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Ihaveseparatedtheprocessofpreparingatalkintoaseriesofstages.Revieweachstageinsuccession,atleastonthefirsttimethroughthetutorial.
1.Planning
2.Preparation
3.Outlining
4.ImportantElements
5.Practice
6.Presentation
7.TheMomentofTruth
8.Handlingquestions
InitialPlanning
Thisiswhereyoubegintotailorthetalktothesituation,andforthatreasonthisstageisveryimportantforasuccessfulpresentation.Talktoyourhostandclarifythesepointsbeforeyouspendmuchpreparationtime.Iftheenvironmentandaudienceareunfamiliartoyou,thisisacriticalstage.Youmayevenwanttodoaliteraturesearchonpotentialaudiencememberstoidentifyareasofcommoninterestorpotentialquestionswhichmayarise.Beginthisstageearly-themoreleadtimeyouallowyourself,themoretimeyouwillhavetothinkupnovelapproachestothetopicandthemoreinterestingandsubstantialyourpresentationwillbe.
Beforeyoubeginpreparingthepresentation,you'
llneedtodetermine:
1.Thetypeoftalkyouwillbeexpectedtogive
owillthisbeaninformalchat,aseminardiscussion,oramoreformalpresentation?
odifferenttalkshavedifferentpurposes;
theintentofaconferencepresentationisnotthesameasajobtalk.Whenindoubt,askforguidancefromyourhost.
2.Thecompositionoftheaudience
owillyoubespeakingtoageneralaudienceorspecialists?
ohowmanypeopleareexpectedtoattend?
oisthislikelytobeafriendlyaudience?
Aninteractiveaudience?
3.Thetimeallottedforthetalk
othelongerthetalk,themorefreedomyouwillhavetoexplorethetopic
oashorttalkneedstobeveryclearandtoaddressthetopicdirectly
oisquestiontimeincluded?
4.Expectationsforinformationcontent
oisthereaspecificpurposeforhavingyougiveatalk?
Clarifytheexpectationsbeforehandandplantoaddressthemduringthepresentation.
owillyoubepresentingnovelconceptstothisaudience,orbuildingupontheirpriorknowledge?
Eitherway,makesureyoucoverthebasicsclearly,andearlyinthetalk,toavoidloosingtheaudience.
Preparation
Onceyouhaveageneralideaofwhatyouwanttosay,you'
llhavetodecidehowtosayit.Unlikeaconversationorawrittendocument,atalkisaone-shotattempttomakeapoint.Bycontrast,aconversationconsistsofrepetitionsandclarification'
sbasedonquestionsandimmediatefeedback,whileawrittenpaperallowsareadertopuzzlethroughitscontentsasoftenasnecessary.Itisessentialthatyourtalkbewell-constructedandtidy,andthatyourpointsbepresentedtotheaudiencebothalogicalsequenceandunambiguously.Thisalltakesafairamountofpreparation.Startearly!
Hereareafewpointerstogetyoustarted:
1.Startpreparingfarinadvancebythinkingthroughwhatneedstobesaid.Collectmaterialwhichmayrelatetothetopicfromunusualsources,andsleepontheseideas.Thefinalproductwillbemorefully-developedandinteresting.
2.Usingbiglettersandaboldpen,writeaclearstatementoftheproblemanditsimportance,andthenpinthatstatementonthewallaboveyourdesk.
3.Developthisthemeintoonejargon-freesentencethatwillcatchtheattentionoftheaudience.Next,identifytheissuesyouplantoaddress(brainstorm,thentrimback;
seetheportionofthistutorialonoutlining).
4.Arrangetheseissuesinalogicalsequence(whichmaychangeasyoudevelopthetalk).Thisprocessiseasierifyouuseindexcardstoorganizeyourtalk,withoneideapercard.
5.Computer-basedpresentationprograms(PowerPoint,Persuasion,etc.)canbewonderfultime-savers.Thetimeinvestedinlearningtousetheseprogramsisrewardedbythespeedwithwhichapresentationcanbecreated,evenbyamoderately-skilleduser.Theseprogramsaregoodtoolsfororganizingyourpresentation(anelectronicversionoftheindexcardsidea),theycanbeusedtocreatevisualsforthepresentation(e.g.,slidesandtransparencies),andevenprojectthosevisualsduringthepresentation.
6.Avoidusinglists(First...,Second...);
youmayconfuselistingsystems(First...,PointB...,andanotherthing...),oryoumaydiscoverlaterinthetalkthatyou'
vemissedapointentirely,andthenyou'
llbeforcedtobacktrack.Bothoftheseproblemstendtodistractyouraudienceawayfromthepointsyouaretryingtomake,andbothgivetheappearanceofpoororganizationalskills.
7.Retentionofinformationbytheaudienceisreducedasatalkproceeds,soifyoudowanttomakeaseriesofpoints,organizethemfromthemosttotheleastimportant.Thatway,theaudienceismorelikelytoremembertheimportantpointslater.Youmayevenfindthatthelessimportantpointsbecomeirrelevanttothefocusofthetalkasyoupractice.
8.Determinetransitionelementswhichwillhelpyouraudiencetofollowthelinkfromoneissuetothenext.Theseshouldbelogical,andmaypresentedbyposingaquestion,orexplainingyourowndiscoveryofthelink'
sexistence.
9.Useshortsentenceswithsimpleconstructions.Theconceptwillbemademoreclear,andthesentencestructureismoresimilartoconversationalstyles.
10.Runthroughthetalkonce,early.Gobackandre-thinkthesequencing.Discardnon-essentialelements.
11.Don'
tassumetheaudiencewillbefamiliarwithbasicconceptsthatformthefoundationofyourtalk.Outlinetheseconceptsbrieflybutclearlyearlyinthetalktoavoidconfusion.
12.Attempttoidentifyproblemsorquestionstheaudiencemayhaveandaddresstheminthetalk,beforetheaudiencehasachancetothinkofthesethingsthemselves.
13.Determinewhichelementswouldbenefitbybeingpresentedwithvisualaids.Spendtimeworkingoutthebestwaytopresentthematerial.Headonovertotheaccompanyingtutorialsforinformationonpresentingmaterialinaneffectivewayusingvisualaids.
14.Preparethumbnailssketchesofthesevisualaids,thenrunthroughthetalkagain.Re-workthemostappropriateandessentialvisualaidsanddiscardtherest.Don'
tforgettoproof-readyourvisuals!
Dosowhilethereisplentyoftimetore-printthatcriticalslidewiththeglaringtypo.
15.Theearlieryoustartonthevisuals,thebettertheywillbe.Ontheotherhand,avoidfinetuningeachvisualendlessly;
ifyoufindyourselfdiddlingthedetails,goontodosomethingmoreproductiveinstead.
16.Whenindoubtaboutwhichpresentationmediumtouse(transparencies,slides,videos,multimedia,etc.),choosetheformatwhichistheleastcomplexwhichremainsconsistentwithbothclarityandcontentofthepresentation.Keepinmindthatthemoretechnologyyouuse,themorethingstherewillbewhichcangowrong.Thesetechnologicaldifficultiesmaydevelopintoagruesomepresentationexperience,particularlyifyouaregivingthetalkinanunfamiliarsetting!
17.Ifyoudoneedtousemultimediatechnologyinyourpresentation,callaheadtomakesurethetechnologyyourequireissupportedintheroomwhereyou'
llbetalking!
18.ThemostimportantpreparationfactoristoREHEARSE!
Dosoinprivateatfirst.Thenforarealacidtest,videotapeyourselfandwatchtheresultswithacriticaleye.It'
softenapainfulandhumblingexperience,buttheresultswillbeworthit.
19.Youcanthentrythepresentationoutinfrontofafewcolleagues.Askforfeedback,thenactonthatinformation.Selectthosewhoknowalittleaboutyourtopic,andnotthosewhoknowalot.Thiswillfocusyourattentiononattemptingtoexplainwhyyoudidwhatyoudidinsimpleterms,ratherthanencouragingattentiontodetailsonlyspecialistscareabout.
20.Ifyoustartpreparingearly,you'
llhaveplentyoftimetorefinethepresentationbasedonyourcolleagues'
feedback.Thisisalwaysausefulprocess.
21.Don'
twasteyourcolleagues'
time;
ifyouaresincereaboutwantingthatfeedback,don'
twaituntilthenightbeforethepresentationtoaskforotherpeople'
sinput.
22.Remember,theshorterthetalk,themoredifficultitwillbetocoverthematerialclearlyandcompletely.Bestrictaboutincludingonlywhatisessentialinformationforthepresentation,andremovingallthenon-essentialtidbits.
Outlining
Theprimarypurposeofapresentationistoprovideinformationwhichtheaudiencewillthenrememberatalaterdate.Detailedreferencingofmaterialorextensivereviewofdatawon'
tberemembered-andmayputtheaudiencetosleep!
Onewaytomaintaininterestistoorganizeandpresentthematerialinanovelmanner.Usinganon-standardorderingofmaterialwillhelptokeeptheaudienceinterested.Similarly,organizingyourmaterialinanewway(ratherthanre-workinganoldtalk)willhelptokeepyourowninterestinthetopic,andwillresultinatalkwhichis
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