Presentations

Here are some guidelines and resources for making presentations.

Guidelines for presentations

• Prepare a session plan – this is a document that assists you to plan and keep on track during the session – it covers: content (what you will say), who will cover each section, timing (for how long), and when visual aids will be used.

• Prepare speaker’s notes for the presentation - these are used by the presenter when addressing the key points that are on the PowerPoint slides and/or overhead transparencies.  You would only include key points on the slides and you will need these notes to remind you of what you want to say about each point. 

• Prepare student handouts (optional) - useful for complex material or material that does not show well on an overhead.

• Prepare power point slides or overhead transparencies

  • For a twenty-minute presentation, you would expect to have about 20 slides. 

  • Remember you would only include key points on the slide.

  • Do not put too much on each slide - use key words/phrases not sentences

  • Don't use too many graphics and make sure they are relevant

  • Provide a title slide that introduces the topic and the team.

  • Provide a slide for the session overview and at the end a conclusion

  • Use a font of at least 24 points - Arial is the most readable

  • You can hyperlink word documents but remember to save the word doc to the same disc at the PowerPoint presentation

• Practice the presentation (if required to actually make a presentation)

  • learn how to use the technology

  • consider class room layout

  • effective change-overs and teamwork

  • timing

Resources

http://www.crcss.csiro.au/education/commskil/speaking1.html

http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/resources/powerpoint.pdf

http://www.animationfactory.com/?AID=15997&PID=1023745

Effective communication is critical to the success of the marketing effort

The information on this website is based on Belch, GE & Belch MA 2007, Advertising and Promotion: An Integrated Marketing Communication Perspective, 7th edn, McGraw Hill/Irwin, New York.

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