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How to make a good presentation. Presenting your presentation. Introduce yourself a lways introduce yourself and your topic briefly explain the process that you are going to follow with your presentation. Be professional
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Presenting your presentation • Introduce yourself • always introduce yourself and your topic • briefly explain the process that you are going to follow with your presentation. • Be professional • your appearance (dress and grooming), the quality of your handouts and your visual presentation, etc., are very important.
The Big Rule: • Tell them what you're going to tell them. • Tell them. • Tell them what you told them. Try to have a good time-presenting can be hell or heaven, it's all up to you. Less is more. Keep it simple.
Key phrases • Introducing • Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, my name is… • The subject/topic of my presentation is… • In my presentation today I shall be dealing with… • What I'm going to talk about today is… • I'd like to give you a brief overview of… • The reason why I'm here today is to talk about…
Key phrases • Why you are giving this presentation • The purpose of this presentation is ... • This is important because ... • My objective is to ...
Key phrases • Structuring • I've divided my talk into (four) main sections… • My presentation will be in (three) parts… • Let's start/begin with ... • First of all/Firstly, secondly, thirdly, then, after that, lastly/finally
Key phrases • Referring to visuals • As you can see from the table (pie chart, graph, diagram, flow chart, pictogram…) • If you take a look at the graph here… • I'd like to illustrate this by showing you...
Key phrases • Moving on to a new point • Turning now to… • What I'd like to talk about now/next is… • Now I would like to describe… • Now let's move on to the next point which is…
Key phrases • Giving more details • I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point • Let me elaborate on that • Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that?
Key phrases • Changing to a different topic or referring to something which is off the topic • I'd like to turnto something completely different • I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ...
Key phrases • Summarising and concluding • I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation - first I covered… - then we talked about… - finally we looked at… • I'd now like to sum up the main points which were: • To recapitulate what I've been saying… • So, to go over the main points again…
Key phrases • Conclusion • I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting ... • In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to • I'd like to conclude by saying….
Key phrases • Thanking the audience and questions • Thank you for listening to me. • Thank you for your attention • I hope you have found my presentation useful • Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions. • Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have. • Do you have any questions?
Dealing with questions • Some phrases which can be useful when you want to avoid questions: • That’s not really my field, but I can put you in touch with someone who is an expert in the field. • Well, I think that goes beyong the scope of today’s presentation. • I’m afraid we’ve run out of time. • I haven't got the precise information with me today. • That's not really for me to say. • This is not really the place to discuss that matter. • Perhaps that's a question for another meeting.
How to avoid a boring presentation? • Work on vocal variety!Speak to the audience as if in a one-to-one conversation so as to sound more natural. • Lighten up! Add a bit of humor. There are lots of true and humorous anecdotes that would elicit laughter and get audience members on your side. Laughter will also ease a presenter’s tension. • Don’t tell us everything you know!We must not feel that we have to pack everything we know into one presentation. Usually covering three main points/topics is sufficient for a dynamic presentation.
How to avoid a boring presentation? • Use visual aid with care!Don’t read what audience members can see already -you lose their attention quickly. Also, boring visuals with lots of words and no graphics are a complete turnoff. • Involve the audience!Ask the audience questions and encourage them to ask us questions or make comments on your statements. • Prepare, prepare, prepare and practice, practice, practice! The more prepared you are, the more comfortable and enthusiastic you will be when presenting. • Work on all of these you’ll never, never, never be boring!
You can gain the audience’s attention by: • telling an anecdote, a joke • mentioning a really surprising fact or statistic • stating a problem • asking a question • The question "How many people here have a home computer?" is a lot more interesting than "Today I'm going to tell you about the Internet.“