PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES

What is presentation & preparation for your presentation

Akihiko Shimura

Associate Professor

Faculty of Economics, Keio University

October 7 2002

WHAT IS A PRESENTATION?

a good presentation is a kind of communication between the speaker and the audience.


In order to communicate with your audience, communicate with 3 kinds of messages:

• Physical message
• Story message
• Visual message

PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES

1.   Physical Message

·         Message your body sends to your audience.

·         4 Kinds of Physical Messages:

o   Posture

§  It is about how you stand

o   Eye Contact

§  A presentation is a kind of communication

§  Eye contact in any communication in English

§  Eye contact to receive message from audience

·         some points to remember about eye contact:

o   Look at your audience for 3 seconds before you begin. You can smile here too

o   Look at people in all directions

o   Have eye contacts with your audience throughout the speech

o   Use the notes as little as possible

o   Gestures

§  Use big but natural gestures

§  Use a variety of gestures

§  Use gestures throughout your speech

o   Voice

§  Speak clearly (Lauder than usual (about 150%)

§  Adjust your speed to your audience

2.   Story Messages

·         Messages you communicate with your words, sentences, and paragraphs.

·         A good presentation has three points

1)            Introduction & Greeting

·         Attract audience’s attention because audience decides whether they will listen to your speech or not in the first 10-20 seconds

·         Be Creative

·         Overview

·         Tell us the organization of your presentation by using a bullet chart

2)            Body: remember 2 points

·         Use evidence for your points

·         Evidence = numbers and examples

·         Use graph, picture, table, etc

·         Use the transitional phrases:

o   First, second, lastly, etc

o   I have just talked about the first point. Now, let me move on the second point

3)            Conclusion: do 2 things

·         Summarize your presentation with a bullet chart

·         Thank the audience

3.   Visual Message

•      Message you communicate with visual aids:

Posters, Handouts, Power point slides, Video, CD, Cassette Tapes, Things, Etc

·         Remember 3 points about Visual Message:

§  Make Good Visual (easy to understand)

§  Use them well

§  No Plagiarism (Menjiplak) , please

   

SUMMARY

·         A presentation is a kind of communication

·         Communicate 3 kinds of messages

o   Physical message

§  Posture, eye contact, gestures, and voice

o   Story message

§  Introduction (Greeting and Overview)

§  Body (with Evidence)

§  Conclusion (Summary and Thanking)

o   Visual Message

·         Make good visuals and use them well

·         No Plagiarism, please

REFERENCES

·         Dale, P. And Wolf, J. C. (1998). Speech communication made simple: a multicultural perspective. White plains, NY: Longman.

Harrington, D. and LeBeau, C. (1996). Speaking of speech: basic presentation skills for beginners. Tokyo, Japan: MacMilan Language House