Some hints with opening!

• Formal vs. informal style

• Introduction of yourself
• Introduction of purpose, agenda and rules
• “Hook” your audience with:
• a problem to think about
• some amazing facts
• a story or personal anecdote
Some hints with opening!

• State your purpose

- We’re going to talk about...
- This morning we want to explain…
- In our presentation today, we’re going to explain...
- The subject of this presentation is....
- What we are going to talk about this morning is...
 Some hints with the body
1. Develop your main points with supporting
material, such as examples, evidences,
explanations, etc.,
• determine what main points to present
• Present your main points one by one in logical
order.
• Pause at the end of each point (give people time
to take notes, or time to think about what you are
saying).
Some hints with the body
 2. Show where one part ends and a new one starts
 - Let’s start with + (Noun)
 - I’ll begin by + (Ving)
 - The next point is that...
 - OK, now I am going to talk about ...
 - Let me move on to.../ I’d like to move on to
 - Right. Now I'd like to explain ...
 - Of course, we must not forget that ...
 - However, it's important to realize that...
 - Now, let’s look at ...
 Some hints with the body
3. Give the reasons why some situations exists or
some events take place
- The main explanation for this is...
- A key problem is ...
- There are two reasons/explanations for this.
First,... Second,...
- This can be explained by two factors, Firstly,...
Second,...
- This is due to... and also to...
- One reason for this is ... Another reason is...
Delivery
• Language
• spoken not written
• speaking not reading
• simple, direct, explicit
• Voice
• pitch
• pace
• volume
• expressiveness
Delivery
• Body language
• stance and posture
• hands
• eye contact
• movement
• facial expression
• Manner
• confidence
• interest
 Delivery

• Visual aids
• Ensure that the provided information is correct
• Use diagrams, tables, charts, etc., to explain complicated concepts
• Emphasize the important information only
• Speak and show
• Timing
 Handouts

• Given right before the presentation as a preview

• Given during the presentation as a summary
• Given at the end of the presentation as a review
 Body movements
• Stand straight and comfortably.
• Walk around a little or walk close to the audience to
show your interest in them
• Use appropriate gestures to emphasize important
ideas
• Hold your head up. Look around and make eye-
contact with people in the audience
• Don't turn your back on the audience!
• Don’t stand covering the screen.
• Don’t fiddle about.
Some hints with delivering!

• Flow: Introduction – Point 1 – Point 2 –

Point 3 – etc. – Conclusion
• Examples help make things clearer and
easier to be memorized.
• Emphases: repetition, pause,
articulations
Some hints with delivering!
Signposting and linking ideas
• Sequencing/ordering
• firstly... secondly... thirdly...then... next ...finally ...
• to move on, to turn to, to expand on, that brings us to ...
• Giving reasons/causes
• therefore, so, as a result, that’s why
• Contrasting, comparing, contradicting
• but, however, similarly, in fact, actually
• Generalizing, highlighting
• in general, as a rule, in particular, especially
Some hints with delivering!
Finishing
• Signaling the end
• Before I stop... ; that covers all I want to say...
• Summarizing
• Let me run over the key points again..., to sum up...,
briefly...
• Concluding, recommending
• In conclusion..., I would suggest that ...
• Inviting questions
• I’d be glad to try and answer any questions; So, let’s
throw it open to questions; Any questions?
 Post delivery
• Question handling
• Are the questions good, difficult, unnecessary or irrelevant?
• Avoid being aggressive,defensive or rude.
• Wind up the Question Session
• Closing
• Thanks, wishes, hopes
• Opportunities of extension