Welcome to Effective Presentation Course For Office of Agricultural Economics members

Instructors Suchada Nimmannit Arwuth Wajasath Zenaida Ehrlich

Course Objectives 1.Deliver a presentation in your professional interests with ease, using appropriate language, stress and intonation, body language, and visual support.

Course Objectives 2.Acquire confidence in presenting their positions in international conferences ;

Course Objectives 3.Conceptualize, organize and present ideas, using job-specific sets of vocabulary; s

Course objectives 4. Develop strategies for monitoring progress to improve language and presentation skills

Course schedule/content: Two parts of the course: self-directed study recommended materials to enhance participants’ English language and presentation improvement. in-class study practice in delivering presentations.

Session 1: Introduction, features of good presentations and abstracts Presenting themselves professionally

Every professional must be able to introduce themselves in a clear, articulate fashion.

“ People form their opinions about you in less than 5 minutes of their first meeting.”

.” “People form their opinions about you in less than 5 minutes of their first meeting.”

To benefits the most from that first five minutes? Be on Time Be Yourself, Be at Ease Present Yourself Appropriately A Word about Individuality

A Winning Smile! Be open and confident Small talk goes a long way. Be positive Be courteous and attentive pressions.htm pressions.htm

Every professional must be able to introduce themselves in a clear, articulate fashion.

Commands attention & makes a lasting impression A salutation, your name, profession, reputation, accomplishments, professional role, organization, contribution, and closes with your name.

2. Features of a good presentation View a video clip and choose from the words from the box below the features of a good presentation. 2.1 Queen Ranier Of Jordan on education Aung San Suu Kyi to the ASEAN Civil Society Abhisit on social enterprises U U

Content Researched and selected Classified Organized ** Examples Metaphors Personalized 2

Content depends on Audience: Who are the audience? Purposes: What are their purposes? Functions: Is it a convention or an exhibition or and orientation or…?

Language correct sentence structures pronunciation stress and intonation emphasis repetition pause

Delivery Clear voice Body language Eye contact Hand gestures Visual support

Crafting an abstract What is an abstract? How to craft an abstract to get you a slot for your presentation?

What is an abstract? An abstract is a summary of your proposed presentation which will command attention and interest from the proposal screening committee.

An abstract An abstract must.. discuss current issues and proposed solutions to the issue. An abstract must.. indicate what the presenter will do in the session. An abstract must.. tell the audience what they will gain from the presentation

An abstract is also the roadmap of your presentation It tell your audience how you will conduct your session.

Examples 1 The Global green New deal Policy and Implementation ABSTRACT: Multiple crises faced by the world have prompted international economists to identify alternatives to concurrent problems. The presenter proposes three categories of policies to revive economy, create, promote sustainable growth, reduce carbon dependency and environment destruction, stimulate spending, changes in domestic and international policies. Benefits and implementation of each policy will be elaborated and examples of possible projects implementation will be discussed.

Examples 2 Green Jobs; Towards sustainable decent work in a sustainable, low-carbon world Abstract ; The use of technology in industrialized world has markedly reduced job opportunities for low skilled workers. The speaker presents evidences of ‘green job’’ currently available and how the green economy can be created and jobs can be transformed. The definition of a ‘green job’ and its availability will be explained. Policies to regulate, green job with stimulus and measures with examples of flourishing green job sectors will be recommended.

Final project 11 August 2012 Write an abstract of your presentation. Prepare a presentation about a project that you have worked on and present it on 11 August, 2012.