Presentation skills

Focus:

-Presentation introduction
-Selecting the subject and topic

Lecturer: Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh 1

 Outline
1. What makes an effective
presentation?
2. Types of presentation?
3. Benefits of presentation?
4. Three messages of a presentation:
The physical message
The visual message
The story message

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1. What makes an effective
presentation?

Careful planning and preparation

Good time management

Relevant and interesting content

Clear structure

Good communication skills

Appropriate use of technologies

Clear supporting documentation

Suitable audience participation

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 2. Types of presentation?

There are 5 types:

Informative

Instructional

Arousing

Persuasive

Decision-making

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 2. Types of presentation?

Choose one of the following organizational

structures for an informative presentation:

• Time
• Place
• Cause and Effect
• Logical Order

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 2. Types of presentation?

Your purpose in an instructional presentation is

to give specific directions or orders.

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 2. Types of presentation?

Your purpose in an arousing presentation is to

make people think about a certain problem
or situation.

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 2. Types of presentation?

Your purpose in a persuasive presentation is to

convince your listeners to accept your
proposal

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 2. Types of presentation?

Your purpose in a decision-making presentation

is to move your audience to take your
suggested action.

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3. Benefits of presentation?

Student-centered participation in their learning

Developing new knowledge and different perspectives on a topic

Practice in a known environment/ situation

Increasing confidence to speak and present in front of an audience

Improved marks earned for a module assessment

Developing a wide range of communication and presentation skills

Preparation for skills needed in the workplace

An exchange of roles and perspectives from audience to

presenter.

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 4. Three messages of a
presentation

Organizing
Selecting Making Making Making
information
the topic introduction body conclusion

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Selecting the topic

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 Selecting the topic

“Selecting a speech topic sometimes

feels like shooting an arrow in a
random direction and hoping that it
hits a target.”

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Selecting the topic

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 For having listened!!!

Source:
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/speech-preparation-2-select-topic-idea/
http://www.completecampaigns.com/article.asp?articleid=5
A student’s guide to presentation by Barbara Chevers and Michael Shoolbred

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