This document provides guidance on oral presentations and handling questions. It discusses planning the presentation by understanding the audience and topic, preparing slides and notes, and practicing. When presenting, speak clearly, vary tone and pace, make eye contact, and keep to time. Structure a 10-minute talk with background, aim, methods, results and conclusions. Oral presentations allow listeners to ask questions, so presenters must be prepared to clarify points and defend their research. Handling questions well involves anticipating questions, listening carefully, repeating the question, responding honestly and getting clarity on the response.

1. RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGERS
Presentation by
Afsal Mohammed
Sabari Nath J

2. ORAL PRESENTATION
&
HANDLING QUESTIONS

3. ORAL PRESENTATION
Outline
• Planning
• Preparation
• Practice
• Performance
• Questions

4. PLANNING
• Who are you talking to?
• Why are you talking to them?
• How long have you got?
• What topic are you going to tell?

5. PREPARATION
• Outline and sketch slides
• Prepare slides
• Proof read
• Prepare notes

6. PRACTICE
• Practice, practice, practice
• Get feedback, and use it.
• Be ruthless - delete unnecessary information

7. PERFORMANCE
• Speak loudly & clearly
• Use short simple sentences
• Avoid jargon & abbrev.
• Vary pitch, tone, volume, speed and pauses
• Avoid distracting mannerisms
• Relax, be enthusiastic

8. CONTD..
• Make eye contact
• Keep an eye on the time remaining
• Explain figures, and
• point to important aspects
• Give a clear and concise summary, then stop.
• Don’t go overtime..Ever.

9. STRUCTURE OF A TEN-MINUTE TALK
• Background (1-2 slides)
• Aim of the study (1 slide – essential!)
• Brief methods (1 slide)
• Results (4-8 slides)
• Summary (1 slide)
• Conclusions (1 slide)
• Make it sexy!

10. NEED FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
• It is a useful supplement to written research reports.
• They give listeners the opportunity to raise questions.
• Clarify ambiguous issues or points.
• The researcher must be well prepared to defend the
results of hisher written report.

11. CONTD..
• The researcher should try to maintain good
communication with the listeners.
• Avoid technical jargons.
• Maintain Eye contact with all listeners.
• Multimedia aids is another option.

12. HANDLING QUESTIONS
• You are the expert
• Prepare among friends
• Insist that they challenge you
• It’s OK to say you don’t know, or haven’t done the
experiment yet.
• The three “D”’s
• Defend
• Deflect
• Defer(delay)

13. CONTD..
• Before presentation
• Anticipate questions
• During question and answer session
• Listen to entire question;
• make sure you understand it
• Repeat question out loud
• Credit person for asking question
• Respond to question honestly and
the best way you can

14. CONTD..
• If you cannot answer,
– Redirect question to audience
– Offer to find out answer later
• Check clarity of your response
before taking on next question
• Try not to contradict each other
when giving a team presentation