Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Oral Presentations

ORAL PRESENTATIONS are one of the most intimidating task for people, whereas they are a neccesary part of university and professional life. Personally, speaking in public makes me very nervous. So, how to make a succesful oral presentation? Here, there are some convenient tips to have a good performance.
First, knowing very well the content of your topic helps to conquer the nervousness of speaking in public. Basically, this is what the audience wants from you. Then, organizing your presentation will allows the audience to follow easily the ideas introduce in your topic. You should leave the audience with a clear understanding of the topic and the sense that they have been given a well estructure presentation. Finally, involving the audience through different strategies like encouraging questions, working in group, playing roles and demostrations, will make the audience more interest in your topic and you will connect with them.
In conclusion, to deliver your presentation successfully rehearsal is an essential part of speaking in public. I hope that these tips will help me to do a better job in future presentations.

2 comments:

Jack Skyfer said...

Ack... I nearly fell asleep in my lecture. Ouch! I just wanted to lay on the table and slept for a while, ifnored what she was speaking. My lecture about biology was horrible. Even Toby and Aurelio couldn't help it. You did a great job for your presentation. I love the guy with the hello Kitty... :p

Truc Pham said...

yeh, we learn a lot after our presentations. Congratulation :)