Monday, 9 May 2016

Effective Presentations





Presentations must communicate meaningful information for sharing ideas, thoughts, concepts, progress and/or the result of a project to an audience (your peers and tutors). This gives you a chance to receive constructive feedback in order to consider and/or improve.

Considering your audience you should assume they know nothing about your work. Therefore, you need to inform and explain to them about every detail of what you are doing.

The presentation must not be about yourself and not be stressful if you are prepared. Know what you are talking about and keep it simple. Don't use clip art as it suggests you are lazy or rushed. Use other imagery to illustate your point when it is needed and never use too much text. Slides should be readable from a distance (8ft rule).

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Show that you are enthusiastic, persuasive and expressive. If you made a mistake don't fret over it, overcome it and correct yourself. Prepare yourself a script so that you have an idea of what you want to inform your audience about and prepare your presentation (NOT AT THE LAST MINUTE).

Finally, make sure to arrive early to set up and be ready to present so that your audience isn't left waiting for you.

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