2. McGraw-Hill/Irwin PPT Module 20 Making Oral Presentations ©2007, The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved.

3. 20-1 Making Oral Presentations  To learn how to  Turn material from a paper document into a presentation.  Plan and deliver oral presentations.  Develop a good speaking voice.  Give group presentations.

4. 20-2 Making Oral Presentations Start by answering these questions:  What decisions do I need to make as I plan a presentation?  How should I organize a presentation?  How can I create a strong opener and close?

5. 20-3 Making Oral Presentations Start by answering these questions:  What are the keys to delivering an effective presentation?  How should I handle questions from the audience?  What are the guidelines for group presentations?

6. 20-4 Purposes of Oral Presentations  Informative Presentations  Inform or teach the audience.  Persuasive Presentations  Motivate the audience to act.  Goodwill Presentations  Entertain and validate the audience.

7. 20-5 To Plan a Presentation, Choose  Your main point.  The kind of presentation.  Monologue  Guided  Sales  Ways to involve the audience.

8. 20-6 To Create and Show Visuals  Make one main point per visual.  Give each visual a title.  Limit information to 35 words or less.  Don’t put your visual up until you’re ready to talk about it.

9. 20-7 Strong Openers May Use  A startling statement.  A narration or anecdote.  A question.  A quotation.  An overview of the main points immediately after the opener.

10. 20-8 Strong Closes May  Restate your main point.  Refer to your opener.  End with a vivid, positive picture.  Tell the audience exactly what to do to solve the problem you’ve discussed.

11. 20-9 Patterns of Organization  Chronological  Problem-Causes-Solution  Excluding Alternatives  Pro-Con  1-2-3

12. 20-10 To Deliver an Effective Presentation  Transform fear.  Use eye contact.  Stand and gesture effectively.  Use notes and visuals.  Anticipate questions.