MAKING PRESENTATIONS

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 PRESENTATION POINTERS
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Ask yourself……..
• Why
• What to achieve
• Background knowledge of audience
• Appropriate visual aids to use
• Needs and expectations of audience
• How can I dazzle my audience

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1. What you want to achieve
• To inform
• To remind
• To warn
• To persuade

1. Audience
• Who
• Age
• Language level
• background

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1. Brainstorm
2. Research your topic
3. Organise your material
4. Summarise your draft
5. Plan and prepare your visual aids
6. Rehearse your presentation

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Structuring subject matter
• Mind mapping
• Outlining
• Use of organisational patterns
- Chronological order
- Spatial order
- Topical order
- Comparison-contrast order
- Cause-effect order
- Problem-solution order
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 Audience awareness
 Effective opening lines
 Appropriate visual aids
 Non-verbal communication

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Introduction

- Capture your listeners’ attention

- State your purpose
- Present an outline of your talk

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 Present your main points one by one in a
logical order
 Pause at the end of each point
 Make it clear when you move to another point
 Use clear examples to illustrate your points
 Use visual aids to make your presentation

more interesting

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 Clear summary
 Make it obvious that you have reached the

end of the presentation

 Summarise the main points
 Restate the purpose of your talk
 Thank the audience and invite questions

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 Talk to your audience, don’t read to them
 A presentation is not the same as an essay

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 Keep it simple.
 Emphasise the key points
 Check the pronunciation

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 Speak loudly
 Speak slowly and clearly
 Key words are important
 Vary your voice quality
 When you begin a new point, use a higher

pitch and volume

 Slow down for key points
 Use pauses

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 Stand straight and comfortably
 Eye contact
 Facial expression
 Don’t turn your back on the audience

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 Be aware of how your audience is reacting
- Are they interested or bored?
 Check if the audience is still with you
 Be open to questions
 Be ready to get the discussion going after

your presentation

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 Images must be relevant and enhance the
presentation in a meaningful way.
 Tables, charts, and graphs should be easy to
read and understand.

The following slides, excerpted from “How

to
Avoid Death by PowerPoint” by Lisa
Andion
illustrate what not to do.
Before you get started I'd like to share a few ideas regarding
PowerPoint's capabilities and uses. PowerPoint is a powerful

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tool that enhances a presentation, providing the main points

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in a visually exciting way. It is a tool that is meant to

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supplement the speaker, not replace him or her. This is

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something that is very important to keep in mind.
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PowerPoint is meant to combine graphics with text to give the
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most effective presentation possible to an audience.
Therefore, each slide in a presentation should contain at least
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one graphic with text. Here are a few general rule of thumb
ideas to keep in mind while creating a Powerpoint
Presentation…
 Your presentation should have one design style applied to it,
including background

 Thisalso includes font style, size, color and

effects

 Slides in this presentation are all different

How distracting
is that?
 Don’tOver Do It!
 Too Distracting
 Choose one Slide transition

◦ Remember consistency across your presentation works best

◦ Keep it simple!
“A survey of more than 2,500 Americans
revealed that people feared public
speaking
before a group more than death. Amazing
as it may seem, many Americans appear to
consider public speaking a fate worse than
death.” - Stephen E. Lucas, The Art of
Public Speaking
 Itis not fear you are feeling; it is
nervousness
 Identify the source – self-
consciousness
 Recognize the solution – your
ability
 Think positively – I am … I can ... I know
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 Relax
 Gather support from the audience
 Be prepared
◦ Plan and rehearse
 Deep breathing!
 Engage with your audience

◦ Makes you feel more relaxed

• Walk around.
• Go off by yourself for a few minutes.
• Talk with someone for a few minutes.
• Take several deep breaths, exhaling slowly.
Discuss Activity 4.3 – 4.6 in your working
groups.

Based on the principles of preparing for an

Oral Presentation, prepare an interesting 5-7
mins presentation on any topic.
You may use any resource to support your talk.

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