Presentation is like a gift,

make your audiences happy

involves the preparation and delivery
of critical subject matter in a logical
and condensed form, leading to
effective communication.

1. Persuasive: convincing your audience to follow
a particular course of action.
2. Intructional: showing others how to perform a
specific task.
3. Informative: presenting new findings or
information (scientific comunity:
conference)
1. Determination of the objectievs
2. Analysis of the audience
3. Planning
4. Organization of the materials
5. Preparation of visual aids
6. Delivery practice
PRESENTATION
CONTENT UNDERSTANDABLE
PRONOUNCIATION CORRECT
INTONATION AND FLUENCE
EYE CONTACT AND GESTURE

POWERPOINT PREPARATION
CONTENT
STRUCTURE
QUALITY OF POWERPOINT
UNITY AND COHERENCE

TIPS: MAKING POWERPOINT
CONTRAST: BACKGROUND AND WRITING
44-60 TITLE FONT, 24-40 POINTERS
PICTURE? EFFECT?
4 x 4 POINTERS
TIPS: MAKING POWERPOINT
POINTERS MAKE POWER YOUR
PRESENTATION

POWERPOINT IS NOT YOUR
NOTE/CITATION
THE LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION
A. THE PRESENTATION
1. Signalling the start
Right then, ladies and gentlemen...
If everybody is here ......
O.K. then, if we can make a start ......
So everyone, shall we begin?
2. Greeting
Good morning {afternoon, evening, day} ladies and gentlemen
{everyone}.
Welcome to ..
Its very nice to see you here today.
3. Introducing oneself
First of all Id like to introduce myself.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself.
My name is .............. {Im ...............} (name)
I work as a ....{Im a .....} (job) for ..... (company)
I work fo r.... (company) as a ..... (job)
4. Introducing the topic
Im going to talk to you about .
Id like to tell you about .
My subject/topic today is
I want to discuss .
5. Outlining the contents
Ive divided my presentation into ... parts
First Ill be looking at .
Then Im going to move on to ..
After that Ill be examining
Next I want to discuss
Finally well talk about
6. Sequencing
The first thing I want to talk about is.
Secondly .
If we can move on from that
That brings me to my next point, (which is).
To summarize ..
In conclusion Id like to say ..
7. Ending the presentation
Thank you very much for your attention.
Thank you for being so attentive
Thats all I have to say on .
Thats the end of my presentation.

8. Inviting questions from the floor
If you have any questions, Id be glad to answer them.
If you have any questions, Ill be happy to answer them.
If you have any questions, Ill do my best to answer them.
If anyone has any questions please feel free to interrupt
Are there any questions?

B. DEALING WITH QUESTIONS
I was just coming to that.
I think were getting (a little) away from the point.
Can I get back to you on that?
Thats an interesting question, and Im glad you asked it.
Im sorry Im afraid I (just) dont know the answer to that.
Im afraid I dont have that information at present.
Im afraid youll have ask about that.
Im sorry but I cant discuss that.

C. ASKING FOR REPETITION

1. You couldnt hear
Excuse me, would you mind speaking up please?
Excuse me, could you speak up please?

2. You missed something
Excuse me, I missed what you said.
Im sorry, would you mind repeating that p lease?
Im sorry, could you repeat that please?

3. You didnt understand, you need a clarification
Im sorry, I didnt understand what you said about
Would you mind explaining that again?
Could you put that in another way, please?
Could you say a little more about that?
Could you expand on that point?
Could you clarify what you said about ?
Im still rather confused about ..

D. TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE IN
HANDLING QA

1. If you are actually thinking: I want to say something else on that subject.
You actually say: I obviously didnt explain that clearly enough.
2. If you are actually thinking: I obviously didnt listen properly.
You actually say: Mmm. That is a very interesting question.
3. If you are actually thinking: Ill say it again, so listen this time!
You actually say: Im glad you raised that point.
4. If you are actually thinking: Why did you have to ask that? Its irrelevant here.
You actually say: Im afraid I dont know the answer to that one.
5. If you are actually thinking: Hold on a minute. Im just thinking of an answer.
You actually say: Let me put it another way.