A presentation involves delivering information, ideas, or messages to an audience. Slides are a tool that can help with delivery but are not the presentation itself. A speech relies solely on the speaker without visual aids. Effective presentations have an introduction, body, conclusion, and optionally a Q&A session. High quality, relevant slides and a strong speech delivered with public speaking skills are needed for a good presentation. Handouts and engagement activities can also be included.
A presentation involves delivering information, ideas, or messages to an audience. Slides are a tool that can help with delivery but are not the presentation itself. A speech relies solely on the speaker without visual aids. Effective presentations have an introduction, body, conclusion, and optionally a Q&A session. High quality, relevant slides and a strong speech delivered with public speaking skills are needed for a good presentation. Handouts and engagement activities can also be included.
A presentation involves delivering information, ideas, or messages to an audience. Slides are a tool that can help with delivery but are not the presentation itself. A speech relies solely on the speaker without visual aids. Effective presentations have an introduction, body, conclusion, and optionally a Q&A session. High quality, relevant slides and a strong speech delivered with public speaking skills are needed for a good presentation. Handouts and engagement activities can also be included.
Presentation Part 1. Definition 1 What is a presentation?
Many people use the words
“presentation” and “slides” interchangeably.
This is wrong.
Presentation is the delivery of a
certain information, idea, or message to an audience of people.
Slides are one of the tools that can help
the person deliver the presentation. 2 Presentation vs Speech
It is possible to convey an idea to an
audience without any visual aids. Think of political leaders who do not use any slides to aid them.
This is called a speech.
Speech is a lot more difficult as the only
tool you have is YOU. To deliver a powerful speech one needs to use their leadership skills, charisma, and pay attention to their mimics and gestures. 3 Presentation Structure
Presentations, on the other hand,
typically consist of the following: Slides Speech Introduction Body Conclusion Q&A Session (optional) Handouts (optional) Audience engagement activities (optional) 4 Slides
High quality slides are one of the most
important tools that keep the audience interested.
But keep in mind that however good
your slides are, if your speech is weak, slides won’t rescue you.
It is important to have a synergy
between the slides and the speech. 5 Speech (Public Speaking)
Public speaking is difficult.
I have delivered hundreds of
presentations and speeches, but I am still a bit nervous every time I do it.
It is ok to be nervous.
It means you care about your audience.
Remember: Develop your public
speaking skills! Take a course, read books, and follow #ktmpm 6 Handouts
Handouts are usually paper printouts
(or they can be digital)
They can include:
the slides in a printed format the visual aids such as graphs, charts, diagrams the agenda or contents of the presentation the tools given to the audience for certain engagement activities you have planned 7 Engagement Activities
Depending on the audience and the
presentation topic, the speaker may employ certain engagement activities to make the presentation more interactive. These can include: Directing a question to an audience member Conducting a poll / survey Interactive quizzes and competitions Short group activities or debates Games Live experiments Follow my posts to learn more about Projects and Project Management!