How to Make a Presentation

What is a presentation?
public speaking
purpose: inform, demonstrate, explain or persuade
visual aid
The features of an effective presentation:
Appropriate
Understandable
Interesting

Procedures for a Presentation

Planning: define a task
Who are my audience?
What is my purpose?
What is my subject/topic?
How long is the presentation?
What are the resources available?

Contents
how many parts
the most important or interesting part
anything needs or deserves highlighting or special emphasis
Overall structure

Introduction

Body
Conclusion

Introduction:
capture attention greeting
welcoming, gratitude, compliment
establish credibility self-introduction
give an overviewtopic, purpose, importance
outline
For example:
Good afternoon everyone. Its a very great pleasure for me to be
able to attend this conference.
Good morning, Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen. It is my honor
to have the opportunity to stand here to give my presentation.
Thank you very much, Prof. Smith, for your kind introduction.
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I consider it a great honor to
be asked to talk about in this session of our symposium. (
)
Today Im going to give a presentation on it is necessary to
First, Id like to talk about Then, Ill Finally, Ill
In my presentation today Ill be discussing The purpose of it is
to My presentation will be given in four parts. The first part
deals with The second part relates to The third part
concernsAnd the last part discusses

Body:
Facts, key concepts, explanations
Examples, stories, analogies
Supporting details (numbers, graphs, research work, etc.)
Summery (at the end of each point)/transition
Transition
Weve discussed/looked at , now lets move on to
Now that Ive discussed , Id like to continue by discussing
In addition to (what you just covered), another important aspect
is
Next, let me talk about

Conclusion:
signal and give a conclusion
end the presentation and express gratitude
invite questions
For example:
signal and give a conclusion
Now I am about to conclude my presentation. I have explained
Well, let me sum up the main points again. I introduced I talked
about I mentioned
To conclude/end my presentation, I would like to mention the main
points again. I have dealt with
End the presentation and express gratitude
Thats the end of my presentation. Thank you very much for your
attention/ listening.
So much for my presentation. I appreciate your time and attention.
invite questions
Do you have any questions?
I hope I have been able to explain all aspects of our project. If there
are any questions left, Im very willing to answer them.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. Im
quite willing to discuss them with you at any time.
Delivery

Voice (loud enough)

Pronunciation (intonation, stress)
Body movement( Gesture, Eye contact)
Visual Aids

Big: Use 24 or larger size

Simple: key points, 6 x 7 rule
Clear: Normal or bold, contrasting colours
Progressive: gradually appear

 Consistent: style