Effective Presentations

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Effective Presentations
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Anxiety Reduction
Visualize Delivery
Know Subject
Respect Preparation
Practice Presentation
Relax Mind
Respect Audience
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Delivery Key Considerations

• The setting
• Be familiar with
• Room, equipment, back-up resources
• Do a trial run.
• The audience
• Who?
• What do they know?
• What do they want to know?

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DeliveryKey Considerations

• The speaker
• Credible
• Well-prepared
• Calm, confident
• Good posture
• Humorous

• The message
• Content background, findings, supporting
  evidence examples appropriate subject
  terminology and concepts
• Organization description, cause-effect,
  chronological, argument, problem-solution
• Structure introduction, body, conclusion

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Structure of Presentation
Introduction Introduce yourself Establish
credibility State purpose outline presentation
content
Conclusion Keep it positive Summarize main ideas
Body Identify main points Give supporting
details Keep clear focus
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VISUALS

• Slide show
• Graphics (clip art, topic-related pictures)
• Exhibits (graphs, charts, diagrams, calculations)
• Handouts
• Back-up copy!

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Purpose of Visuals
Illustrate key points
Reinforce verbal message
Stimulate audience interest
Focus audience attention
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Visuals Guideliness
Design Use

• Cover page title, date, name(s)
• Bullets (keywords and phrases) no long sentences
• Simple and clear
• Easy to read--appropriate font size
• Contrasting colors
• Spell-check every slide!

• Check visibility.
• Introduce each slide topic with a complete
  sentence.
• Speak to the audience, not the visual.
• Stop talking when making adjustments to
  equipment.
• Change visual when finished with topic.
• Decide how to advance slides.
• Make a transition to the next topic and speaker.

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Nonverbal Verbal Communication
Voice
Body Language
Volume Inflection Articulation Rate
Posture Eye contact Facial expression Hand
gestures Appropriate dress
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Nonverbal Communication

• Dos
• Face the audience.
• Look at each person in the audience.
• Glance at notes occasionally.
• Smile!
• Get someone else to click the mouse.
• Practice in the same room you will be presenting.

• Donts
• Do not hold on to anything!
• Do not read from your notes or the screen!
• Do not put hands in pockets!
• Do not keep looking at the screen!
• Do not look at the professor only!

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• Verbal Communication

• Donts
• Dont race through your speech!
• Dont mumble!
• Dont use slang.
• Dont use verbal fillers (like, uh, and)

• Dos
• Speak loudly and clearly enunciate.
• Speak slowly but with confidence.
• Emphasize important points
• Slow down!
• Speak louder!

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Conclusion

• Summarize main points (or findings).
• Emphasize a specific point.

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Question Answer Guidelines

• Encourage audience to ask questions.
• Make eye contact with the speaker.
• Listen carefully.
• Answer a specific question.
• Be honest.
• Avoid interrupting.

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Before the presentation
PRACTICE!
PRACTICE!
PRACTICE!