Presentations: tips

So what makes a good presentation? In this unit, we hear some tips from people who have made presentations about how to make yours more effective and enjoyable for your audience.

Think about the presentations that you have been to. What were the characteristics of the good ones?

Now see the possible answers below:

Exercise 1. Listen to the recording. As you listen, see if you can hear some of the tips above.

Exercise 2. Check your understanding by reading the script below:

Male:

With a presentation, I think the aims and the structure need to be clear.

Male 2:

I like to wait until the end of the presentation before people feed back on what I’ve just said, rather than interruptions throughout the presentation.

Male 3

I think of a presentation … If you’re standing up in front of a group of people, you need to make sure you’re entertaining, make sure you’re engaging, make sure you’re interesting, make sure you’re relevant, make sure you’re talking to the right audience.

Female:

Don’t make it too long, otherwise people fall asleep! Be short, precise and to the point, definitely. Exercise 3. Imagine that you are making a presentation to a large group of people working in your industry.How do you start your presentation?

1.	Are we all here? Good, well if we look at the first slide you'll see our total carbon usage for 2005...
2.	Hello everyone. Thanks very much for coming along today. My name is Kirk Renolds and today I'll be talking about some of the work we've been doing on our environmental strategy...
3.	Hello ladies and gentlemen. My name is Kirk Renolds and today I'll be talking about some of the work we've been doing on our environmental strategy...

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