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    Presentation skills – Part Two

    1. Look at the materials below (taken from “Dynamic Presentations” by Mike Powell, CUP) and do
    exercises 1, 2, 4, and 6, please.
    2. Look at the slide below. Make any necessary changes to make it more effective.

    The Five Golden Rules You Must Follow to be Effective in Presentations

    •Long introductions at the beginning are a complete waste of time – get to the point!
    •Never apologise for being unclear, skipping points, having difficult-to-read visuals, etc.
    •It’s a mistake to get too involved in the details – put those in the handouts.
    •Quoting figures is not as effective as telling anecdotes and stories to illustrate your point.
    •Conversation, not presentation – that’s how to build rapport with your audience.

    3. Look at the list of negative thoughts that you may have about presenting. Do any of them look
    familiar to you? Do you have any other worries concerning your presentation? Discuss with a
    partner.

    1) I have problems with pronunciation and nobody will understand me.


    2) My grammar isn’t very good and I’m embarrassed about making mistakes.
    3) There are more intelligent students in the audience who know much more than me about the topic
    I’m discussing.
    4) Everyone will see how nervous I am and think I’m stupid.
    5) I want my presentation to be interesting and entertaining, but I think it will be really boring.
    6) I’m sure something is going to go wrong with my PowerPoint slides in the middle of the
    presentation.

    4. Match the positive thoughts below to the negative ones from the exercise above.

    a) If you rehearse and check the equipment, probably nothing will go wrong. If something does go
    wrong, however, you can still give your presentation verbally and communicate your message
    successfully.
    b) It is possible that the audience will have trouble understanding a few words. However, they will
    understand almost all of what you say, so this is not a serious problem.
    c) Nervousness shows much less than people think it does, so the audience might not even notice.
    Even if you show your nerves, most of your audience will sympathize. It will not affect what you are
    trying to communicate.
    d) It is not necessary to give an extremely interesting or entertaining presentation. The important
    thing is to communicate content to your audience. If you do this, they will be interested.
    e) You might make mistakes, but this is not very important. The important thing is that you
    communicate something to the audience. That will happen even if you make mistakes.
    f) Your preparation will make you very knowledgeable about your topic. Even if some of the audience
    know more than you, they will still find your presentation interesting.
    [ex. 3&4 are adapted from “Presenting. Deliver presentations with confidence. Graham Burton.]

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