Use your research to provide evidence and examples that help your listeners understand the issues.

Use your research to provide evidence and examples that help your listeners understand the issues.

Use your research to provide evidence and examples that help your listeners understand the issues.

 

Submission Instructions

Overview: This presentation will demonstrate your knowledge of your researched subject and your understanding of appropriate academic tone and delivery of an oral presentation.

Aim: You will report your argumentative essay. You will inform about the introduction, body, and the conclusion of your essay, and persuade listeners to adopt the point of view you have gained in your research.

Audience: Communicate the debatable issue, researched themes and concepts, and that significant idea for the audience to think about.

However, do not  act. The best presenters are natural and consider the real audience in front of them .

Format: You should:

· Establish rapport and interest with the audience. Think of something that will interest your audience in the subject.  Tell how the topic is important to listeners.

· Indicate the overall content and organization of the presentation.

· Use research material to develop and support key issues.

· Use 7-10 slides, one slide must be a title slide with the presenter(s)’ name(s) on it.

· Use multimedia (charts, tables, graphs, photos, videos).

· Summarize and make a natural closing.

· Ask for questions from the audience.

Presentation Skills: Consult the modules for ideas. In general, you should:

· Speak extemporaneously, using notes and screen only as backups. Keep good eye-contact with your audience.

· Speak with confidence and enthusiasm. Confidence sometimes compensates for tired, bored audiences.

· Dress appropriately for a business audience.

· Use your visuals effectively, including charts, tables, graphs, and photos to help listeners understand the issues.

· Use your research to provide evidence and examples that help your listeners understand the issues.

· Demonstrate effective use of visuals. That is, don’t put white text on light backgrounds, etc.

· Minimize distractions, such as annoying hand or body gestures, fillers (uh, ummm, ya know), distracting sounds from the computer, and computer animation without purpose which fails to help listeners understand or follow the reasoning.

· Demonstrate the fact that you have prepared well and have taken time to practice.

· Stay within the time limits, 10-12 minutes. Subject to change.

Do’s and Don’t’s

· If you are the person changing the slides, DO NOT click the mouse when your partner is talking.

· Do not move the mouse around; it will show up moving on the screen and will distract the audience.

· DO NOT move around and/or stand behind the computer.

· Do not turn to look at the screen in front or at the computer screen, DO look at the audience (You may use note cards).

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