McGraw-Hill/Irwin PPT Module 20 Making Oral Presentations ©2007, The McGraw-Hill Companies, All Rights Reserved.
20-1 Making Oral Presentations To learn how to Turn material from a paper document into a presentation. Plan and deliver oral presentations. Develop a good speaking voice. Give group presentations.
20-2 Making Oral Presentations Start by answering these questions: What decisions do I need to make as I plan a presentation? How should I organize a presentation? How can I create a strong opener and close?
20-3 Making Oral Presentations Start by answering these questions: What are the keys to delivering an effective presentation? How should I handle questions from the audience? What are the guidelines for group presentations?
20-4 Purposes of Oral Presentations Informative Presentations Inform or teach the audience. Persuasive Presentations Motivate the audience to act. Goodwill Presentations Entertain and validate the audience.
20-5 To Plan a Presentation, Choose Your main point. The kind of presentation. Monologue Guided Sales Ways to involve the audience.
20-6 To Create and Show Visuals Make one main point per visual. Give each visual a title. Limit information to 35 words or less. Don’t put your visual up until you’re ready to talk about it.
20-7 Strong Openers May Use A startling statement. A narration or anecdote. A question. A quotation. An overview of the main points immediately after the opener.
20-8 Strong Closes May Restate your main point. Refer to your opener. End with a vivid, positive picture. Tell the audience exactly what to do to solve the problem you’ve discussed.
20-9 Patterns of Organization Chronological Problem-Causes-Solution Excluding Alternatives Pro-Con 1-2-3
20-10 To Deliver an Effective Presentation Transform fear. Use eye contact. Stand and gesture effectively. Use notes and visuals. Anticipate questions.