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Basic elements of classroom presentations are:
- Basic goals of your presentation
Develop your presentation's topic to a few main ideas
- Audience characteristics and knowledge base
Cover mutual ground as a starting point
Compare and adapt the presentation's goals with the interests of the
audience
- Thesis statement
State where you are going and what you will prove
- Argument
Convince them with facts and logic
- Review and summary when complete;
Summarize what you've told them
Check for comprehension
- Questions and discussion
Practice by rehearsing the presentation,
recording it, or reciting it to a few friends
Techniques of delivery:
- Put your audience at ease with a relevant anecdote or joke,
or get their attention with a dramatic gesture or event...
- Use personal pronouns in your delivery;
- Make eye contact with the audience;
- Present your report with a conversational voice though vary it for
emphasis;
- Use transitions to signal the audience you're moving to a new idea;
- Direct questions to your audience to get them more involved;
- Conclude by summing up your main ideas, points, or arguments;
- Leave time for questions, and invite feedback on
- the content (un-addressed, related ideas)
- the conclusions
- your manner of presentation
- Leave your contact information (business card) for further questions
Using visual aids or media:
- Call early and make sure hardware is compatible with your software;
and software versions of your documents are compatible with versions
of their software
- Have several versions of computerized files (on your hard drive,
disk, web site, and overhead and/or paper(!) just in case
- Come early and make sure everything works and that any media (audio,
visual, computer) can be seen, heard, understood by all
- Keep all visual materials simple in large text for visibility
- Have supportive materials for each idea
- Do not distribute handouts, even outlines, before your speech (or
the audience will focus on the reading material instead of listening
to you)
See also: Public speaking
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