Week 8

Lecture;
Oral presentations are not the most popular of types to perform in front of numerous people. Usually a university study would much prefer to write some other form of assessment up like an essay, report or portfolio and then submit to a teacher. But fact is, we have to do them. So for those people who are more keen on the written assessments and for others who need improvement, here are some tips for your presentation.
Apart from discussion on your topic you should always include: compelling data, support your data with proof, visual evidence or facts, emotional connection - so show your audience you are passionate about this and back your facts up, if not the audience will loose all connection with your presentation, generate energy - using more levels, moving around and even pointing or facial expressions, more proof that supports your facts and arguments.
As written assessments normally format, you should also use the structure of, Introduction, Body paragraph and Conclusion. This will help you keep everything in order too because if not it's not very easy to follow for the audience. Never read off your PowerPoint, you should always have memorised parts so you can allow yourself to make eye contact with your audience 50% of the time.
Covering all these steps will assure you a well prepared PowerPoint/electronic presentation, But except for all this you should also prepare palm cards (optional), practise your speech, pace your talking, preparation with technical items.