Making a PresentationContent by: Dolores “Lorrie” Winter,
[email protected] State University Fullerton
Presented at CATESOL Pasadena 2009
Design and audio by: Branka Marceta, [email protected]
OPENING A PRESENTATION
Use the hook!Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook)Prepare emotionallyAvoid a “cold start”
Use the hook!
Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook)
Prepare emotionally
Avoid a “cold start”
DELIVERING A PRESENTATION
Minimize nervousnessEstablish rapport with your audienceWatch your audienceVary your deliveryMake the organization of your presentation very clearBe excited about your material!Be conversationalUse simple, colorful languageLearn how not to read your presentationUse anecdotes and stories in your presentation
Don’t talk into your notesDivide the roomUse movement to hold the audience’s attentionRelax when you make a mistakeKeep track of timeVary the pace at which you speakVoicePauseBreathe
Minimize nervousness
• Take a few deep breaths• Tighten your muscles from toes to jaws• Then smile
Establish rapport with your audience
Watch your audience
Vary your delivery
• Ask questions at strategic points• Ask for comments• Ask for opinions about the subject• Introduce different media – charts, graphs,
films, audio clips
Make the organization of your presentation very clear
Be excited about your material!
Be conversational
Use simple, colorful language
Learn how not to read your presentation
Use anecdotes and stories in your presentation
THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS
A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began to cry….
The Aesop for Children
Don’t talk into your notes
Divide the room
Use movement to hold the audience’s attention
Relax when you make a mistake
Keep track of time
Vary the pace at which you speak
Voice
Pause
Breathe
CLOSING A PRESENTATION
Draw some conclusionsFinish forcefully
Draw some conclusions
Finish forcefully
And I'm confident that we can be and will be the benefactors of a brighter future for our children and grandchildren. That can be our legacy -- a legacy of vehicles powered by clean renewable energy traveling past newly opened factories; …
Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speech
Finish with…
Thank you!
Photo and other media credits
• golden hook by fazen• Introduction: Jay by Transguyjay• Meditating - meditando by Marcia_Salviato• audience at FacebookCamp in Toronto by
mars_discovery_district • Create handout as a concept map by lauradahl• Michael Phelps by marcopako
Photo and other media credits
• The Conversation by closelyobserved.com• "We" reading some notes by steve0_f• Speaker 1 / IMG_6945 by klbw• Fan de... by Alain Bachellier• Pretty ready for the test by Grosler• Panorama of TechReady audience before
keynote by Erwyn van der Meer's
Photo and other media credits
• Accordion Player by e-lame• Town Clock by joesflickr• Audacity by ppip• Sound Waves: Loud Volume by Biology Big
Brother• Breathe. by LunaDiRimmel• All photos from Flickr.com under Creative
Commons Licence
Photo and other media credits
• Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speechhttp://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4962412.shtml
• Aesop for Childrenhttp://www.gutenberg.org/files/19994/19994-h/19994-h.htm
• BBC News 24 Announcer Gaffe by carlosupk http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=t0VljKYPiEE&feature=PlayList&p=4722B74F46E7D0C9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5
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