How to Give a How to Give a Powerful Powerful

PresentationPresentation

Whitney DavisWhitney Davis

EME 2040EME 2040

Heidi Schroeder Heidi Schroeder

Introduction Introduction The central purpose of any presentation, The central purpose of any presentation,

written, oral, or visual is communication. written, oral, or visual is communication. To communicate effectively, you must To communicate effectively, you must

state your facts in a simple, concise, and state your facts in a simple, concise, and interesting manner. interesting manner.

Presentation should be interesting. Presentation should be interesting. Leave the audience feeling better and Leave the audience feeling better and more relaxed when they leave and that more relaxed when they leave and that impression will carry over to both your impression will carry over to both your subject matter and yourself.subject matter and yourself.

Key Steps to an Key Steps to an Effective Effective Presentation Presentation

What’s your subject What’s your subject matter?matter?

Research every nuance of your subject. It’s Research every nuance of your subject. It’s important to read reports and look up important to read reports and look up information about the subject with a information about the subject with a specific purpose of writing a presentation specific purpose of writing a presentation script.script.

When examined new ideas and alternatives When examined new ideas and alternatives ways of thinking often develop.ways of thinking often develop.

The ability to present a subject with The ability to present a subject with confidence directly affects audience’s confidence directly affects audience’s impressions and will help keep their impressions and will help keep their attention.attention.

Whose your audience?Whose your audience?

A small amount of research into the A small amount of research into the makeup of your audience will reap makeup of your audience will reap large benefits on presentation day.large benefits on presentation day.

You should always have a couple of You should always have a couple of versions for local community activist versions for local community activist groups.groups.– Ex. If traveling about speaking behalf of a Ex. If traveling about speaking behalf of a

new construction project you would tailor new construction project you would tailor vastly different presentations to an vastly different presentations to an audience of engineers and a city council.audience of engineers and a city council.

Know Yourself Know Yourself (And your limits)(And your limits)

Knowing your limits will show you Knowing your limits will show you how to learn and grow. how to learn and grow.

Knowing a few of your limits, will Knowing a few of your limits, will avert disaster, or at least avert disaster, or at least embarrassment. embarrassment.

Your limits are just where you Your limits are just where you may or may not tread depending may or may not tread depending on the makeup of your audience on the makeup of your audience and relationship with them. and relationship with them.

What’s your theme?What’s your theme?

In some way all presentations has In some way all presentations has a purpose.a purpose.

Whether the purpose is to sell, Whether the purpose is to sell, educate, or for pure educate, or for pure entertainment, state the purpose entertainment, state the purpose at the beginning of the at the beginning of the development process. development process.

Is your script Is your script prepared?prepared? Scripts don’t necessarily has to be Scripts don’t necessarily has to be

literary excellence. literary excellence. It can be simple notes on 3x5 note It can be simple notes on 3x5 note

cards which are very sufficient.cards which are very sufficient. Script should always have a opening, Script should always have a opening,

body and summary.body and summary. Question and Answer sessions always Question and Answer sessions always

come last as the final summary of the come last as the final summary of the presentation. presentation.

Different types of Different types of Visual Visual AidesAides

Information from the textInformation from the text

Table 11.4Table 11.4

pg.295pg.295

Flip ChartsFlip Charts

Large pads displayed Large pads displayed on an easel; some on an easel; some with sticky note-style with sticky note-style adhesive. adhesive.

Used to capture text Used to capture text or graphics during a or graphics during a presentation or presentation or discussion that can discussion that can be saved on the pad be saved on the pad or torn off and or torn off and displayed in the displayed in the classroom. classroom.

Magnetic BoardMagnetic Board

Small metal surface Small metal surface on which to arrange on which to arrange and adhere objects and adhere objects with small magnets with small magnets attached.attached.

Inexpensive and Inexpensive and easy-to-use display easy-to-use display for young learners to for young learners to practice organizing practice organizing and manipulating and manipulating objects. objects.

Felt BoardFelt Board

Small cloth surface Small cloth surface on which to on which to arrange and arrange and adhere colorful adhere colorful cloth letters of cloth letters of objects.objects.

Inexpensive and Inexpensive and easy to use display easy to use display for young learners for young learners to practice and to practice and organize objects. organize objects.

Chalk BoardChalk Board

Black or green Black or green boards that can be boards that can be written upon with written upon with white or colored white or colored chalk and easily chalk and easily erased. erased.

Used by teachers or Used by teachers or students for students for impromptu text or impromptu text or graphics in support graphics in support of concepts under of concepts under discussion. discussion.

White BoardsWhite Boards

Slick white surface Slick white surface boards formulated for boards formulated for multi-color dry-erase multi-color dry-erase markers; some with markers; some with magnetic backing for magnetic backing for display.display.

Quickly replacing Quickly replacing chalkboards, also used chalkboards, also used by teachers or students by teachers or students for impromptu text or for impromptu text or graphics in support of graphics in support of concepts under concepts under discussion and may discussion and may support paper displayed support paper displayed with magnets. with magnets.

RehearseRehearse

Rehearse your Rehearse your presentation presentation even before the even before the visuals are visuals are completed.completed.

This will assume This will assume that your final that your final images are all images are all prepared. prepared.

SourcesSources

Textbook pg. 295 Textbook pg. 295 http://www.theeggman.com/writinhttp://www.theeggman.com/writin

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