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CO315: Advanced Public Speaking

Presentation Guidelines

  • You are the presentation
  • Plan on paper before start PPT slides
  • What's your message?
  • Start with big picture, narrow to 3 -4 points
  • Know your audience
  • Visuals backup key points
  • Practice
  • Edit aggressively
  • Never read slides
  • Never go over time
  • Dress appropriately
  • Stand to left of screen
  • Do not look at screen

 

Getting Started

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Organizing Presentation Slides

Suggestions for a PowerPoint Slide Show:

  1. Title slide
  2. Introduction
    • Identify creative and focused topic
    • Addresses revelant aspects of topic
  3. Research Findings
    • Present in-depth information
    • Credible sources
    • Various points of view
    • Provide clarity through examples, illustrations or graphs 
  4. Conclusion
    • States logical conclusion based on findings
  5. Limitations/Implications
    • Discusses relevant limitations/implications
  6. Works cited slide
  7. Media cited slide

 

 

Day of Presentation

Checklist (with recommendations):

1. Speech document in binder/notecards

a. Plastic sheet covers

b. Mark document with slide changes

2. PowerPoint file

a. Save on portable flash drive/Cloud storage

b. Run/test slideshow prior to presentation

3. Poster Board (or other visual aids)

4. Presentation clicker (on loan at library circulation desk)

5. Handouts

6. Professional Attire