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How to Give a Successful Presentation

2010-08-20T22:18:00.002+02:00

How to Give a Successful Presentation?

How to Give a Successful Presentation from English Plus Plus Project on Vimeo.

Practical information

Pre-preparation. Selecting the topic and materials

An essential task in a pre-preparatory phase is to ask yourself the following questions:

What is the purpose of my presentation?
What are the main points that I would like to get across?

Start getting ready for your presentation a few weeks before you are due to speak.
Collect the materials on the basis of which you would like to prepare the presentation.
Make a wise choice out of the collected materials.
Prepare reliable bibliography (the author’s name, the title of the article/book, a year of its publication, the website address, when the material was retrieved, etc.).
From the material select the keywords for your presentation and do not forget to put them on the handout.

Preparation

Make the first plan of the presentation (you can modify it later)
Remember about a logical structure of the presentation:
Introduction - say, what you’re going to say
Main Body - say it; develop the above mentioned issue(s).
Conclusions - sum up what you’ve just said
Make the first draft of your presentation. Read it carefully. If there is information not related to the topic, remove it.
If there are issues which you cannot express in a precise or clear way, probably it is because you do not really understand them yourself. So it is better not to talk about them.
Never read from your notes. You should know well the material you want to present. If you do not know it, maybe you should not go for giving a presentation.
Prepare a set of numbered clue cards, on which you can write the main points or/ and keywords and which will help you during the presentation. Make sure that on your clue cards you’ve marked an appropriate visual aid (a transparency or slide), which you are going to refer to in your presentation.
Find time to rehearse again and again! By doing that you are going to make yourself familiar with your own voice, to check and adjust the presenting time, to see whether visual aids (if you use them) actually illustrate your presentation and whether you coordinate well their usage with what you say. If you have problems with a foreign language in which you present the material, it could be better not to use visuals at all. Otherwise the chance that something goes wrong is bigger than when you concentrate solely on the oral aspect of the presentation.
Keep to the time! Do not exceed the time limit. It is better to shorten the presentation by two minutes rather than extend it by two minutes. Remember that exceeding the time limit may mean taking the next speaker’s time. And this is really unfair!
Follow the plan of your presentation! Do not digress! Usually digressions take more time than we think. Successful presenters have “spontaneous digressions” well thought over and well planned.
Leave time for questions from the audience. Questions may help you to get your message across better.
Design good visuals to help you get your message across more efficiently. Remember that tatty visuals will leave a similar impression on the listeners. Visual aids should speak for themselves illustrating your point. Give listeners time to take them in. Reading out what you have written on a transparency or slide is counterproductive. Visuals are always welcomed – they may help to catch the audience’s attention, but if you do not feel comfortable with them, give yourself more time for practice.

Visual aids

There are different types of visuals. The choice depends on the type of presentation and your needs.

OHP transparencies - overhead projector transparencies
Presentations in PowerPoint
Flipcharts
Whiteboard and marker
Video
Short episodes or scenes from films
35 mm slides
Real objects, which you can provide listeners with to explore them

Remember that badly prepared and/or badly used visuals can ruin your presentation!
Make sure you know in advance how to connect the equipment and what to do to have a desired slide or diagram on the screen. Sometimes, during real presentations a technician is designated to operate the equipment. In that case make sure that he understands your signals, which you are going to send when you wish, for example, to change a slide.
Slides and transparencies should contain minimum information which is needed to illustrate your point. Too much on a slide makes it unreadable and diverts audience’s attention from what you say.
A slide is said to be readable if it contains no more than ten words in 18pt Times Roman font or bigger and which can be read without a projector from the distance of two meters. Never use as your visuals pages photocopied from books or other materials. They are not adapted for such usage, not to mention the fact that they don not prove your professionalism.
For transparencies, use multiple colours, but be careful with orange and yellow - they do not come out well on the screen. On slides, the text is often in yellow or white colour on the blue background. Avoid adding/drawing information on a presented transparency. While speaking avoid indicating with your finger or a marker. A pointer and the screen do that job much better.
Turn off a projector if you do not need it for the next few minutes. Two minutes is the maximum time that the same slide should be shown on the screen.

Presentation - dress rehearsal

Presentation should not take place without practicing it earlier a lot of times in front of a mirror or/and with a tape recorder. Observing yourself and listening to yourself “in action” is stressful, but very formative. It provides you with the material on which you can gradually develop your presentational skills and competencies.
A couple of final tips:

Speak clearly.
Avoid raised voice, whispering or mumbling “under your nose”.
Try to maintain your natural pace of speaking typical for an official, not everyday situation.
Make pauses in places which you consider critical for your presentation; this treatment emphasizes the crucial information you wish to transmit to the audience.
Try to control your body language; avoid excessive gesticulation.
Keep an eye contact with your listeners but do not focus on one person only.
Don’t turn back to the audience if you want to show something on the screen and don’t ‘talk to the screen’ either.
Don’t stand in the light of a projector covering the screen.
Observe your audience’s reactions – maybe you should shorten the presentation by two minutes and move on to conclusions.
Don’t forget to thank the audience for their attention and encourage them to ask questions. If you are not sure about the answer of if you simply do not know it, don’t be afraid to admit that, but suggest the source in which the answer can be found.
Enjoy your presentation. Try to treat it as your new experience and show your enthusiasm!

Good luck!

From Apr.30 to May 9 a group of friends from all over Europe were visiting Ukraine and going sightseeing Lviv, Kamenets-Podilskiy, Khmelnitskiy region, Odesa and Kyiv.

2010-05-11T12:23:00.001+03:00

Jokes Book

2008-12-02T21:39:00.001+02:00

MR.JOE by arun | Make your own at www.toondoo.com

My Presentation

2008-11-30T22:47:00.001+02:00

If this slide show doesn't work for you, click on the link below http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=djz92xw_224hfnx5sfz

Learn synonyms and antonyms playing

2008-08-28T23:08:00.003+03:00

Offered by Gladys to her classes. Word-Frog http://arcademic.altec.org/games/frog/frog.html

You'll definitely have fun playing and learning words.

Review: verb forms

2008-02-23T17:51:00.004+02:00

Directions: Complete the sentences by writing the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

What is your most (embarrass)….embarrassing….experience? Let me tell you what happened to my Uncle Ernesto when he (go) … to Norway for a business meeting last year.

First, I must tell you about my uncle. He (be) …a businessman from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He (manufacture) …a new kind of computer compass for ships. Computer compasses (make) …by many companies in the world, so my uncle (have) …a lot of competition for his product. In order to sell his product, he (need) … (meet) …with companies that might want to buy it. He (travel) …frequently to other countries.

Last year, he (go) … to Norway (meet) … with a shipping company. It was his first trip to Scandinavia. My Uncle Ernesto (speak) … Spanish, of course, and also (know) … a little English, but he (know, not) … any Norwegian. While he (stay) … in Norway, he (have) … a problem.

Uncle Ernesto (stay) … at a small hotel in Oslo. One morning, while he (get) … ready to take a shower, he (hear) … a knock at the door. He (walk) … to the door, (open) … it, and (find) … no one. He (take) … a step out of his room and (look) … down the hall. He (see) … no one. So he (turn) … (go) … back into his room, but the door (close) …! It (lock) … and he (have, not) … his key. This was a very big problem for my unfortunate uncle because he (dress, not) … properly. In fact, he (wear) … nothing but a towel. Poor Uncle Ernesto! "What (I, do) …?" he asked himself.

Instead of (stand) … in the hallway with only a towel, he (decide) … (get) … help. So he (start) … (walk) … down the hall toward the elevator. He thought about (knock) … on someone else's door (ask) … for help, but decided it was better (ask) … the hotel personnel. He hoped the elevator would be empty.

When he (reach) … the elevator, he (push) … the down button and (wait) … When it (come) …, Uncle Ernesto (take) … a deep breath and (get) … in even though the elevator wasn't empty. The other people in the elevator (surprise) … when they (see) … a man who (wrap) … in a towel.

Uncle Ernesto (think) … about (try) … (explain) … his problem, but unfortunately he (know, not) … any Norwegian. He said, in English, "Door. Locked. No key." A businessman in the elevator (nod) … but he (smile, not) … Another man (look) … at Uncle Ernesto and (smile) … broadly.

After an eternity, the elevator (reach) … the ground floor. Uncle Ernesto (walk) … straight to the front desk and ( look) … at the hotel manager helplessly. The hotel manager (have to understand, not) … any language (figure) … out the problem. My uncle (have to say, not) … a word. The manager (grab) … a key, (take) … my uncle by the elbow, and (lead) … him back to the nearest elevator.

My uncle (embarrass, still) … about this incident. But he (laugh) … a lot when he (tell) … the story.

Betty Schrampfer Azar, "English Grammar"

When you finish the completion of the sentences, reread again the whole story. Isn't it fun? What is your most .embarrassing experience? Think about any funy situation you or your friend/relatives/whoever got in and tell us about it in comments area to this story. Thanks a lot for stopping by.

Classes.ru / Беляева М.А. "Грамматика английского языка" -

2008-02-09T22:36:00.000+02:00

Беляева М.А. "Грамматика английского языка"

What is the English for?

Зачем нужен английский язык? Ответ на этот вопрос даст, я думаю, каждый. 21 век - время открытия границ и объединения стран. Миллионы российских жителей выезжают за границу с самыми разнообразными целями: отдыхать по туристической путевке, работать по контракту в западной компании и, в конце концов, в Париж или Милан за последней модной коллекцией! В какую бы страну ни поехал человек, ему приходится общаться с людьми. Исторически сложилось так, что универсальным языком общения стал английский язык. В аэропорту, в гостинице, в такси, на улице - везде Вы сможете чувствовать себя свободно и уверенно, если в багаже Ваших знаний есть хотя бы пара десятков английских слов!

English Listening Language Lab Online - Learn English Naturally

2008-02-09T20:56:00.000+02:00

English Listening Language Lab

What is elllo? ELLLO is a free online listening resource of over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for ESL and EFL students and teachers. Most listening activities include images, an interactive quiz, transcript of the audio and downloadable MP3.

Power Point presentation

2007-11-18T21:54:00.000+02:00

It is very important to learn how to make an Power Point presentation. Let's learn how to master this art.

| View | Upload your own

Learn vocabulary: Parts of the body

2007-07-27T18:43:00.000+03:00

Thanks to Monica Veado's blog, I am puting this materials for you to learn and have fun. How about trying a few activities to revise parts of the body in English? First, take a look at a page where you can find a list of parts of the body with their pronunciation (click on the audio at the top of the page to activate it) . You can use the site to help you with one or more of the activities below:

a wordsearch for beginner/pre-intermediate students
a matching activity - choose the right part of the body from the list (pre-intermediate)
if you prefer, you can also try an activity where you need to write the correct part of the body
try this fun hangman with 42 words related to the body
for advanced students, two quizzes: one about body movements and
one with idiomatic expressions using parts of the body

Wish you to have fun!

Listening skills

2007-07-21T16:33:00.000+03:00

Improve your listening and writing skills with Monica Veado... Absolutely Intercultural blog provides with lots of listening materials.

Introductions

2007-07-20T11:48:00.000+03:00

Here you can find the samples how to write an introduction.

WEB-EDUCASTUR

2007-07-18T13:57:00.000+03:00

WEB-EDUCASTUR vocabulary activities for kids

REALL LANGUAGES various soundspell games (memory game to be played by two people, very good!)

PROFESSOR GARFIELD

2007-07-18T13:44:00.000+03:00

Learn English with PROFESSOR GARFIELD

Here are different levels. Enjoy!!!

e-glossary

2007-07-18T13:33:00.000+03:00

E-glossary gives you an opportunity to read, listen and understand the meaning of the word you are learning.

2007-06-01T19:50:00.000+03:00

Let's play the game

2007-06-01T19:29:00.000+03:00

Play Win A Million at Online Games HQ

PowerPoint Tips

2007-05-31T13:16:00.000+03:00

It is really a very good illustrated explanation on how to use and not use Powerpoints.

2007-05-28T11:34:00.000+03:00

What's New on Picasa Web Albums?

Check out some of the things they’ve recently launched. They’re working hard to make Picasa Web Albums better, and to add new features as quickly as possible. Is there a feature you’d like to see? Let us know!

Make that slideshow to go! Create a portable Flash slideshow that you can embed in your blog or any other web page, like here in this blog, click the "Embed Slideshow" link, and copy and paste the HTML shown into your website. Learn more

Bigger photo uploads They've doubled the size of the images you can upload - from 10MB to 20MB per image. As always, you can still use Picasa to reduce the file size of the photos you're uploading to Picasa Web Albums.

More free storage They've upped the free storage quota to 1GB (and counting!). That's enough room to post and share around 4,000 standard resolution photos.

Link to this album or photo It's now easier to link to an album or photo from an email, IM, or web page. Just copy and paste the url and/or HTML code we show you. Plus, pick from four photos sizes for your web page.

View Blogger photos All photos uploaded through Blogger now appear in My Photos. The titles of these Blogger web albums match the titles of their respective blog posts. Now the photos you use in both services can be managed from one place. Learn more.

Anyone can upload videos using Picasa Finally, a way to share those digital camera movies with friends. Learn more

Now available in 18 additional languages Picasa Web Albums now works in the following languages:English (UK), English (US), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. If you are running an older version of Picasa in one of these languages, you will automatically be upgraded to the latest version of the software with the new "Web Album" button.

Anyone can now try Picasa Web Albums Now when your friends ask how they can get Picasa Web Albums for themselves, just let them know that all they need is a free Google Account.

Email notifications Find out when friends leave comments on your photos or if one of your favorites has uploaded new photos. Learn more

Link to your friends Let everyone know about a friend’s or a favorite gallery by adding it to your "Linked galleries" on your public gallery page. Learn more

Orchad

2007-05-26T20:59:00.000+03:00

I recommend you to visit the Blog which is created by students.

On the Orchard, there are a number of posts of students of Barbara Dieu...feel free to comment  :-)

22nd May - It's Hug Day!!!

2007-05-21T00:52:00.000+03:00

Here comes a very interesting posting about the Hug Day. Have you ever heard about it? If not visit the link below and read, then do the exercise. And then, take a look at the official Home of Free Hugs campaign. Read this text and do the assignment HERE. http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com/2007/05/22nd-may-its-hug-day.html

Words to learn

2007-05-10T16:10:00.000+03:00

Vocabulary list: Internet Stories

description: There are many words wich students still don't know. This will definitely help them to learn the words.

English Ukrainian

1.to prove доводити

2.experience досвід

3.effective ефективний

4.to achieve досягати

5.successfully успішно

6.authentic достовірний

7.communicative комунікативний

8.setting напрям

9.to provide забезпечувати

10.access доступ

11.to realize уявляти

A new space for learning English on site

2007-05-10T14:50:00.000+03:00

Joining a WordChamp class

These are instructions for joining the following class:

EC-05-1,2

Students are majoring in Economical Cybernetics

Teacher: Nina Lyulkun

Creating an account

If you do not already have a WordChamp account, you will first have to create one. You can do this by going to www.wordchamp.com, and clicking on the box on the left side that says "Join Now!". Once you have entered your registration information, check the box to say that you have read the terms and conditions, and click the button at the bottom of the page that says "Create!".

Signing up

Once you have an account, click on the link on the left side of the page that says "Homework". This will take you to the student page, in which there will be a bubble that says "Join a class!". Type the following invitation code into the box in the bubble:

1245527997

Once you've entered the invitation code, click the "submit" button — this will add you to the class!

Homework

Whenever you log in, you will automatically be sent your "My WordChamp" page. When you have homework due, it will let you know by putting a big red bubble near the top of the page. Clicking this will take you back to the "student page", where you can see all of your upcoming homework assignments. Each assignment will have a button to let you start.

2007-05-02T23:54:00.000+03:00

NEWS!!! Visit before May 20, please Youth CAN

Dear Youth CANners and everyone interested, We are excited to notify you that Youth CAN is launching the application process for Youth Community Action Program 2007-2008!!! You can find YCAP description and application forms in the attachment and on our web-site www.ycan.org

Application deadlines:

YCAP Participants - May 25th! YCAP Counselors - May 25th!

Eligibility criteria: YCAP Participants - active young Ukrainians ages 16-25 from all regions of Ukraine YCAP Counselors (Ukrainian) - YCAP alumni and Youth CAN members (please note, YCAP alumni and members need to have completed at least two YCAP presentations in their communities) YCAP International Counselors - Peace Corps Volunteers, European volunteers. You will be notified about the results of the selection process by June 8th. The first event of YCAP - StartPoint (Camp Rah-Rah) will be held on August 20-26th, 2007. We hope to see all of you this summer and remember...IT STARTS WITH US!!!

GOOD LUCK Sincerely, YCAP Organizing team

Iryna Mazur Executive Director Youth CAN +38 050 719 0424 ira@ycan.org Kyiv, Ukraine

P.S. The application forms and info in Ukrainian could be downloaded in the flash_widget below on the right.

Groups 2005-2007

2007-04-09T14:47:00.000+02:00

2007-03-04T23:06:00.001+02:00

Posting guidlines

2007-03-03T02:44:00.000+02:00

Dear list members,

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Thanks for you cooperation,