Making a PresentationContent by: Dolores “Lorrie” Winter,

dowinter@fullerton.eduCalifornia State University Fullerton

Presented at CATESOL Pasadena 2009

Design and audio by: Branka Marceta, bmarceta@otan.us

OPENING A PRESENTATION

Use the hook!Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook)Prepare emotionallyAvoid a “cold start”

Use the hook!

Introduce yourself (AFTER the hook)

Prepare emotionally

Avoid a “cold start”

DELIVERING A PRESENTATION

Minimize nervousnessEstablish rapport with your audienceWatch your audienceVary your deliveryMake the organization of your presentation very clearBe excited about your material!Be conversationalUse simple, colorful languageLearn how not to read your presentationUse anecdotes and stories in your presentation

Don’t talk into your notesDivide the roomUse movement to hold the audience’s attentionRelax when you make a mistakeKeep track of timeVary the pace at which you speakVoicePauseBreathe

Minimize nervousness

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

Establish rapport with your audience

Watch your audience

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

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

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

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

CLOSING A PRESENTATION

Draw some conclusionsFinish forcefully

Draw some conclusions

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

Finish with…

Thank you!

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

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

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

• Transcript: Obama’s Earth Day Speechhttp://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/04/22/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4962412.shtml

• Aesop for Childrenhttp://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