Good instructions for making good presentation for business and education purpose. Good for professional and educational oragnizations

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How to Make GoodHow to Make Good
Oral PresentationsOral Presentations

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• Identify your purpose.
– Decide what you want your audience to believe,
remember, or do when you finish.
– Aim all parts of your talk toward your purpose.
Preparing an Oral PresentationPreparing an Oral Presentation

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• Organize the introduction.
– Get the audience involved.
– Capture attention by opening with a promise, story,
startling fact, question, quotation, relevant problem, or
self-effacing story.
– Establish your credibility by identifying your position,
expertise, knowledge, or qualifications.
– Introduce your topic.
– Preview the main points.
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• Organize the body of your presentation.
– Develop two to four main points. Streamline your topic
and summarize its principal parts.
– Arrange the points logically: chronologically, from most
important to least, by comparison and contrast, or by
some other strategy.
– Prepare transitions. Use "bridge" statements between
major points. (I've just discussed three reasons for X;
now I want to move to Y.) Use verbal signposts: however,
for example, etc.
Preparing an Oral PresentationPreparing an Oral Presentation

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• Organize the body of your presentation.
– Have extra material ready. Be prepared with more
information and visuals if needed.
• Organize the conclusion.
– Review your main points.
– Provide a final focus. Tell how listeners can use this
information, why you have spoken, or what you want
them to do.
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Type Use Comments
Example Illustrate
Clarify
Add interest
Usually best in
groups of two or
three. Precede or
follow with story.
Story Prove point
Illustrate
Adapt to audience.
Must support
thesis. Control
length.
Types of Verbal SupportTypes of Verbal Support

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Type Use Comments
Quotation Prove point
Add credibility
Add interest
Cite source. May
paraphrase or
read verbatim.
Follow up with
restatement or
explanation.
Comparison Improve under-
standing
Add figurative
interest
Link familiar with
unfamiliar. Be sure
comparison or
analogy is valid.
Types of Verbal SupportTypes of Verbal Support

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Type Use Comments
Statistics Prove point
Add credibility
Link to audience
needs. Use
sparingly; round
off. Support with
visuals, handouts.
Types of Verbal SupportTypes of Verbal Support

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• A Promise
– “By the end of my talk, you will . . . .”
• Drama
– Tell a moving story; describe a problem.
• Eye contact
– Command attention by making eye contact
with as many people as possible.
Nine Techniques for GettingNine Techniques for Getting
Your Audience’s AttentionYour Audience’s Attention

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• Movement
– Leave the lectern area. Move toward the
audience.
• A question
– Ask for a show of hands. Use a rhetorical
question.
• A demonstration
– Include a member of the audience.
Nine Techniques for GettingNine Techniques for Getting
Your Audience’s AttentionYour Audience’s Attention

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• Samples, gimmicks
– Award prizes to volunteer participants; pass out
samples.
• Visuals
– Use graphics and other visual aids.
• Appeal to the audience’s self-interest
– Audience members want to know, “What's in it
for me?”
Nine Techniques for GettingNine Techniques for Getting
Your Audience’s AttentionYour Audience’s Attention

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• Use imagery.
• Analogy (a comparison of something familiar
with something unfamiliar)
• Example: To understand how the heart is divided,
imagine a house with two rooms upstairs and two
downstairs.
• Metaphor (an implied, nonliteral comparison)
• Example: The old office building became a money pit.
• Simile (a comparison that includes the words like
or as)
• Example: His mind works like a computer.
Maintaining RapportMaintaining Rapport

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• Use other interest-building devices.
• Personal anecdotes
• Personalized statistics
• Worst- and best-case scenarios
• Send positive, nonverbal messages.
• Get out from behind the podium.
• Animate your body.
• Vary your facial expression.
• “Punctuate” your words.
Maintaining RapportMaintaining Rapport

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• Stomach butterflies
• Pounding heart
• Shortage of breath
• Sweaty palms
• Dry throat
• Unsteady voice
• Trembling hands
• Wobbly knees
• Tied tongue
Stage Fright SymptomsStage Fright Symptoms

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• Select a familiar, relevant topic.
• Prepare 150 percent.
• Use positive self-talk.
• Convert your fear into anticipation and
enthusiasm.
• Shift the focus from yourself to your visual
aids.
How to Overcome Stage FrightHow to Overcome Stage Fright

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• Give yourself permission to make an
occasional mistake.
• Ignore stumbles; keep going. Don't
apologize.
• Make your listeners your partners. Get
them involved.
• Just before you begin to talk, take some
deep breaths.
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Medium Cost Size of
Audience
Level of
Formality
Overhead
projector
Low 2 to 200 Formal or
informal
Flipchart Low 2 to 200 Informal
Write-and-wipe
board
Medium 2 to 200 Informal
Slide projector Medium 2 to 500 Formal
Presentation EnhancersPresentation Enhancers

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Medium Cost Size of
Audience
Level of
Formality
Video monitor Medium 2 to 100 Formal or
informal
Computer
slides
Low 2 to 200 Formal or
informal
Handouts Varies Unlimited Formal or
informal
Presentation EnhancersPresentation Enhancers

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• Select the medium carefully.
– Consider the size of the audience and the
degree of formality desired.
– Consider cost, ease of preparation, and potential
effectiveness.
Designing and Using GraphicsDesigning and Using Graphics

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• Highlight main ideas.
– Focus on major concepts only.
– Avoid overkill. Showing too many graphics
reduces their effectiveness.
– Keep all visuals simple.
Designing and Using GraphicsDesigning and Using Graphics

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• Ensure visibility.
– Use large type for transparencies and slides.
– Position the screen high enough to be seen.
– Be sure all audience members can see.
• Enhance comprehension.
– Give the audience a moment to study a visual
before discussing it.
– Paraphrase its verbal message; don't read it.
Designing and Using GraphicsDesigning and Using Graphics

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• Practice using your visual aids.
– Rehearse your talk, perfecting your handling of
the visual aids.
– Talk to your audience and not to the visual aid.
Designing and Using GraphicsDesigning and Using Graphics

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• Getting distracted just before you speak.
• Being dull. Relying on only one or two
illustrations to make your points.
• Not repeating your main point often enough.
• Not answering the audience's most pressing
question: “What's in it for me?”
Eight SeriousEight Serious
Presentation BlundersPresentation Blunders

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• Failing to use signal phrases to focus on
main points.
• Neglecting to time your presentation and
practice it “out loud.”
• Forgetting to check your visual aids for
readability.
• Answering hypothetical questions after your
presentation.
Eight SeriousEight Serious
Presentation BlundersPresentation Blunders

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