MakingAPresentationAudio

Making a Presentation : 

Making a Presentation Content by: Dolores “Lorrie” Winter, dowinter@fullerton.edu California State University Fullerton Presented at CATESOL Pasadena 2009 Design and audio by: Branka Marceta, bmarceta@otan.us

Opening a Presentation : 

Opening a Presentation Use the hook! Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook) Prepare emotionally Avoid a “cold start”

Use the hook! : 

Use the hook!

Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook) : 

Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook)

Prepare emotionally : 

Prepare emotionally

Avoid a “cold start” : 

Avoid a “cold start”

Delivering a Presentation : 

Delivering a Presentation Minimize nervousness Establish rapport with your audience Watch your audience Vary your delivery Make the organization of your presentation very clear Be excited about your material! Be conversational Use simple, colorful language Learn how not to read your presentation Use anecdotes and stories in your presentation Don’t talk into your notes Divide the room Use movement to hold the audience’s attention Relax when you make a mistake Keep track of time Vary the pace at which you speak Voice Pause Breathe

Minimize nervousness : 

Minimize nervousness Take a few deep breaths Tighten your muscles from toes to jaws Then smile

Establish rapport with your audience : 

Establish rapport with your audience

Watch your audience : 

Watch your audience

Vary your delivery : 

Vary your delivery Ask questions at strategic points Ask for comments Ask for opinions about the subject Introduce different media – charts, graphs, films, audio clips

Make the organization of your presentation very clear : 

Make the organization of your presentation very clear

Be excited about your material! : 

Be excited about your material!

Be conversational : 

Be conversational

Use simple, colorful language : 

Use simple, colorful language

Learn how not to read your presentation : 

Learn how not to read your presentation

Use anecdotes and stories in your presentation : 

Use anecdotes and stories in your presentation THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began to cry…. The Aesop for Children

Don’t talk into your notes : 

Don’t talk into your notes

Divide the room : 

Divide the room

Use movement to hold the audience’s attention : 

Use movement to hold the audience’s attention

Relax when you make a mistake : 

Relax when you make a mistake

Keep track of time : 

Keep track of time

Vary the pace at which you speak : 

Vary the pace at which you speak

Voice : 

Voice

Pause : 

Pause

Breathe : 

Breathe

Closing A Presentation : 

Closing A Presentation Draw some conclusions Finish forcefully

Draw some conclusions : 

Draw some conclusions

Finish forcefully : 

Finish forcefully And I'm confident that we can be and will be the benefactors of a brighter future for our children and grandchildren. That can be our legacy -- a legacy of vehicles powered by clean renewable energy traveling past newly opened factories; … Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speech

Slide 30: 

Finish with… Thank you!

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Photo and other media credits golden hook by fazen Introduction: Jay by Transguyjay Meditating - meditando by Marcia_Salviato audience at FacebookCamp in Toronto by mars_discovery_district Create handout as a concept map by lauradahl Michael Phelps by marcopako

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Photo and other media credits The Conversation by closelyobserved.com "We" reading some notes by steve0_f Speaker 1 / IMG_6945 by klbw Fan de... by Alain Bachellier Pretty ready for the test by Grosler Panorama of TechReady audience before keynote by Erwyn van der Meer's

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Photo and other media credits Accordion Player by e-lame Town Clock by joesflickr Audacity by ppip Sound Waves: Loud Volume by Biology Big Brother Breathe. by LunaDiRimmel All photos from Flickr.com under Creative Commons Licence

Photo and other media credits : 

Photo and other media credits Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speech http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4962412.shtml Aesop for Children http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19994/19994-h/19994-h.htm BBC News 24 Announcer Gaffe by carlosupk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0VljKYPiEE&feature=PlayList&p=4722B74F46E7D0C9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5