ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS

PRESENTATION
What is an oral presentation?
How to build an oral presentation?
What knowledge and skills are necessary to make a presentation?

What is an oral presentation?
Form of professional communication of a specialist
Strategy
Components of presentations

Professional communication skills
Written communication
Electronic communication: e-mail, voice mail, video conferencing
Graphical communication
Oral presentations
Enquiry, listening, dialogue

HOW TO BUILD A PRESENTATION?
STRATEGY
Objectives
Audience
Organization/rule of 3

STRATEGY: OBJECTIVES
"A speech without a specific purpose is like a journey without a destination."
Ralph C. Smedley
to inform/instruct
to persuade
to entertain

STRATEGY: AUDIENCE
Audience:
Specialists
Non-specialists
Supporters
Opponents
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STRATEGY
ORGANIZATION PATTERN
Chronological
Problem-solution
Comparison-contrast
Cause-effect
Definition
Classification
Description
Own pattern
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STRATEGY: RULE OF THREE
we remember 3
parts to presentation 3
use lists of 3

Rule of three
VENI, VIDI, VICI - JULIUS CAESAR
"FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN LEND ME YOUR EARS" - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"OUR PRIORITIES ARE EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION" - TONY BLAIR/V. LENIN
A MARS A DAY HELPS YOU TO WORK, REST AND PLAY - ADVERTISING SLOGAN
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN - PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PRESENTATION SCENARIO
LINEAR
NON-LINEAR

PRESENTATION COMPONENTS

Introducing yourself
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Robert Jones
… and I work for BP;
…and I’m the Managing Director of JSC Lukoil
…and I represent JSC Lukoil

STATEMENT OF TOPIC & STRUCTURE
I want to talk to you this afternoon about Peak Oil. My presentation will be in 3 main parts.

The audience must know exactly
Who you are
Where you are from
What you are going to talk about
Why you are going to talk about it

NECESSARY
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
COMPRESS TEXT into:
points
graphs
tables
COMMENT on:
points
graphs
tables
make transitions
summarize
Keep eye-contact
Use humour

ORAL PRESENTATION RULES
Rule of 3
Recap each key point
Present all figures on screen
Comment on each stated point
Do not comment on unstated points
Align phrases
Build logical transitions

Telling them what you are going to talk about

MOVING
Backwards Forward & Sideways
To move on to my next point…
Going back to my previous point…
Let’s turn to a different point.
To return to my main point…
I’d like to digress from my plan and…
To sum up/ summarize, conclude….

RULES FOR CONNECTORS
1. Expressing different ideas

RULES FOR CONNECTORS
2. showing a consequence