ORAL PRESENTATION

ORAL PRESENTATION

1. 1. Getting started

   • Contact with the audience, introduce yourself and you company, then you´ll tell the audience the purpose of your talk
     • A map of your presentation.
       • Greeting the audience - Calling for attention
         • A signal that you're ready to start
           • Introducing yourself and your company
             • Mention the key elements of your company
               • Abbreviations or acronyms must be explained
               • Stating the purpose of a talk
                 • Why you are there, giving a short introduction to your subject. or use a rhetorical question.
                   • The overview - presenting the structure of the talk.
                     • Tell them what you're going to tell them; tell them; then tell them what you told them.
                       • choose a sequencer, select a verb that reflects the approach you intend to use, put the pieces together in a structure

2. 2. The Body of the Presentation

   • Transitions
     • Guide your audience through your talk by referring to the overview you presented at the beginning
       • Road signs
         • Some words act just like signs on the road.
           • Restating the important ideas
             • The ear is not as efficient as the eye and an audience is not always giving the speaker 100% of its attention.
               • Using quotations
                 • If you think it is worthwhile to include a long quote in your presentation, you must take the time to read it clearly.
                   • Using examples
                     • Examples help you make your point by taking your audience from the abstract to the concrete
                       • Expressing opinion
                         • It is important to signal your opinion in contrast to another person's opinion or an opinion that is commonly held.
                           • "According to" is used only for another person's opinion
                           • Using numbers
                             • Give your listener approximations
                               • Using charts, graphs, tables.
                                 • They help the speaker make a point rapidly, and they help the listener retain the information.
                                   • If you don't, the audience will stop listening to you while they try to decipher it alone.

3. 3. The Conclusion

   • Signaling the conclusion
     • Signal that you're arriving at the conclusion early on.
       • Doing so leads to increased attention in the audience.
         • You may want to refer to something you said at the beginning
           • The final summary
             • Tell them what you've told them. Review the main points. Recall the most important examples.
               • Closing
                 • End with a strong statement and thank your audience. Pause before thanking the audience.
                   • Calling for questions
                     • Invite your audience to ask questions, you can suggest one or you can try humor.
                       • you can ask the person to repeat, you don't want to appear hostile and you don't want to start up a debate. You can put the question off, you don't want to appear hostile and you don't want to start up a debate. You can put the question off.
                         • If you don't know the answer you may say I wish I could answer that, but I can't. I'd have to go back to my lab for more data or something like that.

4. 4. In general

   • Audience-friendly language
     • use polite forms
       • Instead of using "I" systematically, use "we,"
         • Call on the audience or use the rhetorical question
           • Visuals
             • You must not expect the visuals to do the entire job for you.
               • Put only information that is necessary
                 • Check your spelling
                   • You don't want to read to your audience
                     • The visual is an aid, not the primary focus.

5. 5. Graphs and Charts

   • Graphs and charts are tools
     • Types
       • Upward trends
         • Downward Trends
           • A verb or a noun?
             • * climb, growth, increase, jump, rise, surge
               • * decline, decrease, drop, fall, plunge
           • to decrease, to go down, to decline, to fall gradually, steadily, constantly, slowly, slightly dramatically, sharply, drastically, significantly, rapidly to drop, to plunge, to dive – to take a nosedive, to plummet
         • to increase, to rise, to go up, to climb, to grow gradually, steadily, constantly, slowly, slightly, sharply, significantly, dramatically to shoot up, to soar, to surge, to skyrocket, to jump, to boom

6. VIDEO

   • Set the theme
     • Make your theme clear and consistent
       • headline easier to make quota
         • Clear transition
           • passionate, presentation mode
             • make the numbers meaningful one
               • Presentation are easy on the eyes (visual and simple)
                 • Paint a simple picture that doesn't overwhelm
                   • treat it like a show
                     • Identify your memorable moment and build up to it
                       • rehearse
                         • One more thing, give your audience an added bonus to walk away with
                           • Strong conclusion

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