My Presentation GuideHow to give a successful presentation

Preparation

TIP – Before the presentation • Whattopicdoyouwanttotalkabout?

• Writethetitleofyourpresentationontheboard.

• Organiseallmaterials(includingkeyword(s)/othernotes)properlysothatyoucanfindthemeasily.Makesuretheyareintherightorder.

• Whatpictures,chartsorotheritemsdoyouwanttouse?

• Whatdoyouhavetoorganisebeforehand(projector,laptop,copies…)?

Introd

uctio

n

Name the topic.• Thetopicofmypresentationis…

• TodayIwanttotalkabout…

• InmypresentationtodayIamgoingtointroduce…

• TodayI’llbegivingyouapresentationon…

• Mypresentationlooksat/into.../dealswith…/focuseson…

Attention

Spark interest.• Didyouknowthat…?

• Haveyoueverthoughtabout…?

• Areyoualsosurprisedtohear…?

• Haveyouevernoticedthat…?

• Ineverydaylife,youoftenhavetodealwiththistopic…?

Tip: Youmayarouseinterestinyourtopicbyusingapicture,acartoon,adrawingor,arealobject...

Outline

Structure your presentation.• Mypresentationhasthefollowingstructure…

• Iwilltalkaboutthefollowingaspects…

• First,Iwilltalkabout…/Atthebeginning,Iwilltalkabout…

• Inthesecondpartofmypresentation,Iwillshow…

• Then,…/Afterwards,…/Later,…/Next,…

• Attheend,/Finally,/Later,/OnceI’mfinished,youcanaskquestions/therewillbetimeforquestions.

Transitio

ns

Use transitions to move to the next point.• Now,let’smoveontothenextpart.

• Now,Iwouldliketotalkabout…

• Now,wewillmoveontothenextpart.

• Somuchabout…/Andnow,let’stalkabout…

• Let’scontinuewiththenextpart.

Explanations/

Exam

ples

Give explanations and provide examples.• Oneexampleis…/Examplesare…/Forinstance,…

• Take,forinstance,…

• Iwouldliketoillustratethispointwithsomeexamples.

• A/An…is…

• By…Imean…

Pictures,graph

s,ph

otos

Show pictures, graphs, photos etc.• Thispictureshows…/givesyouanideaof…

• Inthisphoto,a/an…isdepicted/shown.

• Inthispicture,youseethat…

• Inthemiddleofthepicture/onthefarleft/onthefarright/ontheleft/ontheright…

• Hereyousee…

Tipp:Giveyouraudiencetimetohaveagoodlookatthepictures.

Highlight key points and provide a summary. • Youshouldnotethat…

• Itisremarkablethat…

• Thisisparticularlyimportant/interestingbecause…

• Summingup,Icansay…

• Let’ssumup.

Keyinform

ation

Finishing

How to end your presentation• NowIhavereachedtheendofmypresentation.

• Thisiswheremypresentationends.

• Tofinishmypresentation,Iwouldliketo/wantto…

• BeforeIfinish,Iwouldliketo/wantto…

• Iwouldliketofinishmypresentationwith…

Thank your audience and encourage them to ask questions.• Iwouldliketothankyouverymuchforyourattention.

• Thankyouforyourattention.

• Thankyouforlisteningandthankyouforyourcontributions.

• Ifyouhaveanyquestions,ofcourse,Iwillbehappytoanswerthem.

• Westillhavetimeforquestionsorcomments. Thankyouand

questio

nsAssessment

Your presentation will be successful if … • youspeakfreely,loudlyandclearly.

• yourpresentationiswellstructured.

• youpresentyourcontentinacomprehensibleway.

• youusethecorrectterminology.

• youusepictures,graphsordrawingstoillustrateyourpoints.

• youareabletoanswerquestions.