ORAL PRESENTATIONS Elina Halonen

WHAT DO KEEP IN MIND WHEN DOING AN ORAL PRESENTATION Elina Halonen Project Management Skills 11 March 2014

ORAL PRESENTATIONS BODY LANGUAGE VOCAL QUALITIES & PARALANGUAGE VISUALS TEAM PRESENTATIONS TIMING EVALUATION

BODY LANGUAGE POSTURE BODY MOVEMENT HAND AND ARM GESTURES FACIAL EXPRESSIONS EYE CONTACT

VOCAL QUALITIES INFLECTION ( high<>low ) RATE ( the speed of your speech ) FILLERS ENUNCIATION ( the clarity of your pronunciation )

PARALANGUAGE VOICE -> helps to create an atmosphere SPEED OF SPEECH -> vary the rate RHYTHM OF SPEECH -> creates contrast between items that are eg important and those that are not so important CLEARNESS OF SPEECH -> pronunciation

USE OF VISUALS DISPLAYED IN A LOGICAL ORDER SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR MESSAGE AVOID TOO MANY LINES, TOO MUCH TEXT ON ONE PAGE APPROPRIATE HEADINGS USE OF COLOURS, SYMBOLS, PICTURES RETURN COPIES OF YOUR PP SLIDES

HEADING Arial Bold 30 pt Leipäteksti Arial Regular 18 pt, korostukset Bold Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Consectetur adipisicing elit Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua

TABLE heading Arial Bold 30 pt Taulukko 2 Taulukko 3 Taulukko 4 Taulukko 5 Content Sisältöä

TEAM PRESENTATIONS AND TIMING ORGANISE THE PRESENTATION AS A WHOLE (outline, agenda) REMEMBER TO USE TRANSITIONS (between presenters and content areas) PRACTISE AND DELIVER AS A TEAM 10-15 minutes / no overtime allowed

EVALUATION CRITERIA PREPARATION CONTENT DELIVERY LANGUAGE 1 GRADE PER TEAM / PAIR