1. HOW TO GIVE SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATIONS
Unit 5 - Skills

5. What is a presentation?
a presentation is a means of communication that can be adapted to various speaking situations, such as talking to a group, addressing a meeting or briefing a team
IMPORTANT: to be effective you must consider - step-by-step preparation and the method and means of presenting the information
a presentation requires you to get a message across to the listeners
making a presentation is a way of communicating your thoughts and ideas to an audience 

6. The key elements of a presentaiton
Context
Presenter
Audience
Message
Reaction
Method
Impediments

7. Preparing a presentation
the single most important factor of making a succesful presentaiton
the objective → WHY?
the subject
the audience
the place
time of day
length of talk

8. Organising the presentation material
whether formal or informal → a clear, well-structured delivery
brainstorm / write down all the points
3 T rule
visual aids / illustrations
presentation software (e.g. PowerPoint…)

9. Writing your presentation
magic number 3
What? → the key message
Why?
How?
review and edit your first draft → friendly presentation language
doublecheck spelling mistakes
take a break

10. Presentation method depends on the event, occasion and its formality
very formal – formal – informal – very informal
audience interaction and participation

11. Managing your presentation notes
full text notes
notes on cue cards
keywords on cue cards
mindmaps

12. Visual aids Whiteboards and interactive whiteboards Flip charts
only if they are necessary to maintain interest and assist comprehension in your presentation
do not use visual aids just to demonstrate your technological competence
Types:
Whiteboards and interactive whiteboards
Flip charts
Over-head projectors
Slides
Video
Presentation software
Handouts

13. Presenting data – you are telling your audience a story
A picture is worth a thousand words

14. Managing a presentation event
final preparation
arrive on time
check: room, eating, supply and location of electric sockets and light switches
equipment and visual aids and the microphone (if one is being used)
set up any visuals before you begin your presentation
quickly review your notes and calm your nerves – if possible
confidence: be well prepared and well rehearsed
manage your voice and language (volume, clarity, variety)
positioning and body language

15. Sarnoff Make sure you have finished speaking
before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff
Sarnoff

16. Signpost
Language

17. Starting & introducing yourself
Good morning/afternoon/night and welcome to [name of company/presentation/place]…
My name is [name] and I am from [company], where I’m responsible for..
I’m [name]. I’m a [job position] at [company].
Let me introduce myself; I’m [name] and I work at [company], where I work in [name of the department].

18. Presenting the topic The topic of my presentation today is …
What I’m going to talk about today is …
Today I’m going to discuss…
Today, I’ll be talking about/discussing [topic]
I’m here to illustrate how…
What I’m going to be talking about today is…
In today’s presentation, I’d like to talk to you about/show you/demonstrate…
The purpose of today’s presentation is…

19. Outlining the content of the presentation
In today’s presentation I’m going to cover [three] points:
Firstly, I’ll be looking at…
Secondly, we’ll consider…
Then, I’ll explain how…
And finally, I’ll demonstrate how..

20. Introducing the first point
So let’s start, shall we?
To begin with, …
To start with, …
First of all, I’ll …
Let’s start by [+ verb in -ing form] …

21. Explaining graphs, images or data
This graph/image/video/data demonstrates…
I’d like to illustrate this by showing you…
Let’s have a look at this…
Here we can see…
Here are some facts and figures…

22. Concluding a point So, that concludes [name of section]…
That’s everything for [name of section]…
We’ve now covered [name of section]…
I think that just about covers [name of section]…

23. Moving on to the next point
Now, let’s move on to…
Now that we’ve discussed [previous point], I’d like to move on to/talk about…
Next…
Let’s look at…
I’d like now to discuss…

24. Concluding and summarising the presentation
To conclude, …
In conclusion, …
Well, that brings us to the end of the final section. Now, I’d like to summarise by…
That concludes my presentation. Now, if I can just summarise the main points…
I think we’ve just about seen everything now. Let’s take a look back at what we’ve seen…

25. Inviting questions We’ve got a few minutes for questions.
Does anyone have any questions?
If anyone has any questions, I’d be happy to answer them.
Are there any questions?

26. Thanking your audience and hosts
I’d like to say thank you to everyone who has come today.
I’d also like to thank [host] for letting us be here today.
I hope that the presentation has been interesting/informative, thank you for coming.
Finally, I’d like to finish by thanking you all for coming…
Thank you for your attention/time.
I hope to see you all soon.

28. Useful websites: BUSINESS ENGLISH SAMPLE PRESENTATION WITH PHRASES
WEBSITE BY CARL KWAN
HOW TO GIVE A GREAT PRESENTATION
STEVE JOBS PRESENTAION SKILLS