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How do you give a presentation?. Prepared by R. Milian. Your teacher announces, “ You will give a presentation.”. Your reaction. Fear takes over. I’ve never done one. Start sweating. World is coming to an end. Stop. Relax. Help is on the way.
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How do you give a presentation? Prepared by R. Milian
First, forget what people have told you about a presentation
Why? • Everything you have been told is wrong
What a presentation is not • Pictures that have been copied and pasted to slides • Reading slides to the audience • Adding funny animations to make the presentation interesting • Bore the audience with so much information that you put them to sleep
What a presentation is … • Giving the audience an interesting idea you want them to know about in an engaging manner • You present the information to the audience, but you do not read it • You take the audience into an adventure in order to convince them or inform them • It is almost like a show
1st Step Begin writing what you know about your topic • To get ideas • To have a starting point
Putting ideas on paper Ideas flow easily when you write
Step 3 filter your idea Main idea
Beginning • Introduce your idea A Story B Important fact
Middle • Support your idea • Give reasons
Conclusion • Summarize your main idea
Mistake #1 Creating presentation without first writing the essay
Mistake #2 Looks for the images that will go on the slides
Mistake #3 Presentation has no organization
Advice • A presentation is created from the bottom up • It is not created from the top down
Bottom up approach • Bottom up • Presentation • Practice • Organize • Essay • Filter idea • Research idea • Write
Top down • Go to computer • Use Powerpoint • Get pictures • Present
Project • Create a presentation following Milian’s guide • You get to select your topic ( science, history, art, music) • It will be an informational presentation • It will take from 3-5 minutes
What you need • Computer/internet/printer/ ink • Powerpoint/ Keynote • Library card • Motivation • Creativity
Why do I have to do this? • College • Professional career • Life skill