how to make agood presentation

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How to Make a Good

Presentation

By Irina Koksharova


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Introduction

It is vitally important to be able tocommunicate your thoughts and ideas

effectively, using a variety of tools andmedia. You will need to develop and usethis skill throughout your years in

university; when you attend job interviewsand especially when you start working inthe big wide world.


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Pros and cons of an outline

There are various opinions on whether apresentation should have an outline or not:

Some believe that an outline is not necessary, asthe presentation is a rather short event to beoutlined. On the other hand, the outline isbeneficial for both the presenter and the

audience because of the following reasons.


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Pros and cons of an outlne

Presenter:

Helps logically

arrange ideas bothwhile preparing thepresentation andmaking it

Audience:

Makes the structure

of the presentationmore transparent andlogical

Facilitates theperception of thepresentation


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Outline

Where to start? Preparations

Parts of a presentationAttention Practical tips Conclusion References


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Where to start?

The material of your presentation should be concise, tothe point and tell an interesting story.

Choose an interesting and initiating topic:

If you are not thrilled about the topic why shouldothers be?

Who? the presentation target group What? the essence of the presentation

Why? the aim of the presentation How? the method of research used So what? the outcomes of the research


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Preparing

Background research Information selection it is crucial to keep in

mind the fact that the presentation is perceived

auditory and thus, not all the data from yourresearch can be included there

Information organisation the main requirementis that the presentation is logically structured, to

a certain extent creates a suspence and tells afascinating story Deciding on the equipement


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Parts of a presentation

Title Outline

Introduction Main body: background, methods, results,

analysis, etc.

Conclusions References


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Attention

Who are you addressing? it is essential to keep in mind the targetaudience for the presentation, their background knowledge,interests, etc.

Audience attention curve it has been scinetifically proven that the

attention of the audience is at its tops only at the very beginningand the very end of the presentation and is dramatically low inbetween (see the next slide for illustration)

Techniques to wake up the audience:- questions- variation of activities

- logical transparent structure- visuals


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ATTENTION CURVE


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Practical information:

Number of slides: equals the number of minutes(excluding the title, outline, reference, thankyou slides, as well as the pictures and graphs

you are not planning to substentially commenton) It is important to calculate the length of the

video and audion files you intend to include intothe presentation.

The most common length of a presentation isapproximately 20 min thus, the number ofslides should rarely exceed 25.


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Practical information:

Font size: 32 (44 - headlines) Font style: Arial, Times New Roman Background: contrastive Not too much text on the slide Handouts you may include important

references, complicated graphs and tables, aswell as long quotations into a handout

Small cards for the presenter - it is advisable towrite only key phrases on the card but not thewhole text of a presentation.


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Things to remember - Presentation

Light there should be enough light in the roomto prevent people from falling asleep

Posture standing throughout the presentationgives the presenter more power over theaudience and enhances hir or her self-confidence

Eye-contact addressing the audience andmaintaining the eye-contact improves thegeneral impression of the presentation


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Things to remember - Presentation

Body language:- folded hands defensive posture, negative signals

- open hands and smile friendliness, positive signals

Tone of voice the audience should not make an effortto hear the presenter

NO READING! reading the text of the presentationmakes it really difficult to follow as the pauses are not

long enough, the tone of voice is monotonous, the eye-contact minimal, and, therefore, the presentation isboring


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Conclusions

Success is directly related to the time andeffort spent on preparation, knowledge of

the subject, and self- confidence!

GOOD LUCK!


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References

N/A. 1999. Communication Skills -making oral presentations Available athttp://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/comms.htm. Last accessed April 2007

N/A. 1998-2006. Presentation Tips for

Public Speaking Available athttp://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.html. Last accessed April 2007
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/comms.htm.%20Last%20accessed%20April%202007http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/comms.htm.%20Last%20accessed%20April%202007http://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.htmlhttp://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.htmlhttp://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.htmlhttp://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.htmlhttp://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/comms.htm.%20Last%20accessed%20April%202007http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/comms.htm.%20Last%20accessed%20April%202007


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