Tips for Effective Presentation
Project: Travel Agency Prepare for the presentation (organizing ideas, slides) Give your presentation
Prepare for the presentation Read, brainstorm and research recourses Make a plan Introduction Name of the Place Accommodation Places to visit Eating out Shopping Entertainment Conclusion (summarize the main points; recommendation); all in all/ to sum up)
Find appropriate visuals Make slides: Find appropriate visual material Use not more than 12 slides Not too much text in the slides Rehearse your presentation Be sure that it takes not more than 5 minutes
Give your presentation The structure of your presentation Opening Main body Closing Feedback Ending
Opening techniques Main body Greet the audience, present yourselves and the topic Use visuals, music Look at this/ listen… How does it make you feel? Tell a joke Ask a rhetorical question Main body Present the content (according to your plan) Use: to begin with… / Firstly/ Secondly…
Closing techniques Use a quotation Ask a rhetorical question Use humor (a joke) Feedback Open discussion Quiz Questions Game (Y/N - T/F)
Ending invite questions from the audience thank audience for listening
Important !!! Body language Each student speaks Interesting
When you finish writing your presentation, make sure you: introduce yourself and the topic mention all the points from the given plan use appropriate opening/closing / feedback techniques use visual materials; do not write much in the slides rehearse your presentation each of you speak (no reading)