Tell them what you're going to tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them.
Introduction
Introduce the topic while developing interest for the audience.
- Engage the audience's attention by involving them in your presentation. Ask a question, offer an interesting fact, use a quotation or tell a short story.
- "Would you like to know how to turn an ipod touch into an iphone?" is a lot more interesting than "Today, we are going to talk about global communications.")
- Provide a brief outline to your audience to preview presentation content. Elaborate on the purpose of the presentation: the problem and short-term answer and long-term solution.
The Body
Support your introduction by offering three facts or educated guesses with supporting details to illustrate your point.
Keep in mind to be organized: the more organized and focused your presentation is, the more relaxed you'll feel. When in doubt, breathe! Be clear and concise in your presentation's delivery, as you don't have all day to get your point across. Speak clearly and at an appropriate level for your audience. Likewise, utilize vocabulary that is appropriate for your audience. Explain new vocabulary words and theoretical concepts so that a primary school student could understand. As the presenter, move around from time to time to avoid the audience opting for a peaceful slumber: refrain from reading your presentation, as your audience would be better off reading in their own office. Utilize note cards instead. According to the culture the target audience is from, determine if eye contact is feasible and be aware of which type of nonverbal communication to take advantage of and what should be avoided at all costs. Allow the audience to ask questions near the end of your presentation and remember to thank your audience before introducing the next guest speaker.
The Conclusion
Restate key points without giving examples while emphasizing what the audience should remember. Finish with a recommendation, a personal thought, an observation, or a question. The closing statement should pull your presentation together and at the same time, leave them yearning for more.
Business Presentations Basic Terms
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audience
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a group of active listeners
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body language
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communication through body movements
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chart
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a sheet of information in the form of a diagram, graph or table
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diagram
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graphical representation of a given situation
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flip chart
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a pad of large paper sheets on a stand for presenting information
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focus on
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concentrate on something
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graph
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a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities
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guidelines
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advice or instructions given to guide or direct an action
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handout
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written information handed out to people
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key point
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essential, focal or main points
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ladies and gentlemen
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formal and polite way of addressing a cross-gender audience
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laser pointer
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utilized to indicate specific points from a distance
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marker
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a felt tip writing instrument
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microphone
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an electrical instrument utilized to amplify one's voice
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objective
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what ones wants to achieve: aim
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outline
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a brief description or presentation
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overhead projector
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a device that projects an image onto a screen
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overview
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a short presentation of the main points
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screen
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a flat, blank reflective surface
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signposting language
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phrases used to focus attention
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slide
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a small photographic transparency
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summarize
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to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form
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topic
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subject of a discussion or talk
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transparency paper
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a sheet of transparent plastic or film
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video projector
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a device that projects a video signal from computer or home theater system
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visual aids
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anything used to visually support or facilitate comprehension
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whiteboard
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flat white board on which to write with markers
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Business Presentations Lexical Development
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Starting the presentation
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subject matter, argument, business, case, issue, matter at hand, motif, motion, motive, point in question, problem, proposition, question, resolution, subject, theme
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Presenting purpose
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intention, meaning, aim, ambition, aspiration, design, desire, direction, end, expectation, function, goal, hope, idea, intendment, intent, mission, object, objective, plan, point, principle, proposal, reason, scheme, scope, target, ulterior motive, view, whole idea, will, wish
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Stating the main points
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declare, assert, affirm, articulate, asseverate, aver, bring out, deliver, describe, elucidate, enounce, enumerate, enunciate, explain, expound, express, give blow-by-blow, give a rundown, interpret, narrate, pitch, present, pronounce, propound, recount, relate, report, say, set forth, specify, throw out, voice
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Introducing the first point
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start, begin, activate, arouse, come into being, commence, create, depart, embark, engender, enter upon, establish, found, get going, get under way, go ahead, inaugurate, incite, initiate, instigate, institute, issue, launch, lay the foundation for, open, originate, pioneer, set in motion, set out, set up, spring, take the first step, take the plunge
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Utilizing visual aids
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illustrate, demonstrate, exemplify, allegorize, bring home, clarify, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across, get over, highlight, illuminate, imitate, interpret, lay out, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point out, portray, represent, reveal, show, symbolize
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Moving on
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proceed, carry on, advance, continue, fare, get going, get on with, get under way, go ahead, go on, march, pass, press on, progress, push on, set in motion
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Providing further details
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elaborate, expand, amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, flesh out, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, particularize, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out
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Changing topics
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alter, change over, convert, develop, evolve, flow, grow, pass on to, progress, realign, shift, transform, transit, transmute, turn to
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Referring off target
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return, regress, back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, come back, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, reconsider, recur, reel back, reenter, reexamine, repeat, retire, retrace our steps, revert, revisit, turn back to
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Referring to prior points
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deviate, stray, aberrate, angle off, avert, bear off, bend, break the pattern, circumlocate, contrast, deflect, depart from, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, edge off, err, get around, go off on a tangent, leave the beaten path, part from, swerve, swim against the stream, turn to, vary, veer, wander
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Summarizing main points
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give a rundown, abridge, abstract, boil down to, compile, condense, cut, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, get to the meat, give main points, inventory, outline, put in a nutshell, recap, recapitulate, rehash, retrograde, review, run down, run through, shorten, skim, snip, sum up, summate, synopsize, trim
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Conclusion
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finish, come to an end, close, complete, draw to a close, end, halt, stop, wind up, wrap up
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Questions
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ask for an answer, check, cross-examine, diagnose, dissect, delve into, examine, explore, inquire, interrogate, investigate, observe, poll, probe, query, put through the wringer, reconnoiter
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