(You’ll find an Audiovisual Lecture on How To Give A Presentation here: https://youtu.be/ELkaiM7Dpvk)
Making a presentation is a skill that you need to be able to speak clearly and convey your intended message to people. It’ll help you to communicate your ideas more clearly and confidently to your target audience – whether they are members of your staff, investors, partners, or customers. Developing effective presentation skills is always a winning tool: it will enable you to connect with your audience, share your ideas with them, and get the appropriate results. In this article, I’m going to show how to make an amazing presentation.
First, you need to define the purpose of the presentation as well as the audience whom you’ll make the presentation to. You have decide whether you’re going to explain an idea, introduce a new product, or discuss some new techniques for solving a given problem. It’s at the planning stage you whether your presentation is designed to inform, educate, entertain, persuade, or inspire your audience. There a number of questions you need to ask yourself at this point in order to make your presentation really interesting. Are there any specific challenges you need to solve with the presentation? Having taken all these into consideration, you’ll then arrive at the appropriate topic of your presentation. At this stage, the focus should be on brainstorming and creating important ideas for your presentation.
During this preparatory stage, you need to jot down the ideas as they naturally come into your mind. You also need to gather important information other relevant sources. With all the information you’ve gather, you can easily create an outline. Make sure you organize your ideas into related groups to reflect the structure of your presentation, the key points you’ll talk about, and how you’ll talk about them. A good presentation should contain these features:
- OPENING:
A. Greet the audience
B. Introduce yourself
C. State your topic
D. Define the purpose of your presentation, and mention your major points
E. Mention when and how you’re going to questions from the audience
2. BODY OF THE PRESENTATION:
A. Talk about the main points one after the other
B. Use transitional words and phrases as you move from one idea to a new section of the presentation
C. Elaborate on arguments and ideas
D. Provide supporting evidence
E. Show images and graphics where necessary
3. CONCLUSION:
A. Indicate you’re about to round off
B. Re-emphasize your key points
C. Sum up
D. Move on to Questions and Answers.
You can watch a detailed explanation of the topic in this video lecture: https://youtu.be/ELkaiM7Dpvk
You may also find these eBooks very helpful:
- Good Success in English: A Study Package or Good Success in English: A Study Package for Effective English Learning
- Good Success English Handbook
About the Author
Benjamin Abugu is a university graduate with a flair for content writing. He is an English teacher with over twelve years of experience, a published author of many books (both paperback and eBook editions), a blogger, and a Youtuber.
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