Presentation Topics

Course instructor : ASAD ALI

1. Communication & Interpersonal Skills: intro to Communication & Interpersonal Skills? The
Importance of Communication, What Are Communication Skills? What Are Interpersonal Skills? The
Communication Process : Source, Message, Encoding, Channel , Decoding , Receiver, Feedback,
Context . Perspectives in Communication: Introduction, Visual Perception, Language, Other Factors
Affecting Communication Perspective, Past Experiences, Prejudices, Feelings, Mood, Relationship,
Environment.

2. Internal Representation: Introduction, Internal Representation of Our World, Language as a

Representational System, Verbal Clues, Visual Representation System, Auditory representational
System, Kinaesthetic Representational System, Auditory Digital Representational System, Eye
Movements as an Indication, Visual Recall, Visual Construct, Auditory Recall, Auditory Construct,
Kinaesthetic, Internal Auditory, Phrases for Use in Response to Each Representational System.

3. Elements of Communication: Introduction, Face to Face Communication, Tone of Voice, Body

Language, Verbal Communication, Physical Communication. Communication Styles: Introduction, The
Communication Styles Matrix, Direct Communication Style, Spirited Communication Style, Systematic
Communication Style, Considerate Communication Style, Examples of Communication for Each Style,
Direct Style, Spirited Style, Systematic Style Considerate Style.

4. Listening: Real Vs. Introduction, Self-Awareness, Pseudo Listening, Active Listening, Blocks to
Listening, Assessing Your Listening, Four Steps to Effective Listening, Total Listing, Becoming an Active
Listener.

5. Expressing: The Four Kinds of Expression, Whole Message, Contaminated Messages, Preparing
Your Message, Practicing Whole Message, Rules of Effective Expression. Body Language: Body
Movement, Spatial Relationships. Paralanguage and Metamessages: The Element of Paralanguage,
Changing Your Paralanguage, Meta-message, Coping with Meta-message. Hidden Agendas: The Eight
Agendas, Purpose of the Agenda.

6. Clarifying Language: Understanding a Model, Challenging the Limits of a Model, Challenging

Distortion in a Model. Assertiveness: Your Legitimate Right, Three Communication Styles, Identifying
Communication Style, Your Assertive Goals, Assertive Expression and Listening, Combining Assertive
Expression and Listening, Responding to Criticism, Special Assertive Strategies.

7. Making Contact: Fear of Stranger, Guidelines for Making Contact, The Art of Conversation,
Putting It All Together. Negotiations: Four Stages of Negotiation, Dealing with Conflicts, Rules of
Principles Negotiation, When The Going Get Tough.

8. Prejudgment: Prejudgment Traps, Stereotypes, Approval and Disapproval in

Prejudgment, Parataxic Distortion, Perpetuating Illusion, Clarifying First Impression. Validation
Strategies: What is validation, Why Does Validation Work? What Validation Is Not? Components of
Validation, Successful Validation Strategies, The Power of Validation.
 9. Influencing Others: What is Persuasion? Persuading Audience, Ineffective Strategies for
Influencing Change, Effective Strategies, for Influencing Others, Your Plan for Influencing Change, Lisa’s
Plan for Influencing Change Art of Persuasion.

10. Public Speaking: Defining Your Purpose, Outlining The Subject, Presentation,
Organization, Audience Analysis, Style, Supporting Materials, The Outline, Delivery, Dealing with Stage
Fright.

11. Preparing A Formal Oral Presentation: Presentation Design: Introduction, Consistency,

Aspects of Consistency Language, Color, Fonts, Images, Contrast, Alignment, Simplicity, White Spaces,
Charts, Graphics & Tables, How to Choose Which Type of Graph to Use? Graph Types, Multimedia
Presentations, Adding Quotations.

12. Delivering Presentation: Introduction, Delivery,Managing Voice, Passion, Language,

Movement, Facial Expressions, Body Language, Some Useful Tips: Active Listening, Inventing Stories,
Feed back, Preliminary Preparations Proximity, Tension & Nerves, Questions, Tips to Handle Questions,
Habits, Handling Tough Situations, Common

Mistakes & Their Remedies, Dealing with Unexpected Disasters, Presentation for International Audience,
Dealing People with Disabilities, Things to Remembers, Last Minute Tips.

13. Interviewing: Clarifying What You Want, If You are the Interviewer, If You Are the
Interviewee.

14. Effective Written Communication: Introduction, When and When Not to Use Written
Communication, Complexity of the Topic, Amount of ‘Discussion’ Required, Shades of Meaning Formal
Communication, Writing Effectively, Subject Lines, Put the Main Point First, Know Your Audience,
Organization of the Message.

15. Building Rapport: Introduction, Six Steps to Building Rapport, Match the Person’s Sensory
Modality, Mirror the Person’s Physiology, Match the Person’s Voice, Match the Person’s Breathing,
Match the Way the Person Deals with Information, Match Common Experiences, Calibration, Perceptual
Positions.

Instructions:
1- Use your best effort to present topics.
2- If any students lose temper or feel angry due to student’s question, he/she will be directly awarded zero
marks. Presenter is only allowed to explain question or tackle situation politely.
3- Tone, pronunciation, accent, postures, body language, expressions, confidence, Selection of words and
P.P.T slides quality, will be observed.
4- Presentations will be conducted randomly. There are no predefined students for presenting
presentations.
5- As presentations will be randomly conducted, everyone should wear formal dress in communication
subject at least and get prepared in each class for decided presentation.

Note: Looking forward towards your personality, career, objectives of communication course and
rules for Dress Code of Ncbae University, it is compulsory to wear formal dress (Dress shirt and Pent
at least) for boys and suitable dress for girls during all presentations and classes otherwise you
cannot attend English Class. BEST OF LUCK 😊