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Make your presentation entertaining and interesting everyone!!!. Oral Workshop Sunday 10 th May 2009 Ajarn Piboon Sukvijit (adapted from A. Dave’s material). Agenda Internship & Cooperative Programs. Preparation. Delivery. Language. Good vs Bad Presentation.
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Make your presentation entertaining and interesting everyone!!! Oral Workshop Sunday 10th May 2009 Ajarn Piboon Sukvijit (adapted from A. Dave’s material)
AgendaInternship & Cooperative Programs Preparation Delivery Language
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Preparation Consider these points when preparing: • Objective—should be clear in your mind • Audience—your colleagues and presentation evaluators • Venue—in one of the classrooms building 1 on the 8th floor
Preparation (continued) • Time and length—5 minutes each between 09:00-12:00 • Method—informal, lots of visual aids, with anecdotes • Content—include only relevant information. Create a title for your presentation. Prepare your visual aids, if any.
Preparation (continued) • Structure—Introduction, Body, Conclusion • Notes—A6 cards • Rehearsal—practice, practice, and practice! • Equipment—make sure you have many backups!
Delivery • How to get rid of nervousness Pay special attention to the beginning of your presentation Speak slowly and calmly Relax and gain confidence • How to make a warm and friendly relationship with the audience Make eye contact with each member of your audience
Delivery (continued) • What to do with body Make first impression as you enter the room with your clothes, walk, haircut, etc. Avoid repetitive and irritating gestures • How to have good voice quality Try to vary your voice in three ways: speed intonation volume
Visual Aids • How to create visual aids Not overload your audience’s brains with lots of information on each visual aid Give your audience time to look at and absorb information Some of the most useful visual aids are charts, graphs, photographs and drawings.
Language • Simplicity and Clarity _Sentence 1: Toyota sold two million cars last year. _Sentence 2: Two million cars were sold by Toyota last year. • Signposting Signposting helps your audience know where they are by telling the structure of your presentation, for example: “I will start by…” after that, lastly, before,
Language (continued) • Signposting(additional) Some useful expressions to signpost the various parts of your presentation. Introducing the subject: “I’d like to start by…” “Let’s begin by…” “First of all, I’ll…”
Language (continued) Finishing a subject: “Well, I’ve told you about…” “That’s all I have to say about…” “We’ve looked at…” Starting another subject: “Now, we’ll move on to…” “Let me turn now to…” “Next…”
Language (continued) Giving examples: “For example, …” “A good example of this is…” “As an illustration,…” Summarizing and concluding: “In conclusion, …” “Right, let’s sum up, shall we?” “I’d like now to recap…”
Language (continued) Ordering: “Firstly…secondly…thirdly…lastly…” “First of all…then…next…after that… finally…” “To start with…later…to finish up…”
Remember!!! “SAY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, SAY IT, THEN SAY WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID.” These are what you need! Introduction Body Conclusion
Introduction • Welcome your audience: “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen “Good afternoon, everybody” • Introduce your subject: “My purpose today is to…”
Introduction(continued) • Outline your structure: “To start with, I’ll …..Then I’ll mention some of the…. After that I’ll………….Finally, I’ll summarize my presentation.” • Give instructions about questions: “I’ll try to answer any of your questions after the presentation.”
Body • Remember these key points while delivering the body of your presentation: do not hurry look friendly and be enthusiastic give time on visuals maintain eye contact
Body(continued) Keep to your structure Use your notes Signpost throughout
Conclusion Use the conclusion to: • Sum up: “In conclusion…” “I’d like to sum up now…” • Give recommendations: “I would suggest/ propose/ recommend…”
Conclusion (continued) • Invite questions: “Are there any questions?” “Can I answer any questions?”
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