HOW TO MAKE A PRESENTATION

MAKE A STRUCTURE

Consider:

•                      Who are your audience?
•            What point do I want to get across?
•                       How much time have I got?
•                       What visual aids are available? Power point projector? Flip chart? Don’t necessarily use             these. sometimes  the best presentations are the most informal.

Introduction 

• Welcome the audience.  
•  say what your presentation will be about: the aims and objectives.       
•  The introduction should catch the attention perhaps a provocative statement or a humorous  anecdote:
•  “Genetically-modified crops could save millions of people from starvation”
•   “The first day of my vacation job went with a bang, but it wasn’t my fault that the microwave exploded.

The middle should outline your argument r develop your story

•          In five minutes you will only have time for two or three main points and aw everything else to support these list your main headings and any key phrases you will use
•          Don’t try to say pack too much content in or you will talk nonstop trying to get a your content and the audience will switch off with information overload before the end

Conclusion

•          Briefly summarize your main points
•          Answer any questions
•          Thank the audience for listening  look at the audience again smile and slow down
•          The end should be on a strong or positive note- not tailing away to “well that’s a l‘ve got to say so thank you very much for listening ladies and gentlemen “ you  could try something along these lines:

o   Hang-grinding is brilliant, so try it- you’ll believe a man can fly!”

o   “The danger is increasing – if we don’t act soon it could be too late!

The above has been neatly summarized as “Tell them what you will tell them (introduction), tell                         them (Development), tell them what you told them (conclusion)”

In preparing your talk, first jote down any interesting points you want to include in your talk, put these in a logical sequence, then try to find an interesting tittle, and a good introduction and ending.

For a 15 minute presentation on “why you are the right person for the company’s graduate recruitment program” the following might work:

•          1 minute introduction – what you are going to tell them
•          2 minutes on the challenges facing the organization in the current market: economic down turn, competitors, potential areas for growth
•          4 minutes on : what skills the organization requires in their graduate recruits”
•          6 minutes on evidence showing that you have these skills
•          1 minute summary of your key points
•          1 minutes asking for and answering questions.