Ethos, Pathos, Logos: 3 Pillars of Persuasion
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Presentation Secrets in 12 Steps IFIM – July 2015 CONCEPT HANDOUT |
ETHOS, PATHOS, LOGOS: 3 PILLARS OF PERSUASION
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How to Improve Ethos — During Your Speech
Show you are one with your message by relating your experiences on the topic
Use language familiar to your audience
Use visuals/examples which resonate with your audience
Choose quotations and statistics from the right sources
- Convey Enthusiasm And Emotion
How to Convey Pathos — During Your Speech
Select Points with Emotional Power
Choose Words which Add Emotional Emphasis
Use Rich Analogies and Metaphors:
Tell Stories:
Use Humour:
Connect through Visuals
How to be understandable — During Your Speech
1. Emphasize the points of most value to audience:
2. Use real examples, real facts and case studies:
3. Use facts and statistics and cite source:
4. Use plain language:
5. Be explicit:
6.Trace sequences or processes in order:
7. Use diagrams:
8. Use charts:
9. Leverage audience ‘commonplaces’:
10. Address the opposing point of view, and refute it:
DELIVERY TIPS FROM THE GURU – STEVE JOBS
Tip #1: Start With Paper, Not Power point
Tip #2: Tell Your Story In 3 Acts. – Stick to the Rule of 3 ,
“Why should I care?” From there, they focus on answering the question, “How will this make my life better?” and finally, they spell out “What action do I need to take now?”
Rule of 3 for Body of Presentation: Organize the middle or the body of the presentation by choosing three main ideas. Each of the three main ideas are then supported via a variety of evidence (which could include stories, examples, statistics, analogies, comparisons etc.).
Rule of Three for Phrases, Sentences, and Words: "We can save our oceans, save our planets, save ourselves."-
TIP #3: A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words.
TIP #4: Emotions Get Our Attention. Make sure your presentation content goes beyond pure “facts.” Triggering audience emotion is a guaranteed way to increase retention and impact of your core message.
TIP #5: Single Line Idea Descriptions :
We help Small companies close BIG Deals! - Management Consultants
TIP #5: Make numbers meaningful : Jobs frequently used metaphors and analogies to bring meaning to numbers -- for instance, when he described the iPod as “a thousand songs in your pocket” instead of “5GB of memory.”
TIP #6: Ditch The Bullet Points.
TIP #7: 10 / 20/ 30 Rule: A PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.
TIP #8: Rehearse Like Crazy.
PRESENTATION PROCESS
STEP 1 | STEP 2 | STEP 3 |
Know the Purpose - Audience Action/ Audience expectations | Know your Audience – Build an Audience Profile | Brainstorm, Gather, Collate Information, Process Ethos, Pathos, Logos |
STEP 4 | STEP 5 | STEP 6 |
Choose 3 points and their support | Build a framework for Body around the 3 points | Select Hooks for Body content – source visuals for slides |
Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 |
Write out Body Script, prepare Slides with Visuals / Audio / Video etc. | Organise your Body with Transitions | Ideate on your Attention Grabber opener, hooks and Memorable Closer |
Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 |
Write out Opener and Closer Script with slides | Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse – work on non verbals, learn up script | Anticipate Audience Questions and prepare notes |
Calm your nerves and present to Audience |
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