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what you are going to learn
1. Planning your Presentation
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation
3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?
4. Delivering your Presentation
1. Planning your Presentation
your presentation has a purpose and has constraints
plan to
1. achieve your purposes2. meet your constraints
1. Planning your Presentation~ purposes ~
purposes
get a job instruct students
impress your peers
convince youraudience that p
convey information
1. Planning your Presentation~ constraints ~
constraints
time
placeaudience
equipment
formal/informal?
one-way/interactive/
question period?
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ Intro ~
1. Tell ‘em what you are going to tell ‘em
2. Tell it to ‘em
3. Tell ‘em what you’ve told ‘em.
Intro
Argument
Conclusion
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~
All (good) philosophical papers and presentations arearguments of one sort of another
therefore
The structure of the presentationshould follow the structure of your argument
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~
what is the main point you want to get across?
start there and work back,constructing your argument to
lead to that conclusion
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~
talks and written papers are different media with different
purposes and constraints
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~
~ how much detail? ~
Your presentation need not containeverything you want to say about a given topic
1. Too much detail can obscure the structure of your argument2. You can leave clever response to problems to the question period
It is often a good idea to leave stuff out
if it is not essential, often best to leave it out
2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Conclusion ~
Use your conclusion
1. to remind people of:i. your main pointsii. how they fit together
2. to point out the significant/relevance of your argument
3. to gesture towards possible future developments
3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?
use more than one medium,engage more than one sense
not ephemeral,reference material
PowerPoint and handout must enhance a presentation
3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?
use the spatial potential (diagrammes etc.)
some arguments are complexand are better understood written down
assume P
if P theneither Q or R
conclusion: P entails S
S S
Q R
S
3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?
easy to emphasize important
points/refer to important ideas
aide-memoire
advantages of PowerPoint
• can be attractive• easy to use helpful devices• easy to update • can turn into handout
disadvantages of PowerPoint
• potential for technical problems• sometimes difficult to refer back to a slide• can be used badly• semi-ephemeral
advantages of handout
• all relevant information in front of audience• something for them to hold on to
4. Delivering your Presentation
Be prepared
Practice
time yourselfrecord yourself
4. Delivering your Presentation
engage with your audience
don’t read yourhandout/
PowerPoint
look atyour
audience
5. Conclusion
• Plan your presentation carefully with purposes and constraints in mind• Structure your presentation around an argument• Use a handout of PowerPoint presentation to enhance your presentation• Prepare yourself carefully
