Presenting In English 3

Techniques to improve your presentation

Some famous quotes from famous people.

1. I came, I saw, I conquered Julius Caesar

2. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country JF Kennedy

3. If practice makes perfect, and if no one’s perfect then why practice? Billy Corgan

4. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai lama

In the above find examples of

a. repetitionb. rhetorical questionsc. grouping points in threesd. pairs of contrasting ideas

Why is it effective?

1. You invite the audience to try to anticipate your answer2. You create a satisfying sense of completeness3. You make sure your audience doesn’t miss your main points4. You emphasise what you’re saying

Dramatic Contrast

ExerciseLook at the following famous quotes and try to guess how to finish them

1. To decide not to decide is a decisionTo fail to decide ___________________________

2. It’s a recession when your neighbour loses his job.It’s a depression when ______________________

3. If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problemBut if you owe it a million ________________________

4. I like the dreams of the futurebetter than the history ___________________________

5. I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoythan a success at _______________________________

6. Wise men talk because they have something to say;fools because they have to _______________________

7. Success is getting what you want.Happiness is wanting ________________________

8. You can’t win them all.But you sure can ____________________________

ExerciseLook at the following famous quotes and try to guess how to finish them with the words in the box

1. To decide not to decide is a decisionTo fail to decide is a ______________

2. It’s a recession when your neighbour loses his job.It’s a depression when you __________ your job

3. If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problemBut if you owe it a million the bank has a ______________

4. I like the dreams of the futurebetter than the history of the _____________

5. I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoythan a success at something I ___________

6. Wise men talk because they have something to say;fools because they have to say _________________

7. Success is getting what you want.Happiness is wanting what you ____________

8. You can’t win them all.But you sure can __________ them all

lose (x2), get, something, problem, failure, past, hate

Tripling

COMMITMENT

If at first you don’t ________________, ______________________, ___________________

again. Then quite – no use being a damn fool about it

MOTIVATION

I’m done with _______ And God knows I’ve made enough____________But ____________,

now that’s something you never get tired of.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

_____________ makes mistakes, And a ________ keeps making the same mistakes. But to

really foul things up you need a ________________________

FORWARD PLANNING

______________ is the _________________ you worried about _______________

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

______________ is as easy as it looks. ______ takes longer than you think. And if ________

can go wrong, it will.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

__________________, _______________ or ____________________ out of the way.

nothing-everything –anything, lead-follow –get, sex-money-power, everyone-fool-computer, succeed-try-try, today-tomorrow-yesterday,

Tripling

COMMITMENT

If at first you don’t SUCCEED, TRY, TRY

again. Then quite – no use being a damn fool about it

MOTIVATION

I’m done with SEX And God knows I’ve made enough MONEY But POWER,

now that’s something you never get tired of.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EVERYONE makes mistakes, And a FOOL keeps making the same mistakes. But to

really foul things up you need a COMPUTER

FORWARD PLANNING

TODAY is the TOMORROW you worried about YESTERDAY

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

NOTHING is as easy as it looks. EVERYTHING takes longer than you think. And if ANYTHING can go wrong, it will.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

LEAD , FOLLOW or GET out of the way.

nothing-everything –anything, lead-follow –get, sex-money-power, everyone-fool-computer, succeed-try-try, today-tomorrow-yesterday,

Tripling (UI)

COMMITMENT

If at first you don’t ________________, ______________________, ___________________

again. Then quite – no use being a damn fool about it

MOTIVATION

I’m done with _______ And God knows I’ve made enough____________But ____________,

now that’s something you never get tired of.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

_____________ makes mistakes, And a ________ keeps making the same mistakes. But to

really foul things up you need a ________________________

FORWARD PLANNING

______________ is the _________________ you worried about _______________

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

______________ is as easy as it looks. ______ takes longer than you think. And if ________

can go wrong, it will.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

__________________, _______________ or ____________________ out of the way.

nothing-anything –everything, get-follow –lead, money-sex-power, everyone-fool-computer, try-succeed-try, yesterday-tomorrow-today,

Rhetorical Questions

Write rhetorical questions for these statements

Eg We’ve solved the problem. How did we do this?

1. The client insists that we launch the product

2. The event was the best thing we ever thought of

3. We are going to go after new business in the new year

4. We have increased our market share in Europe

5. This is not the first time, we have made such a mistake

6. We thought it was the best campaign we had ever created but the client hated it!

Look at the presentation transcript can you find examples ofRepetition, rhetorical questions, tripling, contrast?

Look at the Annual Report. Work on it with a partner to improve it. Change the written style to a more spoken style

Resources

In Company Intermediate Unit 12 page 51

Presentations in English - Step 4 Top Up your Techniques

Presenting in English – intermediate/upper- intermediate Mark PowellWorksheets 5.5 Dramatic ContrastsWorksheet 5.8 Tripling