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GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS. BASIC PRINCIPLES. You are the important part of your presentation! So don’t let the visual elements of your presentation say it all. Never write all the information on your transparencies. Never read out everything that is on a transparency.

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GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

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  1. GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

  2. BASIC PRINCIPLES • You are the important part of your presentation! • So don’t let the visual elements of your presentation say it all. • Never write all the information on your transparencies. • Never read out everything that is on a transparency. • Transparencies serve as a prompter for you.

  3. PREPARING YOUR PRESENTATION • Use the methods of brainstorming or mind-mapping as a first preparation for your subject. • Collect all the information you need about your subject. • Pick out what you really need for your presentation by underlining or marking the essential passages.

  4. PREPARING YOUR PRESENTATION • Make notes for your speech in English (use numbered note-cards). • Look up difficult words in your dictionary for their meaning and pronunciation. • Mark in your notes when you use special visual elements (pictures, slides, sounds) and which ones you use.

  5. VISUAL CLUES Make sure that the visual elements are recognizable for everyone in the room. • up to 10 m distance from the audience: • minimum print-level 24 for transparencies written on the computer, • 5 cm for transparencies written by hand • use headlines (biggeror bold or both) • use arrows, hooks or dots to mark subordinated thoughts

  6. STRUCTURING YOUR TEXT to structure your text you can: • write in italics or in CAPITAL LETTERS, • put in b l a n k s b e t w e e n t h e l e t t e r s, • mix different types of writing, • you can underline, • stress special words in colour , • or writeincolour. but don’t use too many of these devices in one presentation!

  7. FURTHER TIPS • Don’t “overload” your presentation in general. • Don’t use too many statistics, rather explain what they mean. • Check your equipment before the presentation (beamer, notebook, CD’s, glue, pins, flipchart etc.) You may have to come a little bit earlier. • Choose a suitable background-colour or –image (Powerpoint). • Practise your speech beforehand (loudness, clarity, speed, intonation, breathing).

  8. DURING YOUR PRESENTATION • Name the subject (theme) of your presentation and give a short structure of it as an introduction. • Watch your body-language: stand straight, face the audience, keep eye-contact, smile • and keep an eye on your gestures.

  9. AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION • summarize the main points (OHP-transp., jots on the blackboard or flipchart), • give a handout to every listener, • thank the audience for their attention, • ask whether they have any questions.

  10. SOURCES • Prof. Helmut Schwarz: New Context, Cornelsen, ISBN 3-464-31045-0 • Evelyn Koch: Präsentationen gekonnt durchführen, Xpert, personal business skills

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