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Presentation Study Guide

Page history last edited by Béatrice H. Alves 15 years, 10 months ago

This is a great presentation made by a Brazilian at Harvard Extension School. Watch it and pay attention to his introduction, the topic, the construction, the visuals, the conclusion, the summing up and the invitation for questions.

 

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You can also read this Presentation MasterClass part 1 and part 2.

 

Then decide what you want to work on.

 

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    1. 1.1         Opening a presentation
      1. 1.1.1.      Greeting and Welcoming your audience
      2. 1.1.2      Introducing yourself
      3. 1.1.3      Introducing participants to each other or to the audience
    2. 1.2        Introducing the presentation
    3. 1.3        Organizational details
      1. 1.3.1      talking about timing
      2. 1.3.2      talking about handouts
      3. 1.3.3      talking about questions
    4. 1.4        Getting the audience’s attention
      1. 1.4.1      Saying why your topic is relevant for your audience
 
  1. Welcoming your audience
  2. Introducing yourself
  3. Introducing the topic
  4. Dealing with nervousness
 
     
Today's topic
  1. 2.1  Signposting (phrases to organize your presentation)
    1. 2.1.1.   Introducing the topic
    2. 2.1.2       Outlining the presentation
    3. 2.1.3       Going from a section to another
      1. 2.1.3.1 Introducing the first section
      2. 2.1.3.2     Indicating the end of a section
      3. 2.1.3.3     Summarizing a point or a section
      4. 2.1.3.4     Moving to the next section
      5. 2.1.3.5     Moving on to the last section
    4. 2.1.4       Indicating the end of your talk
  2. 2.2  Talking about difficult / relevant issues
    1. 2.2.1       Introducing facts
    2. 2.2.2       Giving opinions
    3. 2.2.3       Drawing attention to advantages and disadvantages
  3. 2.3  Referring to other points
    1. 2.3.1       Referring to other points
    2. 2.3.2       Referring to audience’s previous knowledge
    3. 2.3.3       Referring to a previous point / Going back
    4. 2.3.4       Referring to a future point
    5. 2.3.5       Disgressing and Getting back to the subject
  4. 2.4  Developing / Adding ideas
    1. 2.4.1       Giving examples
    2. 2.4.2       Adding arguments
  5. 2.5  Troubleshooting
    1. 2.5.1       Slides out of order
    2. 2.5.2       Wrong information
    3. 2.5.3       Time’s too short
    4. 2.5.4       Time’s too long
 
  1. Body Language 
  2.  Tips on Structuring your Presentation  
  3. Openings
    1. Openings – Surprising facts
    2. Openings – Rhetorical questions
    3. Openings – Interesting facts
    4. Openings – Anecdotes and stories
    5. Openings – Problems to think about
  4. Interactivity and Audience Participation
    1. Involving the audience with a poll or a vote
    2. Checking understanding
    3. Asking for comments
    4. Making sure you can continue
 
     
My next slide...
  1. 3.1   Introducing visuals
    1. 3.1.1   Introducing a visual
    2. 3.1.2  Drawing attention to visuals
  2. 3.2  Saying numbers
  3. 3.3  Emphasizing important points
    1. 3.3.1  Highlighting information
    2. 3.3.2  Emphasizing
    3. 3.3.3  Emphasizing by using questions
    4. 3.3.4  Emphasizing by using adverbs and adjectives
  4. 3.4  Expressing Connections
    1. 3.4.1   Expressing purpose
    2. 3.4.2  Expressing cause
    3. 3.4.3  Expressing consequence
    4. 3.4.4  Expressing contrast and opposition
    5. 3.4.5  Expressing conditions
    6. 3.4.6 Explaining options
 
  1. Presentation tools
  2. Creating effective visuals
    1. The rule of three 
    2. The rule of six
    3. Video Tips
  3. Presenting visuals effectively
  4. Saying numbers
    1. Using approximate numbers
 
     
From this graph
  1. 4.1  Talking about graphs
  2. 4.2  Talking about trends
    1. 4.2.1  Upward trends
    2. 4.2.2  Downward trends
    3. 4.2.3  Even trends
 
  1. Types of graphs:
  2. Describing trends:
 
     
To sum up
 
  1. 5.1  Signaling the end of the  presentation
  2. 5.2  Summarizing the main points
  3. 5.3  Making recommendations
  4. 5.4  Effective conclusion strategies
    1. Using questions
    2. Quoting a well-know person
    3. Referring back to the beginning
    4. Calling the audience to action
  5. 5.5  Ending the presentation
 
  1. Using your voice effectively
  2. Concluding a presentation
 
     
Time for questions
  1. 6.1  Inviting questions
  2. 6.2  Answering questions
    1. 6.2.1  Language problems – Clarifying questions
    2. 6.2.2  Answering questions
    3. 6.2.3  Avoiding giving an answer
    4. 6.2.4  Admitting you don’t know
    5. 6.2.5  Postponing questions
    6. 6.2.6  Checking that questions are correctly answered
  3. 6.3  Asking questions
 
  1. Handling the question and answer session
  2. Anticipating questions
  3. Dealing with interruptions
  4. Reforming questions
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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