makes a good presentation?
Match the message to the audience
Match the content and delivery to the purpose
Deliver in clear and engaging message
Preparing a presentation 3 Step Plan
Plan – Develop – Write
Plan
- Determine occasion and goal
- Learn about the audience
- Room size, equipment, time constraints, and other speakers
- Type of speech/document
- Outline the presentation – Intro, topic, clarify your opinion, identify key messages and then establish logical sequence
- Identify information or research required to support key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- 1st for content, organization, style
- 2nd for mechanical errors
- 3rd of nonroutine and complex
Develop
Write
Introduction
Quote – What if? – Imagine
Question – Silence – Stat – Powerful Statement
You have to catch your audience attention since the first moment of your presentation. A question could be a good example idea of how to achieve so.
Discussion
Present your main topics using stats, details, and analysis
To stir emotion, let your enthusiasm and sincerity show
Use vivid language
Personalize your message through anecdotes or examples
Conclusion
It is always fun to finish with some kind of memorable statement. Something that really catches your audience in full.
Practice
Don’t be afraid to practice, it is always so useful and listening to yourself or having someone to present it to is actually a great idea to go with more confidence and relaxation to your presentation
Things practice
Stand upright and relaxed
Make eye contact with people in various parts of the room
Try to gesture an average of twice in each sentence
Turn your torso yo face various parts of the audience
Use volume, pitch, and emphasize to maximize your message
Anxiety
Public speaking is statically proven as one of the scariest things to do in the USA
Don’t be nervous
Gain control
Practicing and visualizing the presentation
Connecting with the audience
Converting the nervousness into positive energy
Maintaining a sense of humor
Realizing that the audience wants you to succeed
Knowing it is okay to pause to gather your thoughts
Proofread
Use spell check to locate simple keying errors and repeated words
Print a draft of the document
Proofread several times
In a cover letter you want to grab the attention in the first sentence Some bullet points in cover letters work very nicely.
She was afraid at first to public speaking but then she went professional in communications and she’s actually not afraid to go on with businesses and companies and getting them into the team.
Chamber commerce work with all the business in Fremont for example new insurance policies and basically helps to make your business stronger. Is an organization who supports the business community.
Her favorite part is meeting new people every day
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