Making an Effective Oral Presentation (2)

5.0 MAKING EFFECTIVE ORAL PRESENTATION

How to delivering an effective oral presentation? Simply, we give it in three parts, there are before presentation, during the presentation and after presentation.

5.1 BEFORE PRESENTATION

This part known as preparation for an oral presentation. The preparation for oral presentation must have listing things to get a quality presentation.

Audience

As a speaker we must know about the audience before presentation especially about audience’s background because it will be comfortable when delivering the speech. The speaker also must know and think about their expatiations. It’s important to know about how their level of knowledge about the topic. Speaker will be known what are expected and unexpected question from audience. When knowing the question, it can prepare and answered smoothly.

Fact and Idea

Speaker must organize the fact and ideas then ensure it brought into the main body of the presentation until the conclusion. It must be referred or taken from establish sources like books, journals, researches or experiences and logical with situation. Speakers will be describing the point one by one and speak clearly to make audience understand. When the speaker get the ideas, he must analyze and structure it from the top to the bottom or what must describe first. Give the explanations about the points and it’s better if he can bring the example for each point. Make sure to memorize one or two research or good quote from popular person. It can make presentation delivered more powerful. Remember, give credit quotes to the source where they were been taken.

Writing The Speech

When discussing about presentation, people must know it’s not a reading. Write a few words or key points what we will be present. He also can draft the speech but must be train frequently so that the speech can be fluent but don’t bring it when gives a talk. Audience can be dropping the speaker personality and give a negative impression to him. Using the “cue card” can be helping and put the numbers for each card. Write in a small piece of paper is also a good idea.

Think Visual Aids

Applying a suitable aid give more benefits and also can help audience more understand and focus about the topic. It’s also keeping the presenter on the right track along the presentation or it’s become a guideline. Some points can clearly described and people know the truth for each point by showing an example. Presenter must think what the visual aid can help him during the presentation. He can use Overhead Projector, maps, charts, film clips or nowadays popular using the computer software like Microsoft PowerPoint. When using PowerPoint, some rules must be follow so that the audience can be interested during the presentation such as size of fonts, font type, background style, using the suitable colours and differencing the title and points with “bold” and “italic” style. The slides for points can be more interesting when adding pictures or videos. It’s can shows a true situation about the point and also give the advantages for the speaker.

Venue

Presenter must take a look to the venue early or a day before presentation. Room sized and setting where presenter will be standing in is so important while the audience can see the presenter and slides clearly. He also knows the audience must feel and sit comfortably during the presentation in the venue. The equipment must be checked and working perfectly like the lighting, the audio system and LCD Projector. Air conditioner or the temperature in the room is suitable and comfortable with the audience. If it not, presentation cannot be fluent and so many interruption during presentation, example some audiences in-out from the venue if the temperature too cool or warm.

Rehearsal

Practice can make perfect. Presenter must practice the speech in front of mirror or friends to give critics and respond where disadvantages can be upgraded. Allow a plenty of time before the event. Monitor the time when do the rehearsal. The time must suit with presentation and the slides are not too long or short. The slides must be checked and effective by presenter which is linked to the point or not. Try and practice speak clearly, slowly less but not too rush. Speaking too rush can make presentation very tough, to serious and may the audience doesn’t accepted and not get the point from the presentation. The presenter should practices the eye contact or body language with audience. Use the body language such as a body movement and position well. Don’t stand in front the screen when the projector is on. So here, rehearsal is important to ensure our presentation goes well and smooth.