Oral%20Presentations

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Oral Presentations

• ENGL 3100

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Oral PresentationAudience

• Planning and Preparation (1)
• Consider your audience (Lay People, Decision
  Makers, Experts, Operators, Technicians)
• Make your talk interesting for your audience
• Select the type of presentation to give
• scripted, outlined, impromptu

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Oral Presentation Organization

• Prepare your talk with an obvious structure
• Highlight your main points
• Prepare visual aids
• Practice! practice! practice! With a friend or
  co-worker and a watch (or the PPT timer feature,
  Slide Show gt Rehearse Timings)
• Keep your presentation time appropriate to the
  amount of material you need to cover

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Oral Presentation Purpose

• Introduction
• Remember to introduce yourself (and your partner)
• Purposewhat are you going to talk about?
• Foreground your material

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Oral PresentationTheatrics

• The Presentation
• Look at your audience and talk with them
• Speak in a natural manner
• Act enthusiastic and interested

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Oral PresentationPreparation

• Display visual aids effectivelybe prepared
• Avoid unnecessary movements of hands, feet, and
  other body parts
• Learn to accept your nervousness and work with it

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Oral PresentationNotes

• Unless you are a pro, use notes
• Try not to readtell your audience

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Oral PresentationQuestions

• Q A
• Tell your audience your preferenceduring or
  after
• Respond courteously to interruptions, questions,
  and comments
• Be sure to repeat questions

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Oral PresentationThe Look

• Dress
• The more comfortable you are with how you look,
  the more comfortable you will be in front of the
  audience.
• No hats