1) What makes an effective presentation?
- Did the audience understand (did you understand)?
- Do they remember (do you remember)?
- Are they influenced (are you influenced, moved)?
- Did he or she appear confident and positive?
- Was the answer interesting or entertaining?
2) What do you need to work on?
- Answering questions
- Reflection
- Eye contact; hand gestures; and voice delivery
- Signposting and Linking Words (Linguistic Coherence)
- Choreography (Physical Coherence) Summarizing/Concluding Strongly
Main points
Solution/Recommendation
Further question/topic to explore
Future outlook or prediction
Broader view or scope of the topic
Invitation for questions
Memorable statement
Signpost
3) Think back to the last time you had to present to an audience. What type of presentation was it? In other words, are all presentations the same? How many types of presentations can you think of?
- Informative - provide information
- Persuasive - do something!
- Individual - present alone, all alone
- Argumentative - support or refute
Self-introduction
What you put in it is up to you! Try to include the essential elements, however.
What elements were included in these presentations?
Group Presentation
- Please refer to the marking criteria
- Do you need a powerpoint, or playing cards, or both? Think about visuals, attention grabbers and choreography too!
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What is one presentation aspect (e.g. hand gestures; signposting; grabbing attention) in which you will strive for excellence tomorrow?
- Dickson - speak confidently
- Tilly - eye contact
- Jessica - eye contact
- Steve - speak positively
- Connie - speak loudly
- Colour - hand gestures
- Koko - grabbing attention
- Benny - eye contact
- Winson - head, hand and feet gestures
10. Melody - physical coherence
11. Fred - signposting
12. Sing - signposting
13. Anna - grabbing attention
14. Sheryl - signposting
15. Hung - eye contact
Syllables -> Syllable Stress -> Word Stress
Individual Presentation
Several Presentation Criteria:
| Clear and interesting introduction |
| Distinct signposts |
| Memorable conclusion |
| Word stress |
| Inclusive eye contact |
| Visual aids |
| Hand gestures and physical posture |
You will be filmed.
1) Why is body language important when giving presentations?
- Present ideas effectively to audience
- Conveys attitude; and builds trust
- Buys time to think about presentation
- To emphasize a point
- Draw attention to something
- Explain something
2) What is the difference between gesture and posture?
- Posture includes the entire body
- Gestures involves smaller parts
3) Provide examples of gestures that can be used in presentations.
4) Provide examples of good and bad posture in groups.
Thinking about the Speaker
Who is speaking? How do you know?
| David | Anna | Sheryl | Fred |
| Hung | Sing | Melody | Benny |
| BJ | Connie | Steve | Colour |
| Dickson | Jessica | Tilly | Koko |
| Winson |
Thinking about the Audience
| S.1 students (band one) | S.1 students (band three) |
| The class's parents | The class's professors |
| Elderly people at a nursing home | Kindergarten students |
| Hard-working CityU students | Very lazy CityU students |
| Executives from Li & Fung | 2-year old babies |
| Foreigners | 14K boys |
Learning English in Hong Kong
3-5 minute presentation
- What did you have to change about yourself and your presentation to fit the audience?
- What worked well in your presentation to specifically meet the audience's needs?
Commercials for Presentations
- 30 seconds to 2 minutes long
- Use one visual aid (e.g. dancing; writing on the board)
- Why should people watch you?
- Be creative (e.g. ballet; riddles; stories)
First Round
- You mark your partner
- Winner stays on; loser writes controversial topic for next round
Second Round
- 30 seconds to 2 minutes long
- Pick a topic; no warmup time
- Two students mark two presenters
Visual Aids
List as many kinds of visual aids as you can possibly think of; and consider what specifically they could be used for (e.g. playing cardsfor a magic demonstration)
1) Lazy; different (strange?) because no attempt was made to prepare a powerpoint.
Hardworking because he's obviously prepared something else!
Excited; anticipating something special!
2) Whiteboard to draw, and to erase (flexible); run around the classroom because not constrained to one area; interact with the audience rather than with the powerpoint
3) Reinforce main points visually; especially if Johnny is boring, or cannot speak English
4) Too many words (paragraphs!?); small font size; contrasting color scheme; no pictures, sounds or videos; reading the powerpoint and not facing the audience; poor language, improper phrasing in slides