Professional Presentations 1

18 flashcards · Other · by Emanuel Gostner

1. What factors do you need to consider when preparing for a presentation?

   audience (knowledge, who, equipment room seat arrangement

2. How can you make your presentation a success?

   prepare in front of mirror or others calm down Breathing exercise structure well simple power point

3. How to start a presentation

   surprising fact rethorical question joke personal story quotation

4. Typical structure of presentation (informal)

5. Typical structure of presentation (formal)

6. Signposting (general)

   provide audience with clear structure. Tell audience when you move to the next point.

7. Signposting example

   next point: to move on refer early point: to go back repeat main points: to summarize wider perspective: to expand on deep analysis: to elaborate on give basics: to recap change direction: to turn to depart from plan: to digress

8. When you want to make your next point

   move on. I’d like to move on to the next point if there are no further questions

9. When you want to change to a completely different topic

   turn to. I’d like to turn to something completely different. Let’s turn now to our plans for next year.

10. When you want to give more details about a topic you

    expand. elaborate. I’d like to expand more on this problem we have had in Chicago. Would you like me to expand a little more on that or have you understood enough? I don’t want to elaborate any more on that as I’m short of time.

11. When you want to talk about something which is off the topic of your presentation

    digress. I’d like to digress here for a moment and just say a word of thanks to Bob for organizing this meeting. Digressing for a moment, I’d like to say a few words about our problems in Chicago.

12. When you want to refer back to an earlier point, you

    go back Going back to something I said earlier, the situation in Chicago is serious. I’d like to go back to something Jenny said in her presentation.

13. To just give the outline of a point. ex. if you don't have enough time anymore

    summarise. If I could just summarise a few points from John’s report. I don’t have a lot of time left so I’m going to summarise the next few points.

14. To repeat the main points of what you have said, you

    recap. I’d like to quickly recap the main points of my presentation. Recapping quickly on what was said before lunch,……

15. For your final remarks (bemerkungen)

    conclude. I’d like to conclude by leaving you with this thought …… If I may conclude by quoting Karl Marx …….

16. Close presentation

    summary memorable wise words call for action appeal emotion striking visual

17. RACER model

    handle questions professionally. respond: thanks for that question. That's a good question. Answer: short and simple Check: Did I answer your question? Do you need more detail? Encourage: Are there any more questions? Return: Good, if there are no more questions, we can move on to...

18. visual aids

    power point paper handouts flip chart video artefacts or props