DIS9904 Course Guide

You’ll need to work harder than ever to avoid the mistakes that plague conventional presentations and take your performance to a higher level. Here are 10 tips to help you grab your audience and keep them tuned in.

At Northcentral, you may be asked to prepare an assignment using PowerPoint.
This presentation will offer some guidelines to creating a successful presentation

The Section on Effective Public Speaking: PowerPoint Presentations gives you some important principles when using Microsoft PowerPoint in your speeches and presentations.

For an introduction to mindfulness meditation that you can practice on your own, turn on your speakers and click on the "Play" button. Podcasts are also available on iTunes.

Provides tips on reducing speech anxiety. Importance of speech preparation prior to public deliberation; Visualization of oneself as being successful; Relevance of practicing stage presence; Details on redefining fear as excitement; Provision of oneself with sufficient support; Benefits of no eye contact with audience for speech phobic.

Cultivating mindfulness is the key to overcoming suffering and recognizing natural wisdom: both our own and others'. How do we go about it?

Use the following steps when preparing for the oral defense of your thesis/dissertation.

An Oral Defense can be required to defend the proposal and/or the complete dissertation. Congratulations on getting to either stage of the dissertation process. Here are some guidelines you may want to consider as you prepare for your Oral Defense.