INTERPRETIVE TALK AND PRESENTATION TECHNIQUE

Hye guys! Right now I'm going to share with you about Interpretive Talk and Presentation Technique. Before we start let me brief you a bit about what is Interpretive Talk and Presentation Technique. Interpretive talk is a process of sharing with the audience about a certain topic in a professional way. A carefully crated and well-executed interpretive talk provides visitors with a chance to explore what a site means to them. 

Presentation Techniques is for those who wish to be better equipped to present their message clearly, precisely, and with greater positive effect. One needs these techniques to present their ideas and projects, teach, or deliver a speech effectively to their audience.

There is some benefit that we get from doing Interpretive Presentation:

-Create an opportunity for the audience to form their own intellectual and emotional connections with meanings or significance inherent in the resource

-Appropriate for the audience, and provides a clear focus for their connection with the resource(s) by demonstrating the cohesive development of a relevant idea or ideas, rather than relying on primarily on a recital of a chronological narrative or a series of related facts.

How to prepared effective Interpretive Talk and Presentation Technique

Tilden 6 Principle

1. Any interpretation that does not somehow relate what is being displayed or described to something within the personality or experience of the visitor will be sterile.
2. Information, as such, is not Interpretation. Interpretation is a revelation based upon the information. But they are entirely different things. However, all interpretation includes information.
3. Interpretation is an art, which combines many arts, whether the materials presented are scientific, historical, or architectural. Any art is to some degree teachable.
4. The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation.
5. Interpretation should aim to present a whole rather than apart and must address itself to the whole man rather than any phase.
6. Interpretation addressed to children (say up to the age of twelve) should not be a dilution of the presentation to adults, but should follow a fundamentally different approach. To be at its best it will require a separate program.

Interpretation Theme

What is the theme? - The whole idea is described in a single sentence. 

A good theme can connect objects, places(tangibles) with the intent ideas,emotions (intangibles).

Avoid the audience to say “SO WHAT?”

Good interpretation theme:

-Not only specific, simple, and compact, should also have a story

-Not only communicate ideas or complete information, should also use active language.

-Not only covering the main purpose of presentation, should also answer the “so what?” question

-Not only contains only 1 key information, should also provoke and attention-getters.

How to Deliver and Organize Effective Interpretation Talk Presentation

Oral Interpretation:

-Guided walk 

-Costumed interpretation 

-Storytelling 

-Slide talk 

-Puppetry 

-Video 

-Using live animal 

Techniques: 

-Humor 

-Question - Do you know?

Interpretive Communication Structure

Pow - Attract the audience attention with provocation start.

Body - Give examples of the message (relate).

Bridge - Give the answer to the last provocation (reveal).

Conclusion - Give a conclusion to the presentation that was made.

Interpretive Communication Plan

-Identify the audience - background, ability, culture, social level, etc. (Make sure the messages are --relevant and meaningful to the audience). 

-Theme - unique and interesting. 

-Objective assessment - in a format that can be evaluated. 

-Preparation area - location, period, group size. 

-Reference sources - books, internet, brochures. 

-Programme guidelines - the structure, the introduction of the topic, outline, conclusion. 

Interpretive Communication Method

Preparation stage - came early, dressed, always ready and in confidence. 

The first moment - the first 30 seconds are the most critical time to create a friendly atmosphere, avoid any obstacles, smiles, eye-contact, casual, not too formal. 

Start the communication - do not cram, do not hide the notes, body language, use humor, questions, and tools to create the mood. 

Voice - clear, intonation, pause, emphasis on the narrative situation "warn if something important will happen".

Interpretive Communication Tips

Body language - mimic face, feeling, walking with reason, avoid shaking or hiding hands/legs. 

Active verb - avoid “fillers” (eeemmm, eerr, what?), sentence repetition, apologize. 

Props and aids - something interesting but you can control it. 

Humor - must be relevant, easily caught, not offend, do not make the audience as a joke - if you need, make yourself a target. 

Questioning - focus / process / evaluative / rhetorical.

Questioning

Focus Questions - basic: who? what? where? / What do you know about global warming? 

Process Questions - audience need to give a wide answer and think / What does it mean..? 

Evaluative Questions - audience’s view and opinion, give them to judge and make an evaluation / Why do humans always think that..? 

Rhetoric Questions - No need for answers from the audience, let them think what is the answers / If global warming is happening, what will happen to mankind? 

Apply Interpretive Presentation Tool For Different Audience and Resource

Interpretive Slide Talk 

Non-Verbal Interpretation 

Storytelling

Guide Interpretation

I think that's pretty much cover the topic. I hope it will help you a lot 

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