2. Developing your Presentation Skills

3. Presentation Outline: How do I deliver my presentation
Presentation Outline: How do I deliver my presentation? How do I structure my content?

4. Delivery

5. You as a speaker Think about the way you speak and use your voice:
What do you think are your strengths and weaknesses as a speaker?

6. Speaking Breathe from your abdomen Pitch your voice lower
Speak a little more slowly
Pause at the end of each point
Speak clearly
Speak loudly enough to be heard easily

7. What about your expression, and the way you stand and move?
Body Language
What about your expression, and the way you stand and move?
What are the good things to do?
What are not good things to do?
Are you aware of any bad habits that you have?

8. Good things to do Speak, don’t read or recite
Look at your audience – eye contact
Smile at the beginning
Stand in a comfortable posture
Keep your body still
Use gestures to communicate /emphasise meaning
Check your body language: give your talk to yourself in the mirror or record yourself

9. What’s wrong with reading?
There are differences between reading and speaking:
The sentence structure of written texts is usually too dense and complex to process
The rhythms of written and spoken language are different
As a result – your audience is likely to find your talk difficult to follow and to be bored

10. How do you remember what you want to say?
Use notes:
Index cards
Print-outs of PowerPoint slides
Slides themselves
Index cards are easy to use because
They are small enough to hold in one hand
They don’t flop around
You can punch a hole in the corner, put them on a key-ring, and flip them over as you go

11. What to put in notes? Not the whole talk
Have white space to be able to find key points easily
Highlight the most important information
Include headings, key points and sub-points, key sentences, specific words or phrases you find difficult, transition words
Income
Loans
paying back
Grants
sources
only some students
Part-time jobs
finding
time from study

12. Content and Structure

13. Content Topic Make sure everything is relevant and important
Don’t have too many small points or details
Purpose
Topic and purpose should have a message
Audience
What does your audience already know?
What do they need/want to know?
Time
Don’t rush – cut something out instead

14. Introduction Greeting/welcome
Introductory statement : purpose, scope (argument) of presentation
Outline of presentation: main sections and subsections
Dealing with question
Referring to handouts

15. Body: How to get your message across
Information is usually presented in a direct way. Audiences expect that you will make clear points and that they can easily understand how your points fit together.
Therefore,
Divide content into sections and subsections
Organise logically, don’t jump around
Outline your talk and explain where you are going

16. Body: Sections of your talk
You can use categories charts to organise the sections and subsections
Group your material into categories: themes, aspects, topics, concepts etc.
Use hierarchy to decide what is the main section and what are the subsections
Stress effects
immediate
negative
panic
poor judgement
positive
adrenalin boost
longer term
lack of sleep
health

17. Conclusion
Summarise the main points you have made/ground you have covered
Make your final comment one that directly addresses the purpose of your talk
Thank the audience
Open the talk for questions

18. Outlining and signalling
It’s important to guide people through your talk
Outline structure of presentation at beginning
Clearly show main sections and subsections
Longer presentations - outline each section as you come to it
Make sure your talk follows the outline

19. Language for presentations
Introduction
Good morning/afternoon/evening
Thank you for coming
I'm ____ [and this is my colleague,____ ]
The subject of this presentation is ___
In this presentation I am going to look at/ examine/ explain/ explore the concept of ___
will suggest/ propose/ argue that ___
In particular, I will discuss/ consider/ focus on ___
Outlining the presentation at the beginning
Overview
I will be considering several / 'n' aspects of ___
I will be looking at this from several/ 'n' perspectives ___
This talk will be divided into 'n' sections ___
This presentation will cover the following areas ___
Stages
First, I will ____
It will start by ____
To begin with, I want to give you___ (some background about ___ / a short history of ___ / a brief introduction to __ )
Secondly, Thirdly ... Finally
Then, I will ___
Next, I ___
After that, I ___
I will then move on to ___
Finally, I ___
I will finish by ___
To conclude, I ___

20. Visuals Try to make visuals clear and easy to read
Do not include too much information or details
Remember that slides should help, not distract
Think about colours, patterns, etc.
Resist clever effects

21. Exercise Watch this presentation:
What is the presenter doing right/ wrong?

22. Exercise
In pairs/small groups prepare a short presentation about the importance of body language when giving presentations.