Presentation Basics

Presentation BasiceKnow your content inside and out:• Practice delivering your presentatoin this way you will not be so dependent on your notes and/or slides• Allows you to speak freely and puts your audience at ease• Allows you to look at your audience and engage them• Makes you the presenter less nervous, less anxious and less fumbling with papersEnsure visual presentation compliments speaking:• Gives you time to talk and your audience to take-in content (tables, comics, graphics, etc)• Try not to be text heavy, do not put every word in the presentation (6 by 6 rule)• Be generous with visuals, a picture speaks a thousand wordsUse narrative as framework/foundation:• A story will have sticking power, ex. “When I was 6 I lost my first tooth” vs. “Today we will be talking about oral

health”Use humour tactfully, but don’t shy away from it:• Delivery/timing is key• Content is key, don’t tell a joke at inappropriate times• Humour breaks up content and makes it easier for the audience to digestKnow logistics of the presentation and audience:• Determine if appropriate to have questions throughout the presentation or at the end• Who is the audience – age, gender, etc – try to tailor your presentation to the audience• Is the audience there because they have to be or want to be?• What are the expected outcomes?

TBDHU• Located at 999

Balmoral St• #8 James Street

and the #12 East End Bus stop at our building

TBDHU

regulated by the provincial government to provide a variety of services

services are to improve the health of the community

one of 36 in the province governed by a board of health approximately 200 employess

Know your content insideand out.

Ensure visual presentation compliments speaking

Use narrative as framework

Use humour tactfully…but don’t shy away from it ;)

Know your audience

Dress appropriately

Show you are on the same level as the audience

Be organized!

PROS• User-friendly• Comes with

premade slide templates

• Add interesting slide transitions

• Print handouts and speakers notes

• Can insert hyperlinks

• Can embed video

CONS• Must buy software• Graphics leave

much to be desired• Linear slide format • Important text

reduced to bullet points

• Cannot be creative with image placement