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Preparing and Delivering An Effective Oral Presentation

Preparing and Delivering An Effective Oral Presentation. A Quick Guide. What This Presentation Is About. What makes a good oral presentation Tips on preparing a presentation Delivery of a presentation. Questions You Need To Ask. To whom are you presenting?

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Preparing and Delivering An Effective Oral Presentation

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  1. Preparing and Delivering An Effective Oral Presentation A Quick Guide

  2. What This Presentation Is About • What makes a good oral presentation • Tips on preparing a presentation • Delivery of a presentation

  3. Questions You Need To Ask • To whom are you presenting? • How much do they know about the topic? • How educated and/or sophisticated are they? • How large is the audience?

  4. More Questions To Ask • How long is the presentation? • What is the purpose of the presentation? • Inform? • Persuade? • Entertain? • What do you want to convey?

  5. KnowYourSubject • Have something of substance to say. • Learn more than you will say. • The more you know, the more enthusiastic you will be.

  6. The brain starts working the moment you’re born and never stops until you get up to speak in public. - Anonymous

  7. Fear Is Good • Fear of failing • Fear of audience

  8. Audience Fears Allayed The audience doesn’t know what you intended to say or to do. You know more about the topic than anyone in the audience.

  9. Fear Is Good • Fear of failing • Fear of audience • You should be nervous. • Adrenaline will pump you up. • You will perform better. • The audience won’t notice.

  10. Elements of a Good Presentation Clear purpose or objective Sufficient, but not too much, information Organized Meets needs of audience For the ear to hear as well as the eye to see Stories and examples

  11. Outlining Your Presentation • Methods of organization • chronological or sequential • three points • problem-cause-solution • n ways to … • Stories

  12. Outlining Your Presentation

  13. Opening • Crucial • Sets the tone • Need to grab audience

  14. Types of Openings • Preview • Ask a question • Ask a rhetorical question • Pose a hypothetical situation • Describe something new or dramatic • Make a startling statement

  15. Delivery of a Good Presentation • Be enthusiastic • Use body language • Talk to the audience • Dress appropriately

  16. Closing the Presentation • Too important to wing it • A speech is like a love affair; any fool can start one but to end it requires considerable skill. - Lord Mancraft (1914-1987) • Last chance to tell what to know and do • Direct, brief, and strong

  17. Closing Styles Summarize Call to action Anecdote or story Rhetorical question

  18. Summary Elements of a good presentation Be clear about its purpose. Prepare. Have an attention-getting opening. Make the content organized and interesting. Be enthusiastic. Talk to the audience. Have a memorable closing.

  19. Are you prepared to do an effective oral presentation?

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