Making a Presentation

1. Making a Presentation Content by: Dolores “Lorrie” Winter, dowinter@fullerton.edu California State University Fullerton Presented at CATESOL Pasadena 2009 Design and audio by: Branka Marceta, bmarceta@otan.us

2. Use the hook! Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook) Prepare emotionally Avoid a “cold start” Opening a Presentation

3. Use the hook!

4. Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook)

5. Prepare emotionally

6. Avoid a “cold start”

7. Don’t talk into your notes Divide the room Use movement to hold the audience’s attention Relax when you make a mistake Keep track of time Vary the pace at which you speak Voice Pause Breathe Minimize nervousness Establish rapport with your audience Watch your audience Vary your delivery Make the organization of your presentation very clear Be excited about your material! Be conversational Use simple, colorful language Learn how not to read your presentation Use anecdotes and stories in your presentation Delivering a Presentation

8. Minimize nervousness • Take a few deep breaths • Tighten your muscles from toes to jaws • Then smile

9. Establish rapport with your audience

10. Watch your audience

11. Vary your delivery • Ask questions at strategic points • Ask for comments • Ask for opinions about the subject • Introduce different media – charts, graphs, films, audio clips

12. Make the organization of your presentation very clear

13. Be excited about your material!

14. Be conversational

15. Use simple, colorful language

16. Learn how not to read your presentation

17. Use anecdotes and stories in your presentation THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began to cry…. The Aesop for Children

18. Don’t talk into your notes

19. Divide the room

20. Use movement to hold the audience’s attention

21. Relax when you make a mistake

22. Keep track of time

23. Vary the pace at which you speak

24. Voice

25. Pause

26. Breathe

27. Draw some conclusions Finish forcefully Closing a Presentation

28. Draw some conclusions

29. Finish forcefully And I'm confident that we can be and will be the benefactors of a brighter future for our children and grandchildren. That can be our legacy -- a legacy of vehicles powered by clean renewable energy traveling past newly opened factories; … Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speech

30. Finish with… Thank you!

31. Photo and other media credits • golden hook by fazen • Introduction: Jay by Transguyjay • Meditating - meditando by Marcia_Salviato • audience at FacebookCamp in Toronto by mars_discovery_district • Create handout as a concept map by lauradahl • Michael Phelps by marcopako

32. Photo and other media credits • The Conversation by closelyobserved.com • "We" reading some notes by steve0_f • Speaker 1 / IMG_6945 by klbw • Fan de... by Alain Bachellier • Pretty ready for the test by Grosler • Panorama of TechReady audience before keynote by Erwyn van der Meer's

33. Photo and other media credits • Accordion Player by e-lame • Town Clock by joesflickr • Audacity by ppip • Sound Waves: Loud Volume by Biology Big Brother • Breathe. by LunaDiRimmel • All photos from Flickr.com under Creative Commons Licence

34. Photo and other media credits • Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speech http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4962412.shtml • Aesop for Children http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19994/19994-h/19994-h.htm • BBC News 24 Announcer Gaffe by carlosupk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0VljKYPiEE&feature=PlayList&p=4722B74F46E7D0C9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5