Giving Presentations

Preparation
When giving a presentation you need to consider the following

Who is your audience?

What is the purpose of your presentation?
What are your aims?
 Advice for Presentations
Body Language - Your body language is very important when giving a
presentation.
Dress smart and professional.

Avoid fidgeting and stand up straight.

Use gestures and hand movement.

Make eye contact with the audience.

 Advice for Presentations
Speech - It is very important that you speak well when presenting so the
audience can understand and be interested.

Speak slowly and clearly

Engage the audience.

Make rhetorical questions, anecdotes and bold statements.

 Advice for Presentations
Visual Aids: Visual aids such as graphs and charts are important in
presentations. They engage the audience with the information.

Make sure they are clear and easy to understand.

Be ready to explain them.

Don’t have too many visual aids.

 Advice for Presentations
Preparation and Teamwork:

Make your you understand what you’re going to say and are fully
prepared.

Use flash cards if needed but don’t just read from them!

If in a team, make sure everyone is contributing positively.

 Bad Presentations
Here are some examples of bad presentations taken from popular UK
Business TV shows. What was bad about them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XnxNkaX6HI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mw2ERDHyfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvjDrW1Qo-M
 Good Presentations
Here are some examples of good presentations taken from a popular UK
Business TV show. What was good about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu3gVgCJx74
Structure of a Good Presentation

Introduction

Body

Conclusion
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“Tell the audience what you're going to say. Say it.
Then tell them what you've said.”
 Introduction
Welcome your audience...

Good morning and welcome to [name of company, name of

conference hall, hotel, etc.].

Thank you all very much for coming today.

 Introduction
Introduce yourself...

My name is David Beckham from [name of company],

where I am responsible for … .

Let me introduce myself; my name is Gareth Bale and

I am the...
 Introduction
Introduce what you will discuss in your Presentation

In today’s presentation I’d like to … show you … . / explain to you...

Helpful to list what you are going to say.

In today’s presentation I’m hoping to cover three points:

firstly, … , secondly… , and finally…
 Body
This is the main part of your presentation.

You will discuss the information you are wanting to tell the
audience.

This will take up the most time of your presentation.

Make sure it is structured and organised.

 Body
Starting the Body

To begin/start with …

Let’s start by looking at …

 Body
Moving from point to point.

You will have different sections in the Body of your presentation. You will need to
transition from each one.

Now let’s move on to … /Now, I´d like to move on to ...

Now let’s take a look at …
Next I’d like to take a look at …
Moving on to the next part/section...
 Conclusion
This is where you summarise your presentation.

This bit is brief, only focus on the main ideas from your presentation.

In conclusion…

That concludes my presentation. Now, if I can summarise the main points...

 Conclusion - Q&A
After you have said your closing remarks, be ready to answer questions.

Thank you for listening today. Does anyone have any questions?

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.

 Presentation Activity
In pairs/groups each give a short spoken presentation on either…

Your favourite food. (Maybe how to cook it).

Your favourite film/TV series.

 Funny Presentation
This is a funny presentation from a Comedy Show in the UK mocking the
original business show Dragon’s Den.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmlx-e_u0i8&t=1s