This document provides guidelines for preparing and delivering technical presentations. It recommends defining the key messages, knowing the audience, and practicing. For the presentation, it suggests telling the audience the key points at the beginning, middle and end. It also provides tips for creating effective slides, such as using one main idea per slide, including pictures over text and equations, and delivering the talk with confidence while interacting with the audience. The overall goal is to clearly communicate the main messages to the audience.
Maximizing your research impact through kick-ass presentationsEsther De Smet
This document provides tips for giving effective research presentations. It discusses the importance of developing strong presentation skills as researchers will often need to present their work. It emphasizes keeping presentations concise by focusing on the main message and avoiding overwhelming details. Some key tips include storyboarding the structure before making slides, using storytelling techniques to engage audiences, rehearsing to feel comfortable, and tailoring the presentation to the audience's background and interests. The goal is to clearly communicate the research in an accessible and engaging way.
This document provides guidance on how to create engaging presentations that avoid being boring ("death by PowerPoint"). It recommends focusing on understanding the audience's needs and problems, crafting a narrative structure for the presentation with a clear beginning, middle and end, and using interactive formats to actively involve the audience such as polling, group activities, demonstrations and speed pitches. The goal is to help speakers connect with audiences and deliver their message in the most impactful way.
Assignemnt presentation skills englishHaseeb Ahmad
The document provides tips for delivering an effective presentation and improving presentation skills. It discusses identifying the purpose and outlining major sections when planning a presentation. When delivering a presentation, it recommends using personal stories and humor, including take-home points, asking questions, being well-prepared, practicing frequently, and visualizing success. Some tips for improving presentation skills include setting goals, showing passion for the topic, adding personal anecdotes, summarizing key points, and engaging the audience with questions. Proper preparation, practice, and managing nerves are emphasized as important for effective presentations.
- The purpose of a research talk is to engage the audience and make them eager to read the paper, not to impress with technical details or tell them everything known.
- The talk should have motivation (20%) and the key idea (80%). It should wake up an audience that may be tired and introduce an intuitive feel for the work.
- Examples are the main weapon to illustrate concepts; related work and technical details should generally be omitted. Enthusiasm from the presenter is critical to engage the audience.
- Questions are opportunities to connect, so actively encourage them, and be prepared to truncate the talk if needed to allow for interaction.
This guide provides instructions for delivering an effective presentation skills course, including materials for instructors to use. It outlines the target audience as supervisors and managers who give presentations, and lists the learning objectives as applying successful presentation methods, developing content, preparing effective presentations, and using visual aids. The document provides guidance on title, purpose, research, the four cornerstones method of preparation, awareness of presentation details, and including an introduction, body, and conclusion.
The document provides principles for giving an effective talk, including communicating your arguments clearly, persuading the audience they are true, and making the talk interesting. It recommends talking rather than reading, standing up, using visual aids, moving around, varying vocal pitch, focusing on main arguments, rehearsing, and summarizing at the beginning and end. The guidelines also cover dressing professionally, practicing your presentation, emphasizing the users' needs, and welcoming questions from the audience.
This document provides tips for preparing and delivering an effective speech. It discusses the importance of having a strong introduction that gets the audience's attention and establishes credibility. The body of the speech should answer questions the audience likely has and prioritize key points. Effective delivery requires practicing multiple times, maintaining eye contact with the audience, and using cue cards strategically. The conclusion should signal that the speech is ending and reinforce the central idea. Humor can engage audiences if used appropriately for the context and audience. Body language also significantly impacts delivery, so speakers should communicate positively and naturally.
Maximizing your research impact through kick-ass presentationsEsther De Smet
This document provides tips for giving effective research presentations. It discusses the importance of developing strong presentation skills as researchers will often need to present their work. It emphasizes keeping presentations concise by focusing on the main message and avoiding overwhelming details. Some key tips include storyboarding the structure before making slides, using storytelling techniques to engage audiences, rehearsing to feel comfortable, and tailoring the presentation to the audience's background and interests. The goal is to clearly communicate the research in an accessible and engaging way.
This document provides guidance on how to create engaging presentations that avoid being boring ("death by PowerPoint"). It recommends focusing on understanding the audience's needs and problems, crafting a narrative structure for the presentation with a clear beginning, middle and end, and using interactive formats to actively involve the audience such as polling, group activities, demonstrations and speed pitches. The goal is to help speakers connect with audiences and deliver their message in the most impactful way.
Assignemnt presentation skills englishHaseeb Ahmad
The document provides tips for delivering an effective presentation and improving presentation skills. It discusses identifying the purpose and outlining major sections when planning a presentation. When delivering a presentation, it recommends using personal stories and humor, including take-home points, asking questions, being well-prepared, practicing frequently, and visualizing success. Some tips for improving presentation skills include setting goals, showing passion for the topic, adding personal anecdotes, summarizing key points, and engaging the audience with questions. Proper preparation, practice, and managing nerves are emphasized as important for effective presentations.
- The purpose of a research talk is to engage the audience and make them eager to read the paper, not to impress with technical details or tell them everything known.
- The talk should have motivation (20%) and the key idea (80%). It should wake up an audience that may be tired and introduce an intuitive feel for the work.
- Examples are the main weapon to illustrate concepts; related work and technical details should generally be omitted. Enthusiasm from the presenter is critical to engage the audience.
- Questions are opportunities to connect, so actively encourage them, and be prepared to truncate the talk if needed to allow for interaction.
This guide provides instructions for delivering an effective presentation skills course, including materials for instructors to use. It outlines the target audience as supervisors and managers who give presentations, and lists the learning objectives as applying successful presentation methods, developing content, preparing effective presentations, and using visual aids. The document provides guidance on title, purpose, research, the four cornerstones method of preparation, awareness of presentation details, and including an introduction, body, and conclusion.
The document provides principles for giving an effective talk, including communicating your arguments clearly, persuading the audience they are true, and making the talk interesting. It recommends talking rather than reading, standing up, using visual aids, moving around, varying vocal pitch, focusing on main arguments, rehearsing, and summarizing at the beginning and end. The guidelines also cover dressing professionally, practicing your presentation, emphasizing the users' needs, and welcoming questions from the audience.
This document provides tips for preparing and delivering an effective speech. It discusses the importance of having a strong introduction that gets the audience's attention and establishes credibility. The body of the speech should answer questions the audience likely has and prioritize key points. Effective delivery requires practicing multiple times, maintaining eye contact with the audience, and using cue cards strategically. The conclusion should signal that the speech is ending and reinforce the central idea. Humor can engage audiences if used appropriately for the context and audience. Body language also significantly impacts delivery, so speakers should communicate positively and naturally.
This document provides an overview of how people process and remember information presented to them. It discusses the four stages of memory: ultra short-term, short-term, medium-term, and long-term. To be remembered, information must pass through these stages. The document recommends presenting information in chunks of 7 items or fewer and using techniques like examples, discussions, and questions to reinforce memories in the medium-term. It also notes the "primacy and recency effect," where the beginning and end of presentations are best remembered.
The document outlines an agenda for a presentation on effective presentations given by Peter Masucci, an adjunct professor. The presentation will cover planning presentations, presentation sequences, creating visual aids, and effective presentation techniques. It will discuss determining purpose and audience, organizing content, using storyboards, controlling anxiety, and designing slides. The goal is to inform attendees how to give polished, audience-centered presentations.
This document provides an overview of strategies for successful speaking and listening from a lecture on communication skills. It discusses what a presentation is, the purpose of presentations, different types of oral presentations, and ways to prepare and deliver an effective presentation. Specifically, it outlines steps to take which include determining the purpose, analyzing the audience, selecting main ideas, researching the topic, organizing the information, creating visual aids, and rehearsing. It also provides strategies for an effective oral delivery focusing on aspects like pitch, rate, volume, vocal quality, and pronunciation. Finally, it discusses strategies for improved listening skills.
How to maximise the impact of your research through kick-ass presentationsEsther De Smet
This document provides tips and advice for giving effective presentations as a researcher. It discusses 10 tips to improve presentations, including focusing on your expertise, storyboarding your talk structure, using storytelling techniques, starting and ending strongly, managing slide content and design, engaging the audience, rehearsing, and timing your presentation. The document aims to help researchers develop and maintain strong presentation skills through workshops and applying best practices for communication and impact.
The document discusses the five canons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Invention involves considering what an audience needs to know. Arrangement is about organizing a communication strategically. Style impacts audiences through word choice and linguistic devices. Memory refers to thoroughly knowing a topic. Delivery is about effectively presenting information through elements like eye contact, body language, and dress. The document provides examples and explanations for each canon.
The document discusses strategies for effectively introducing and concluding presentations. It recommends capturing the audience's attention in the introduction by making it relevant to their interests and using techniques like questions, personal stories, or visuals. The conclusion should summarize the main points and purpose, indicate next steps, and thank the audience. Practicing the full presentation can help improve delivery and reduce filler words. Different delivery methods each have advantages and disadvantages, so using a combination is best.
The document provides 10 rules for effective PowerPoint presentations:
1. Write a script before creating slides
2. Only include one main point per slide
3. Avoid long paragraphs of text on slides
4. Pay attention to simple slide design with easy to read fonts and colors
5. Use images sparingly to reinforce points
6. Consider your presentation manner beyond just the slides
7. Open with an intriguing hook to engage the audience
8. Ask questions of the audience to encourage interaction
9. Modulate your voice to keep the presentation lively
10. Be willing to break rules when it enhances the presentation
This document provides guidance on developing effective presentation skills. It discusses how presentations differ from lectures or written reports, and outlines best practices for designing and delivering presentations. Key steps include analyzing the audience and objectives, planning the structure and visual aids, rehearsing, and delivering with confidence while addressing questions. It also notes that team presentations require additional coordination between members on content, appearance, staging, and closing remarks. The overarching goal is to clearly communicate your message to interested audiences.
The document provides guidance on using props effectively in presentations. It discusses how props can enhance a presentation by making points more concrete, having emotional impact, serving as metaphors, and grabbing audience attention. Some tips for using props include ensuring they are relevant to the message; making sure the audience can see the prop; using an appropriate number of props; testing props in advance; having backups; feeling comfortable handling the prop; keeping props hidden until needed; and building anticipation before revealing the prop.
This document provides guidance on preparing presentations. It discusses identifying the purpose of the presentation as either persuasive or informative and tailoring the content accordingly. For persuasive presentations, more emotional appeals are needed to convince the audience, while informative presentations emphasize sharing useful information. The document also stresses the importance of considering the audience to match the appropriate level of detail, language, and engagement activities. Presenters are advised to practice their timing to ensure they stay within any set time limits.
This document provides guidance on writing academic papers. It discusses:
1) Developing a concept sheet to structure your ideas before writing, with section headings and notes.
2) Considering your target audience or "market" to determine the appropriate length, level of detail, and style.
3) Creating a first draft that focuses on content before refining grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
The document discusses effective presentation skills. It covers topics like reducing stage fright through preparation, using voice as a communication tool, and using visual aids to enhance a presentation rather than replace the speaker. Effective presentations require skills like structuring content in a logical pyramid format, engaging the audience, and summarizing key points.
This document provides guidance on how to effectively plan and structure a presentation. It recommends analyzing your audience, selecting an interesting topic, defining clear objectives, and preparing the main body. It also advises practicing your delivery, which can involve speaking from memory, notes, a script, or a combination. The conclusion restates the main points and allows for audience questions. The overall message is that properly understanding your audience and planning the content, structure, and delivery will help ensure a successful presentation.
The document provides guidance on designing effective PowerPoint presentations. It discusses choosing templates and slide designs, using images and visuals purposefully, making text and numbers easy to read, using animation sparingly, and structuring the presentation with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion to support the overarching message. Effective presentations enhance the speaker and support the audience's understanding rather than replacing the speaker or dominating the presentation.
This document provides guidance on how to give effective presentations as a patient advocate. It discusses the four Ps of planning - Purpose, Plan, Prepare, Present. For the Purpose, it is important to know your goal and intended audience. When Planning, consider your audience, create an outline with a beginning, middle and end, and anticipate questions. To Prepare, design slides with minimal text, relevant visuals, and rehearse your timing. For presenting, conquer nerves through preparation, slow speech, eye contact, and being aware of time. Tips are given for answering questions and using body language effectively. Overall, the key is knowing your expertise as an advocate and enjoying the experience.
The document provides a 12-step process for preparing and delivering an effective presentation: 1) Know your audience, 2) Research thoroughly, 3) Document sources, 4) Write the speech, 5) Prepare visual aids, 6) Rehearse alone, 7) Do a dress rehearsal with feedback, 8) Tweak based on feedback, 9) Prepare yourself mentally, 10) Introduce and present the material, 11) Take questions, and 12) Conclude thanking the audience. Additional tips are provided for small group settings, including facilitating discussion and maintaining audience focus. Warnings are given such as not distributing materials in advance or overusing filler words.
LINKS Slides from February 2011 - Bob Novello on Effective Presentationstechlig
The document outlines 10 key success factors for effective presentations: 1) Make a good first impression, 2) Start with a needs analysis of the audience and purpose, 3) Organize the presentation clearly, 4) Involve participants through discussion and activities, 5) Make the presentation practical and applicable, 6) Minimize lecturing, 7) Ensure consistent verbal and non-verbal communication, 8) Use visual aids like PowerPoint effectively, 9) Avoid distractions, and 10) Plan for potential issues by remembering Murphy's Law. The document provides guidance on applying each of these success factors through preparation and delivery techniques.
The document provides guidance on making effective presentations. It discusses several key aspects:
1) Preparation is essential, including understanding your audience, organizing your topic, determining length, and choosing visual aids.
2) Effective openings are important to gain attention and interest. Techniques include posing problems, sharing facts or stories, and using humor.
3) Presentations should have a clear structure with an introduction, body, conclusion, and Q&A. The introduction establishes purpose and agenda.
4) Language should be simple, active, and easy to understand unlike written texts. Signposting helps guide the audience through the presentation.
This document provides guidance on how to present research work at a conference. It discusses sending an abstract, creating PowerPoint slides, public speaking skills, and poster presentations. For abstracts, it emphasizes following formatting guidelines and including salient results. For slides, it recommends using a simple template with limited text per slide presented in bullet points. It also offers tips for rehearsing, establishing eye contact, handling questions, and thanking the audience. Finally, it provides tips for designing clear, legible posters and engaging with attendees.
Analyze your audience and understand their level of knowledge and expectations. Plan your talk to avoid wasting time. Practice your talk several times with a mock audience and understand the time allotted for your talk and questions.
When creating slides, use large fonts over 24 points and space information out on slides with no more than 10 lines or 3 bullet points per slide. Include visuals, color, numbering, and references to show effort. Follow a formula of one slide per minute of talking. Remain enthusiastic and make eye contact with your audience.
The document provides guidance on how to give successful oral and poster presentations. It discusses common mistakes speakers make that cause audiences to lose attention. The key points are to clearly structure the presentation by dividing it into parts with intermediate conclusions, spend 30% of time on background to engage diverse audiences, and repeat the main message at the beginning and end. Successful presentations group related content together, avoid reading speeches, and use figures that are easy to understand without needing a legend. The overall goal is to make the presentation easy for audiences to follow and remember the main points.
Definition: A presentation is the process of presenting a topic to an audience. It is typically a
demonstration, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, or to
build good will or to present a new idea or product.
Planning Your Presentation
Preparing a presentation can be an overwhelming experience if you allow it to be one. The
strategies and steps below are provided to help you break down what you might view as a large
job into smaller, more manageable tasks.
Step 1: Analyze your audience
The first step in preparing a presentation is to learn more about the audience to whom you'll be
speaking. It's a good idea to obtain some information on the backgrounds, values, and interests of
your audience so that you understand what the audience members might expect from your
presentation.
Step 2: Select a topic
Next, if possible select a topic that is of interest to the audience and to you. It will be much easier
to deliver a presentation that the audience finds relevant, and more enjoyable to research a topic
that is of interest to you.
This document provides an overview of how people process and remember information presented to them. It discusses the four stages of memory: ultra short-term, short-term, medium-term, and long-term. To be remembered, information must pass through these stages. The document recommends presenting information in chunks of 7 items or fewer and using techniques like examples, discussions, and questions to reinforce memories in the medium-term. It also notes the "primacy and recency effect," where the beginning and end of presentations are best remembered.
The document outlines an agenda for a presentation on effective presentations given by Peter Masucci, an adjunct professor. The presentation will cover planning presentations, presentation sequences, creating visual aids, and effective presentation techniques. It will discuss determining purpose and audience, organizing content, using storyboards, controlling anxiety, and designing slides. The goal is to inform attendees how to give polished, audience-centered presentations.
This document provides an overview of strategies for successful speaking and listening from a lecture on communication skills. It discusses what a presentation is, the purpose of presentations, different types of oral presentations, and ways to prepare and deliver an effective presentation. Specifically, it outlines steps to take which include determining the purpose, analyzing the audience, selecting main ideas, researching the topic, organizing the information, creating visual aids, and rehearsing. It also provides strategies for an effective oral delivery focusing on aspects like pitch, rate, volume, vocal quality, and pronunciation. Finally, it discusses strategies for improved listening skills.
How to maximise the impact of your research through kick-ass presentationsEsther De Smet
This document provides tips and advice for giving effective presentations as a researcher. It discusses 10 tips to improve presentations, including focusing on your expertise, storyboarding your talk structure, using storytelling techniques, starting and ending strongly, managing slide content and design, engaging the audience, rehearsing, and timing your presentation. The document aims to help researchers develop and maintain strong presentation skills through workshops and applying best practices for communication and impact.
The document discusses the five canons of rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Invention involves considering what an audience needs to know. Arrangement is about organizing a communication strategically. Style impacts audiences through word choice and linguistic devices. Memory refers to thoroughly knowing a topic. Delivery is about effectively presenting information through elements like eye contact, body language, and dress. The document provides examples and explanations for each canon.
The document discusses strategies for effectively introducing and concluding presentations. It recommends capturing the audience's attention in the introduction by making it relevant to their interests and using techniques like questions, personal stories, or visuals. The conclusion should summarize the main points and purpose, indicate next steps, and thank the audience. Practicing the full presentation can help improve delivery and reduce filler words. Different delivery methods each have advantages and disadvantages, so using a combination is best.
The document provides 10 rules for effective PowerPoint presentations:
1. Write a script before creating slides
2. Only include one main point per slide
3. Avoid long paragraphs of text on slides
4. Pay attention to simple slide design with easy to read fonts and colors
5. Use images sparingly to reinforce points
6. Consider your presentation manner beyond just the slides
7. Open with an intriguing hook to engage the audience
8. Ask questions of the audience to encourage interaction
9. Modulate your voice to keep the presentation lively
10. Be willing to break rules when it enhances the presentation
This document provides guidance on developing effective presentation skills. It discusses how presentations differ from lectures or written reports, and outlines best practices for designing and delivering presentations. Key steps include analyzing the audience and objectives, planning the structure and visual aids, rehearsing, and delivering with confidence while addressing questions. It also notes that team presentations require additional coordination between members on content, appearance, staging, and closing remarks. The overarching goal is to clearly communicate your message to interested audiences.
The document provides guidance on using props effectively in presentations. It discusses how props can enhance a presentation by making points more concrete, having emotional impact, serving as metaphors, and grabbing audience attention. Some tips for using props include ensuring they are relevant to the message; making sure the audience can see the prop; using an appropriate number of props; testing props in advance; having backups; feeling comfortable handling the prop; keeping props hidden until needed; and building anticipation before revealing the prop.
This document provides guidance on preparing presentations. It discusses identifying the purpose of the presentation as either persuasive or informative and tailoring the content accordingly. For persuasive presentations, more emotional appeals are needed to convince the audience, while informative presentations emphasize sharing useful information. The document also stresses the importance of considering the audience to match the appropriate level of detail, language, and engagement activities. Presenters are advised to practice their timing to ensure they stay within any set time limits.
This document provides guidance on writing academic papers. It discusses:
1) Developing a concept sheet to structure your ideas before writing, with section headings and notes.
2) Considering your target audience or "market" to determine the appropriate length, level of detail, and style.
3) Creating a first draft that focuses on content before refining grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
The document discusses effective presentation skills. It covers topics like reducing stage fright through preparation, using voice as a communication tool, and using visual aids to enhance a presentation rather than replace the speaker. Effective presentations require skills like structuring content in a logical pyramid format, engaging the audience, and summarizing key points.
This document provides guidance on how to effectively plan and structure a presentation. It recommends analyzing your audience, selecting an interesting topic, defining clear objectives, and preparing the main body. It also advises practicing your delivery, which can involve speaking from memory, notes, a script, or a combination. The conclusion restates the main points and allows for audience questions. The overall message is that properly understanding your audience and planning the content, structure, and delivery will help ensure a successful presentation.
The document provides guidance on designing effective PowerPoint presentations. It discusses choosing templates and slide designs, using images and visuals purposefully, making text and numbers easy to read, using animation sparingly, and structuring the presentation with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion to support the overarching message. Effective presentations enhance the speaker and support the audience's understanding rather than replacing the speaker or dominating the presentation.
This document provides guidance on how to give effective presentations as a patient advocate. It discusses the four Ps of planning - Purpose, Plan, Prepare, Present. For the Purpose, it is important to know your goal and intended audience. When Planning, consider your audience, create an outline with a beginning, middle and end, and anticipate questions. To Prepare, design slides with minimal text, relevant visuals, and rehearse your timing. For presenting, conquer nerves through preparation, slow speech, eye contact, and being aware of time. Tips are given for answering questions and using body language effectively. Overall, the key is knowing your expertise as an advocate and enjoying the experience.
The document provides a 12-step process for preparing and delivering an effective presentation: 1) Know your audience, 2) Research thoroughly, 3) Document sources, 4) Write the speech, 5) Prepare visual aids, 6) Rehearse alone, 7) Do a dress rehearsal with feedback, 8) Tweak based on feedback, 9) Prepare yourself mentally, 10) Introduce and present the material, 11) Take questions, and 12) Conclude thanking the audience. Additional tips are provided for small group settings, including facilitating discussion and maintaining audience focus. Warnings are given such as not distributing materials in advance or overusing filler words.
LINKS Slides from February 2011 - Bob Novello on Effective Presentationstechlig
The document outlines 10 key success factors for effective presentations: 1) Make a good first impression, 2) Start with a needs analysis of the audience and purpose, 3) Organize the presentation clearly, 4) Involve participants through discussion and activities, 5) Make the presentation practical and applicable, 6) Minimize lecturing, 7) Ensure consistent verbal and non-verbal communication, 8) Use visual aids like PowerPoint effectively, 9) Avoid distractions, and 10) Plan for potential issues by remembering Murphy's Law. The document provides guidance on applying each of these success factors through preparation and delivery techniques.
The document provides guidance on making effective presentations. It discusses several key aspects:
1) Preparation is essential, including understanding your audience, organizing your topic, determining length, and choosing visual aids.
2) Effective openings are important to gain attention and interest. Techniques include posing problems, sharing facts or stories, and using humor.
3) Presentations should have a clear structure with an introduction, body, conclusion, and Q&A. The introduction establishes purpose and agenda.
4) Language should be simple, active, and easy to understand unlike written texts. Signposting helps guide the audience through the presentation.
This document provides guidance on how to present research work at a conference. It discusses sending an abstract, creating PowerPoint slides, public speaking skills, and poster presentations. For abstracts, it emphasizes following formatting guidelines and including salient results. For slides, it recommends using a simple template with limited text per slide presented in bullet points. It also offers tips for rehearsing, establishing eye contact, handling questions, and thanking the audience. Finally, it provides tips for designing clear, legible posters and engaging with attendees.
Analyze your audience and understand their level of knowledge and expectations. Plan your talk to avoid wasting time. Practice your talk several times with a mock audience and understand the time allotted for your talk and questions.
When creating slides, use large fonts over 24 points and space information out on slides with no more than 10 lines or 3 bullet points per slide. Include visuals, color, numbering, and references to show effort. Follow a formula of one slide per minute of talking. Remain enthusiastic and make eye contact with your audience.
The document provides guidance on how to give successful oral and poster presentations. It discusses common mistakes speakers make that cause audiences to lose attention. The key points are to clearly structure the presentation by dividing it into parts with intermediate conclusions, spend 30% of time on background to engage diverse audiences, and repeat the main message at the beginning and end. Successful presentations group related content together, avoid reading speeches, and use figures that are easy to understand without needing a legend. The overall goal is to make the presentation easy for audiences to follow and remember the main points.
Definition: A presentation is the process of presenting a topic to an audience. It is typically a
demonstration, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, or to
build good will or to present a new idea or product.
Planning Your Presentation
Preparing a presentation can be an overwhelming experience if you allow it to be one. The
strategies and steps below are provided to help you break down what you might view as a large
job into smaller, more manageable tasks.
Step 1: Analyze your audience
The first step in preparing a presentation is to learn more about the audience to whom you'll be
speaking. It's a good idea to obtain some information on the backgrounds, values, and interests of
your audience so that you understand what the audience members might expect from your
presentation.
Step 2: Select a topic
Next, if possible select a topic that is of interest to the audience and to you. It will be much easier
to deliver a presentation that the audience finds relevant, and more enjoyable to research a topic
that is of interest to you.
This document provides guidance on developing effective presentation skills. It discusses defining what a presentation is, why presentation skills are important, and how to plan and structure an effective presentation. Key points include assessing your audience, organizing your topic logically, practicing your presentation, using visual aids appropriately, handling questions confidently, and adapting your language for clarity. The document provides tips on starting and ending a presentation successfully as well as common mistakes to avoid.
The document provides guidance on how to give a successful presentation. It emphasizes that preparation is key and involves understanding the audience, having a clear objective, developing an organized structure, and rehearsing. The introduction should grab the audience's attention, state the presentation topics and structure, and set expectations. The body should present the topics in a logical order while engaging the audience. The conclusion should summarize the main points and invite questions. Thorough preparation through outlining, researching, rehearsing, and refining visual aids and timing will result in a confident delivery and effective communication with the audience.
This document provides guidance on effectively planning and delivering business presentations. It discusses determining objectives and considering the audience to tailor the presentation appropriately. It emphasizes the importance of timing the presentation and creating a schedule to stay within time limits. When taking questions, it recommends listening fully, understanding context, involving the whole audience, responding concisely, and providing follow up options. It also provides tips for handling difficult questions and strategies when struggling to answer. Finally, it outlines the seven key stages in planning a presentation: preparation, choosing main points, supporting information, introduction, body, conclusion, and practice.
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This document provides guidance on developing effective presentation skills. It discusses preparing for a presentation by understanding the objectives and audience, and developing a clear structure and message. Key aspects of an effective presentation include proper preparation through research and rehearsal, using a clear introduction, body, and conclusion structure, and considering timing, delivery style, use of visual aids, and both verbal and non-verbal communication. Managing audience interaction and nerves are also addressed. The overall aim is to help readers enhance their ability to communicate confidently and effectively with different audiences.
This document provides an overview of presentation skills and tips for effective presentations. It discusses that a presentation involves demonstrating, introducing, or informing an audience through speech or visual aids. The key stages of a presentation include organizing material, preparing, writing content, deciding a method, managing notes, using visual aids, practicing, and presenting. Effective presentations are clear, well-structured, organized by topic or chronology, and incorporate visual aids to enhance understanding. Presenters should be prepared, enthusiastic, engage the audience, and provide a memorable closing.
The document discusses principles for effective presentations. It outlines the basic structure of introductions, body text, and conclusions. It also discusses four key aspects of presentations: strategy, structure, style, and supplements. Some tips provided include practicing your presentation, tailoring your message for the audience, using a logical structure, maintaining an engaging style through enthusiasm and body language, and using visual aids to reinforce your message. The overall goals of a presentation are to inform, persuade, or express ideas to an audience.
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The document provides guidance on how to make an effective presentation. It discusses planning a presentation by choosing a topic and purpose, gathering information, developing an outline, and selecting visual aids. It also covers analyzing your audience, making contact through eye contact, gestures, spoken contact and language. The document outlines different presentation structures and techniques, including a simple outline, organizing around different objectives, and using a manuscript technique versus extemporaneous speaking. It concludes with tips for managing the question and answer session, such as listening carefully, understanding the question, communicating to involve the audience, and providing focused responses.
TIPS FOR A GOOD PROJECT DEFENSE: CONVEYING A GOOD PRESENTATIONEtieneIma123
In the scholastic world, it is a routine that having studied for a while, students are asked to do project research, cause discoveries, and to pick a project topic and develop a quality substance for such a project topic. Most of the time, final year project topics are chosen from a pool of accessible ones by students and endorsed by their supervisors before they initiate to take a shot at it.
The document provides guidance on making effective presentations. It discusses the importance of preparation, including planning the content, structure, visual aids, and handling questions. When giving the presentation, speakers should use simple language, maintain eye contact with the audience, and practice to manage nerves. The introduction should attract attention and the conclusion should summarize key points. Preparation, practice, and good delivery are essential to engage audiences and communicate messages clearly.
The document provides guidance on preparing and delivering effective presentations in English. It discusses the importance of preparation, including clarifying the objective, audience, venue, length, structure, content, visual aids, and rehearsal. It also covers delivery techniques like establishing rapport, body language, voice quality, cultural considerations, and signposting to help guide the audience. The overall message is that thorough preparation and awareness of audience and cultural factors are key to a successful presentation.
The document discusses effective strategies for technical report writing and presentations. It covers defining the purpose, analyzing the audience, organizing the content into an introduction, main body and conclusion with clear transitions. Additional tips include preparing an outline, using visual aids, understanding delivery styles, handling questions, and using effective vocal techniques like volume, pace and pronunciation. The overall focus is on planning an effective presentation through audience analysis, clear organization and structure, and strong delivery skills.
The document outlines the typical structure of a presentation which includes an introduction, body, and conclusion. It recommends saying what you will say in the introduction, saying it in the body, and recapping what was said in the conclusion. The introduction should welcome the audience, introduce the topic, and outline the structure. The body is where the main presentation occurs and should be well structured with visuals and engagement. The conclusion should summarize and thank the audience. Questions from the audience should be welcomed and answered politely.
This document provides information on preparing for different types of public speaking events. It discusses seminars, conferences, virtual events, award ceremonies, and special occasions. For each type of event, it describes the format and expectations. The document then offers tips for preparing a public speaking event, including knowing the audience and environment, outlining main points, practicing, using visual aids appropriately, anticipating questions, and managing technology. Overall, the document stresses the importance of thorough preparation, practice, and tailoring the speech based on the specific event type and audience.
This document provides guidance on effective oral presentation techniques. It discusses the key components of an oral presentation including the introduction, body, and conclusion. It emphasizes the importance of being well-prepared, rehearsed, and using visual aids to engage the audience. Effective delivery requires making eye contact, using your voice well, and paying attention to timing and audience feedback.
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1. Giving a Talk
Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Technical Seminars
Frank R. Kschischang
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
July 29, 1993; Revised September 24, 2000
Copyright c
1993, 2000 by Frank R. Kschischang
2. Giving a Talk: Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Technical Seminars 1
“Studies show that fear of public speaking ranks higher
than fear of dying. I guess this means that most people at
a funeral would rather be in the coffin than delivering the
eulogy...” Jerry Seinfeld
1 Introduction
Often in your career you will be faced with the prospect
of “giving a talk,” that is, making an oral presentation
before an audience. These notes are a collection of a few
simple guidelines for preparing and delivering a “talk.”
The basic principles are applicable in defence of your
thesis, at conferences, in giving research progress reports
and the like.
These notes are intended to supplement—rather than
replace—standard texts on public speaking and effective
oral communication. The suggestions given here have
worked well for the author and his friends; perhaps they
will work well for you too!
2 The Basics
Define your message. If you have nothing to say, you
cannot give an effective talk. Assuming that you do have
something to say, it is important to identify at the outset
just what it is that you are trying to communicate. Write
down a short list of important points that you want to
make (no more than 3 or 4). These points are often called
the “take-away message,” that is, the message that the
audience should be receiving if your presentation is to be
effective. Your entire presentation should focus on
presenting the take-away message in a clear and
convincing way. Guard against making your take-away
message overly complex, as this will only overwhelm the
audience.
Know your audience. To be effective, your talk must
be delivered at a level that is appropriate for your
audience. You must analyze the background and
expectations of the audience to deliver the take-away
message in the most effective manner. This may mean
modifying the take-away message, if the concepts
involved are beyond the level of your audience.
Knowing your audience, you can begin to decide how
much background material is needed to deliver your
take-away message effectively. Your audience will
influence your choice of vocabulary (technical jargon)
and may even influence how you dress!
Prepare well. The best way to give the impression that
you know what you are talking about, is really to know
what you are talking about. This means that you should
understand your subject well, and be able to answer
related questions. On the other hand, it is impossible for
any one speaker to be able to answer all questions that
might be asked. There is no shame in answering “I don’t
know” to a question that is asked—in fact, this answer is
preferable to an incorrect or misleading reply, or a “stab
in the dark.”
Of course you must know when and where your
presentation is to be held, and, if necessary, what
specialized audio-visual equipment (slide projectors,
videocassette recorders, etc.) is available. You can
usually count on the availability of the ubiquitous
(overhead) viewgraph projector. Discover that your pens
are dried out before your presentation! Technical
presentations invariably rely on some sort of visual aid,
usually slides or viewgraphs. (Whatever they are, they
will be called slides in these notes.) More will be said
about preparing these later.
You should find out how long you are required to speak,
and aim to have your presentation fit within the allotted
time. One good way to judge the presentation time is to
rehearse your presentation ahead of time. Another
method is to count slides; if you know your average rate
of going through the slides, this can work quite well. The
author uses the “one simple slide per minute” rule of
thumb; most people use fewer. Experiment to determine
your own rate. If, for some reason, you find yourself
running out of time, don’t be afraid to skip slides.
It is a good idea to keep your slides well organized in a
folder, binder, or notebook during your presentation.
This allows for easy retrieval during the question period,
when, almost inevitably, somebody will ask you to put up
a slide from your presentation.
You may want to prepare three or so back up slides for
anticipated questions. Such slides could present
interesting details that are peripheral to the main chain of
reasoning, for example. It is also handy to have a couple
of blank slides around, so that you have something to
write on when have to explain something not covered on
your other slides.
You might want to practice your presentation at least
once before a friendly (or simulated unfriendly) audience
a couple of days before your presentation. Talking to a
mirror can also help, but even better is a tape recorder,
since you can play it back and hear yourself as others
will hear you.
3 Delivering Your Presentation
Tell’em what you’re going say. .. An effective way to
emphasize the take-away message is to repeat it several
3. Giving a Talk: Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Technical Seminars 2
times during your talk—without seeming repetitious, of
course. This can be accomplished by presenting an
outline of your talk at the beginning. After presenting the
arguments that support your take-away message, you can
recap these points at the end of your talk.
A typical outline for a talk looks like this:
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Introduction
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Point 1
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Point 2
¡
Point 3
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Conclusions
where points 1–3 represent the take-away message.
Some speakers like to return to the outline slide after
each point is covered, to show the logical progression
through the talk.
The outline almost invariably contains some type of
introduction as the first point. Whether the audience is a
group of experts in the field or a group of novices, all
audiences require some type of introduction to your
topic. Such an introduction will attempt to place the
subject of the talk into a wider context; it will also
sometimes review some of the background material (e.g.,
history, terminology, and notation) needed to understand
the talk. For an audience of non-specialists, the
introduction may take up as much as half the time of the
talk. Always start with what you know the audience
knows, to make them comfortable at the beginning.
The points of the outline should be organized in logical
fashion, so that point 2 follows logically from point 1,
point 3 from point 2, and so forth. Try to plan the talk
with an easy-to-follow story line. To catch audience
attention, you can feed them interesting tidbits to be
explained later in the talk.
Avoid trying to dazzle your audience with impressive
looking equations or complicated lines of reasoning.
Your aim should be to educate, not to impress. Even the
most seasoned expert in the field will not be impressed
by an unintelligible, overly detailed presentation.
Say it... Once you have placed the subject of your talk
into the proper context and have reviewed the necessary
background material, it is time to convey the essence of
each of the points in your take-away message in an
effective manner. This is where you will spend most
time, but it may not be the part that the audience will
remember most.
Follow your outline. Present—in the simplest way
possible—the arguments that support each point in your
outline. A useful rule of thumb is to use a new slide for
the presentation of each new idea, or argument. More on
this later.
Tell’em what you’ve said. At the end of your
presentation, it is a good idea to recap the take-away
message. The usual way to do this is to provide a
summary slide, with the take-away message shown in
point form. This summary will usually conclude your
presentation, except in the case of thesis presentations,
where it is typical to provide some suggestions for
further work. If appropriate, you can invite the audience
to ask questions at this point.
Avoid trying to dazzle your audience with impressive
looking equations or complicated lines of reasoning.
4 Preparing Slides
One slide—one simple idea. As already stated, each
slide shown in your presentation should have a simple
message. It is important not to crowd too many ideas
onto a slide as this inhibits understanding. Text is best
presented in point form. Try for the maximum impact
with the fewest words—like newspaper headlines. If you
write complete sentences, you will invariably simply
recite them to the audience word for word, tuning your
audience out completely. Using point form on your
slides, you can elaborate verbally without distracting
your audience from your main message.
Avoid overcrowded “eye exam” slides. And show the
whole slide at once! Covering up parts of your slide with
opaque paper is no help—the audience will just get
curious about what’s hiding underneath, and lose track of
your message.
Try summarizing each slide on a single line, e.g., in a
box at the bottom of the slide, or by posing a simple
question at the top of each slide. This will allow audience
members with wandering attention spans to “recalibrate”
themselves with your presentation.
Use lots of pictures, few equations. Pictures are worth
thousands of words—the more pictures you have, the
better. My colleague Glenn Gulak suggests the following
4. Giving a Talk: Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Technical Seminars 3
rule of thumb: never, without good reason, use more than
two slides in a row with no pictures.
Don’t make your diagrams too complicated. Use simple
block diagrams; each simple block can be expanded upon
in later slides if necessary.
Graphs are the most useful way to present relationships
between variables. Briefly show an equation, if you must,
but spend the most time presenting graphs obtained from
the equation. Similarly, graph numerical data rather than
presenting numbers in tables. Always label the axes of a
graph, and always explain the physical meaning of the
variables being plotted, at least the first time that a graph
of this particular type is shown. Try to keep the same
scale and size on graphs of a similar type; this will allow
for easy comparison. Avoid graphs with many different
curves. Include enough curves to make your general
point—you can always claim that other curves are
similar to the ones you show. Use contrasting colours to
separate curves, even if it means colouring a
computer-generated slide by hand.
The mechanics of slide preparation. Many effective
presentations can be made with hand-printed slides. The
advantages of hand-printed slides are that they can be
prepared fairly quickly, and without specialized
equipment (i.e., you can write them on an airplane, or in
your hotel room the night before your presentation). You
can also easily introduce colour into your presentation.
The main disadvantage is that you have to be extremely
neat. If you cannot print neatly, then this method is not
for you. Another disadvantage of the hand-printing
method is that you might give your audience the
impression that you did not have time to prepare
adequately, i.e., that you wrote them on the airplane, or in
your hotel room the night before the presentation.
Most computer-generated slides are prepared by
photocopying printer output directly onto transparencies.
(The ECE photocopy room maintains a supply of these.
Just ask for them at the desk.) Slides can be prepared
using your favourite word-processing package—just
remember to use a large font (point-size 14 or more).
Avoid too many font changes; use simple, easy to read
fonts (Helvetica or another sans serif font) for headings
and labels. If you use LATEX, you may want to use the
slides document class, a version of LATEX specialized
for slide production. Watch for unwanted hyphenation;
generally, text on slides should not be hyphenated.
Figures can be hand-printed, or computer generated,
whichever looks best (or is most convenient). Many of
the computer drawing packages can be used to create
both the text and pictures for each slide. Finally, don’t
forget that you can always “cut-and-paste” the different
elements of a slide, each of which can be generated in the
most convenient way.
5 Other Useful Tips
Relax! Try not to be nervous or intimidated by your
audience. Give the appearance of calm confidence, and
focus all your energy and concentration on the message
in your presentation. If you are focussed on your talk and
not your nervousness, so will your audience be.
Some inexperienced speakers will attempt to memorize
their talk, or read it from a prepared text. One word of
advice: don’t! If you need to refer to a set of notes, put
them in point form, not in complete sentences, or you
will find yourself reading them out. The best method is
to use your viewgraphs or slides as visual cues as to the
points you would like to make. If you keep each slide
simple—one idea to a slide—nothing will be forgotten.
At the start, determine the best place to stand so that you
are not blocking the projection or somebody’s view.
When placing a slide on the projector, make sure that you
look back at the screen to see that all is visible, and
adjust the slide if necessary. It is best to point at the
screen, if possible, rather than at the projector. The
projector moves if you get too friendly with it. If you
must point at the projector (if the screen is too far away,
for example) be sure to keep the pointer steady. Also,
don’t fiddle with your pointer, as telescoping it in and out
really detracts from what you are saying. Don’t fumble
with your slides. Throw away “tissue paper” separators
before your presentation.
Remember to focus on your audience, not on the
projector. Aim to speak slowly and with enough volume
to reach the person in the audience who is farthest away.
Look around, they won’t bite, and you can see whether
your points are sinking in. Interact with the audience.
5. Giving a Talk: Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Technical Seminars 4
Ask
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them if they are following you, or ask them simple
questions to see if they are. Liven them up a bit.
Take control of the questions, during or after the talk. Try
to steer the topic back on track, otherwise audience
participation can drive things far away from the main
points of the talk. Take discussions off-line if they are
consuming too much time or will not readily be resolved.
Feel free to interrupt debates among audience
members—after all, it’s your talk!
Humour can make a big difference, especially in dry
technical talks. Try to lighten it up a bit; especially after
some particularly heavy going. Cartoons can be an
effective way to draw parallels with points you are trying
to make. Even short verbal asides, rhetorical questions,
or anecdotes can go a long way to keeping up audience
interest.
Try not to be nervous or intimidated by your audience.
Learn by observation. In university, you are in a
particularly good position to observe others giving
presentations. Take the opportunity to learn from the
mistakes that others make, and borrow (steal) techniques
that you find effective. Watch carefully for methods used
by your lecturers that improve your understanding. Be
careful, though, that you don’t pay so much attention to
the medium that you lose the message.
Further Reading. There are dozens of books in
libraries and bookstores that cover effective oral
communication. The IEEE Trans. on Professional
Communication is a good source of articles, especially
the March 1980 “Special Issue on Public Speaking for
Engineers and Scientists.” Another good way to get
public speaking experience of all kinds—not just
technical—is to join a Toastmaster’s Club.
6 Conclusions
Finally, a last piece of advice. Giving a successful talk
takes a lot of effort, and more than a bit of experience.
Don’t get discouraged if your oratory ability is found
lacking your first time out. Take seriously suggestions
made by your audience, and try to improve for next time.
Soon you will be an expert in the preparation and
presentation of technical seminars!
Acknowledgments
Gillian Woodruff made a number of excellent
suggestions that have been incorporated into this
document. Thanks Gillian! I am also grateful for the
comments of Glenn Gulak, Mart Molle, Rajesh Pankaj
and Pas Pasupathy. Rajesh made some good suggestions
for structuring the HTML version.1
Finally, many thanks
to Eric Mah, EE class of 9T3, for his great illustrations.
End Note
These notes are presented here in a rather preliminary
form to which I hope to make improvements in future. I
would appreciate hearing your comments on aspects of
the notes that you liked or didn’t like, points that you
found useful or useless, and topics you would like to see
omitted or included in future revisions. Send email to
frank@comm.utoronto.ca. – Frank Kschischang
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