What makes a good presentation?

https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34274/7-lessons-from-the-world-s-most-captivating-presenters-slideshare.aspx
Let’s talk Presentations
Things to consider:
•Preparation (content, structure, visuals)
•Delivery
Preparation
- purpose WHY?
- audience TO WHOM?
- content WHAT?
- brainstorming, research
- selection
- grouping, sequencing, organisation, references
- structure HOW?
... tell your audience what you are going to say, INTRO
say it,
BODY
then tell the audience what you have said. CONCLUSION
- visuals
- REHEARSING, rehearsing, rehearsing
Preparation: CONTENT (what?)
Know your audience!
Know your purpose!
Brainstorm (with your team)!
Research the topic!
BE VERY SELECTIVE: build your case using
• strongest arguments
• most important information
• most memorable information!
Ask yourself:
How much can my audience take in?
 TEAMWORK:
A mock presentation
LEARNING FOCUS: Data selection (content)
1)Pick a fun topic you know sth about:
a) Esports are sports like the rest;
b) Volunteering is a waste of time!
c) Online educations rocks /sucks!
d) Trap is better than pop!
d) X
2) PURPOSE: to persuade / convince
3) Brainstorm and agree on three arguments you will use to fulfill
your purpose
4) Present your arguments
English or Croatian, does not matter at this point :)
 CONTENT: More goodies for you
o EU data bases workshops
Organized in collaboration with the
FEB Library
o Europski dokumentacijski centar u
Knjižnično-dokumentacijskom centru EFZG
(EDC-KDC)
- at least person per team needs to attend
- if you know what is good for you, you will all attend
(tremendous fun and huge benefit)
- dates will be advertised – sign up and go
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/europe-2020-indicators/europe-2020-strategy/headline-indicators-scoreboard
PREPARATION:
STRUCTURE & helpful language to signal it
• BEGINNING: Introduction → RB, p 8
– ____________
welcome/greet your audience
– introduce your ___________
subject/topic
– ___________
explain/outline your structure
– give instructions about _________
questions
• MIDDLE: Body
– the main part of your presentation

• END: Conclusion
– ______________,
recap/summarise all conclude, end, handle
questions
 Structure of your presentation in more detail
Introduction
Welcome/greet audience
Introduce subject (use a hook?) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CJkN1Wb24_EB5eTNoQBgbmhGw6ftu_1k/view
Outline structure
Give instructions about questions
Body
Signal the start of each part
Summarize at the end of each part
Conclusion
Repeat your main points
Give your main conclusion
Signal an end
Handle questions
 Structure of your presentation
Introduction
Welcome/greet audience
Introduce subject (use a hook?) „brown banana”, question, shocking claim, image,
a famous quotation
Outline structure
Give instructions about questions
Body
Signal the start of each part
Summarize at the end of each part
Conclusion
Repeat your main points
Give your main conclusion (connect to the beginning)
Child slaves in cobalt mines
Signal an end
Handle questions
Child slaves in cobalt mines
 Structure of your presentation in more detail
Introduction
Welcome/greet audience
Introduce subject (use a hook?)
Outline structure
Give instructions about questions
Body
Signal the start of each part
Summarize at the end of each part
Conclusion
Repeat your main points
Give your main conclusion (connect to the beginning)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CJkN1Wb24_EB5eTNoQBgbmhGw6ftu_1k/view

Signal an end
Handle questions
 Structure of your presentation in more detail
Introduction
Welcome/greet audience
Introduce subject (use a hook?)
Outline structure
Give instructions about questions
Body
Signal the start of each part
Summarize at the end of each part
Conclusion
Repeat your main points
Give your main conclusion (connect to the beginning)
Signal an end
Handle questions
Outline structure &Tell your audience where they are!

1 Explain the structure at the beginning

First, I’ll talk about __________________
Then I’ll say something about ___________
After that I’ll present ___________
Finally, I’ll quickly recap and conclude with _______
2 Signal the start of each part
3 Recap and move on
4 Summarise and conclude

!!! Clarify and rephrase whenever you think it is

necessary.
→ RB, pp 9-11: SIGNPOSTING & USEFUL LANGUAGE
Complete some phrases from memory
• Good morning ladies and ________________,
gentlemen
• For those
___________ who don’t know me…
• The ______________
purpose / topic of my presentation today is…
• Let me give you a brief ______________
overview of my
presentation.
• Do feel free to _____________
interrupt me if you have any
questions.
• begin
Let me _____________ with…
• This ____________
brings me to…
• on
Moving __________ to my next point…
• Let me elaborate __________
on that a little before we go on.
• ______
In conclusion…
• I’m afraid I don’t have that information _________with me.
• raises
To be honest, I think that ____________ a different issue.
 Hw assignment
1) Review the materials on Business presentations
(pp 8-12)

2) Do exercises on pp 13-14

3) Get ready to deliver your talk on p 14

4) Watch video on effective presentations