1. Chapter 13 Developing Presentation Skills
Technical Communication: Strategies for College and the Workplace by Dan Jones & Karen Lane
Chapter 13 Developing Presentation Skills
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2. Preparing for Oral Presentations

3. Plan your Presentation
Know your purpose and your audience
Research your topic
Outline
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4. Organize Your Presentation
Beginning
Middle
End
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5. Prepare a Good Beginning
Introduce yourself
Get the audience’s attention
Provide a preview of your main points
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6. Develop the Middle of the Presentation
Organize your information
Cover each main point in detail
Connect points with smooth transitions
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7. Prepare a Well-Defined Ending
Signal that you are concluding
Make the conclusion memorable
Call for questions
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8. Tips for Delivering Oral Presentations

9. Tips for Delivering Oral Presentations
Relax
Establish eye contact
Project your voice to fill the room
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10. Tips for Delivering Oral Presentations
Maintain a steady pace
Use gestures appropriately
Avoid distracting behavior
Use signposts
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11. Tips for Delivering Oral Presentations
Expect the unexpected
Use presentation tools judiciously
Watch the time
Distribute handouts before or after the presentation
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12. Presentation Tools

13. Presentation Tools Models Dry-erase boards Flip charts
Transparencies & overhead projectors
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14. Presentation Tools 35 mm slides Computers and presentation software
Document cameras
Video
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15. Making Your Slides Legible
Choose an appropriate color scheme
Use light colored text against a darker background
Select a readable font size
Don’t use all capital letters
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16. Making Your Slides Legible
Choose appropriate line spacing
Provide bulleted lists
Use phrases, not complete sentences
Minimize end punctuation
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17. Making Your Slides Legible
Use a conversational—rather than a formal—tone
Limit the amount of text on each slide
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