- •Part I Let’s get started
- •Introducing yourself
- •Structuring a presentation
- •Hot tips to “jump start” your presentation
- •Dealing with nervousness
- •Visualize success
- •Today’s topic is …
- •Indicating the end of a section
- •Tips on presenting to an English-speaking audience
- •Visual aids
- •Describing a visual
- •Introducing a visual
- •Saying numbers
- •Talking about trends
- •Some advice to describe trends on graphs and charts
- •Concluding a presentation
- •Handling the question and answer session
- •Powerful techniques
- •Some additional techniques to help communicate the message
- •If we took at imagery first, what’s the difference between simile, metaphor and analogy?
- •Love your audience … not everyone is like you
- •If you are an Extravert, you probably …
- •If you are an Introvert, you probably …
- •If you are a Sensor, you probably …
- •Presentation activities for different personality types
- •Multiple intelligences
- •Some presentation activities for “intelligences”
- •Part II Test yourself
- •1. Match these less formal phrases with the more formal phrases in the table.
- •2. Complete sentences 1 – 8 with the correct form of the verb and a sentence ending from the box below.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.
- •6. Replace the highlighted words in the presentation with words or phrases from the box.
- •7. Match the two parts to make typical sentences from the introduction.
- •8. Match items from the three columns to make attention-grabbing openings.
- •9. Put the words in the right order to make sentences.
- •10. Match examples of jump starts (a –g) with the techniques 1 – 7.
- •11. Make signpost sentences using elements from each column.
- •12. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
- •14. Choose the correct verb to fit the sentence.
- •15. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •16. Match the two parts to make sentences used to refer to media.
- •17. Match the two parts to make sentences.
- •18. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb – adjective construction from the box.
- •19. Complete this presentation with words from the box.
- •20. Choose the correct word to fit the sentences.
- •21. Match the two parts to make sentences used to talk about visuals.
- •23. Use the notes to make sentences in the past simple or present perfect.
- •24. Read the following sentences and check whether rise and raise have been used correctly. If not, correct the sentences.
- •25. Choose the correct verb to fit the sentences.
- •26. Put the sentences that describe the graph in the correct order.
- •28. Sometimes it is necessary to interrupt the visual by explaining the reason behind the fact (the cause) or its consequence (the effect). Use the words from each column to make sentences.
- •29. Complete the presentation extract with the correct prepositions.
- •30. Unscramble the sentences to make typical sentences from a conclusion.
- •31. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
- •32. Match the two parts to make final statements from conclusions.
- •33. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •34. Look at the clues in brackets and underline the word which should be stressed in each sentence.
- •35. Match the two parts to make sentences.
- •36. Complete the dialogue with phrases from the box.
- •37. Complete the sentences with verbs from the box. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •38. Test yourself. See how much you’ve learned about giving presentations in English.
- •39. Look at the text below containing three small ones.
- •42. Complete the gaps in these presentation extracts
- •43. Choose the best adverb or adjective for each sentence.
- •44. Complete this presentation extract with the correct prepositions.
- •45. Look at the graphs and complete these presentation extracts, using the correct form of the verbs in brackets
- •46. Now, look at this graph and complete sentences 1 – 6, describing the sales. What tenses did you use and why?
- •47. Read the statements below and write a rhetorical question that could go before each of them.
- •48. Read the statements below and write a rhetorical question that could go after each of them.
- •49. A Yale University study identified the following words as the twelve most powerful words in the English language. Why do you think these words are powerful?
- •50. Choose the best response (a, b or c) for questions 1 – 8. Then define the question and the strategy the presenter uses to answer each question.
- •Part III Full presentations Presentation 1
- •Presentation 2
- •Presentation 3
- •Presentation 4
8. Match items from the three columns to make attention-grabbing openings.
1. Did you know that |
that can’t is a four-letter word |
Who would you tell first? |
2. I read an article somewhere |
compete with the Chinese |
by eliminating one olive from each salad served in the first class |
3. imagine |
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 |
Of course we can! |
4. Can we really |
you won a million euros |
I tend to agree with that! |
9. Put the words in the right order to make sentences.
shall OK get we started.
my today subject presentation of satisfaction is the customer.
will presentation thirty my about take minutes.
issues on three focus I’ll.
by looking of status will the current project we the start at.
that did know popular China car is this very in you.
10. Match examples of jump starts (a –g) with the techniques 1 – 7.
What’s in it for me? (WILM).
Question and answer.
Expert testimony or historical evidence.
Quotations.
Meet the people.
Shocking statements or startling statistics.
Enrolment questions.
The benefit for you is that you will have a better product that wills a better job.
In today’s newspaper, our CEO started “The Internet is the aggressive revolutionary army of our age. It will kill our children” and I’m going to show you why we need to rationalize our business before we lose it completely.
We often talk about creativity and promoting a culture of creativity. But what do we mean exactly? I’m sure each of you would give a different answer. So, I’m here today to answer this question and explain exactly what we mean when we say “creativity” in our company.
Hi my name’s Laura Schmidt. Please help yourself to coffee or tea while we’re waiting for everyone to arrive.
I’m holding the latest government health report in my hands. It states that the chance of getting some cancers has actually risen from in twelve to one in nine in the last few years. This report goes on to link this to household products and says that more than 500 – more than 500 – manufactured chemicals found in the everyday environment are believed to mimic and disrupt hormones. Today, I’m going to examine what this means for us in our business sector.
How many of you have pitched for new business and failed to get it? How many of you here hate giving presentations? How many of you think your presentations are boring and uninspiring? Raise your hands. Thanks. Well, this afternoon we will be exploring …
Young girls between the ages of nine to fourteen stated that their number one fear is getting fat. They’re more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, climate change or losing their parents. Our new wellness product range is all about sensible diet and changing attitudes and what I’d like to do is …