Skills for English Presentation

At some time or other, most of us will have to give a presentation. The idea of speaking in public can be frightening enough if you're a native English speaker, but it's even more so if English is your second language.
oMDU9t b1H/|v In this first article on presentation skills, we show you how to take the stress out of giving presentations with eight tips to help you plan a perfect presentation.
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To give an effective presentation, you need to know something about your audience. How good is their English? How much do they know about the subject of your talk? Why will they be interested in listening to you? It??s a good idea to find out who is attending your presentation so that you can make the information relevant and interesting to them. For example, a presentation on your company??s financial results to financial analysts will focus on results, reasons and analysis. A presentation on new auditing software will focus on the benefits and features of the software.8DT#R,}']k

7T+Pm5Q9[3P Also ask yourself what you want to achieve from your presentation. Sales presentations are different from information-giving presentations, for example. It??s always a good idea to work out what you want your audience to think or do at the end of your talk, as this will help you focus on the language and content of your presentation.
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2. Use a strong opening statement or question to interest your audience
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:FJO,o_2rf| @ The first minute of your presentation is crucial. In this time you should interest your audience and give them a reason to listen to you. What you say in the first minute depends on your audience and their interests, but it must mean something important to them. Perhaps it is a problem that you know how to solve, or a fact or statistic that they need to know. 9h~6r!v9yOJ{p

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You??ll need to make sure the room is big enough for the number of people attending, and that you have all the equipment you need. Find out when you are giving your presentation ¡§C your audience may be less attentive if it??s right before lunch or at the end of the week and you??ll need to make especially sure that the presentation is interesting if it??s at a difficult time.'k&P'\ S};Um#R(N

K4\:CBjM 4. Plan the content of your presentation
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1Wx/\3T*oj~!O Planning helps you focus on your presentation goals, and minimises the chances of anything going wrong.Nb(_$zLwn lK

4]1|(fFi@+Uj If you know who you are talking to and why you are talking to them, you can put yourself in your audience's position. You can decide what information to include and how to order it. OO"h {.Cv,Tp

0G7c%g5P afk@7} Aim to speak for no longer than 30 minutes, and leave time for questions and answers at the end. Remember that it??s difficult to absorb lots of new information, so don??t aim to include too much.
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Gw,m8TG(u6Zk5_6i'a d) Your summary
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e) A question and answer session
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_o:li&B1D^ 6. Keep visuals simple
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j"h5s*oRc0}%SX Don't put too much information in visuals and only use them to illustrate information that would otherwise take too long to explain.;w n(`i5ws

]R$I.M)g_(r Z(J Simple graphic visuals such as pie charts and bar graphs work better than visuals with lots of labelling or words. Use colour and different fonts to help information stand out.
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7. Practice makes perfect!
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X/I,eBU*z!i[6u#g$t 8. Prepare questions and answers2xKKX}(GT
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You're likely to have questions at the end of your presentation, so try to think of some in advance, as well as possible answers. The more you prepare these, the better you'll feel able to deal with them.

Reply #1 bslsunny's post

Glad to see u here......
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Thank for you sharing.............

Reply #3 sting433's post

Morning, Sting............:loveliness: :loveliness:

Namiko good morning.................:hug: :hug:

Reply #5 sting433's post

You are busy today?:loveliness: :loveliness: J7[^.v5w3f:B

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I am not busy dear
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Reply #7 sting433's post

Not so busy as yesterday or before, as you could C, I have time to release here. :lol :lol
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There are more and more people come here that we are not familiar with
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Reply #9 sting433's post

Yeah, new friends............:) :)
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0b6Wt7B+A_iBk1p Like our friends..............:loveliness: :loveliness: :hug: :hug:

Yes that's right my dear 1h-B
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For me to know several of you is enough now:loveliness:

Reply #11 sting433's post

I only know Dinah is on her happy holiday.........:loveliness: :loveliness:

Yes I happened to met her in C-fob Just now 1E5FXfB_.A!n.A!q/xU
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Tomorrow she will come to shenzhen to meet  a foreigner...........:loveliness:

Reply #13 sting433's post

I don't know her in C-FOB. Only you and Grace, I know.........:loveliness: :loveliness: :loveliness:

Reply #1 bslsunny's post

From your artilce,
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LjZ 1. Use Humor, Just be sure the humor is relevant to the presentation.*a3ij;II5v
2.Tell S story.  Most audience will pay attention to a story and you can generally find one that illustrates an important :DKM)v6bD`
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0[{!fk\8nhz4L0M PS: hope you guys learn something from these.

[quote]Originally posted by [i]Namiko-zs[/i] at 2008-9-26 10:11 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3297121&ptid=330230][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
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Her ID is the same as the E-FOB...........:loveliness:

Reply #15 jask1985's post

Good comments and suggestions, Jask...........:loveliness: :loveliness: :victory: :victory:

Reply #16 sting433's post

Oh, so I C........:loveliness:
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But i have to work tomorrow so i am sorry for absent........:( :(

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S0eg-?yn"? good morning, namiko, sting~~~~~:loveliness:

Jone good noon............:lol :lol

Reply #17 Namiko-zs's post

Thanks buddy.
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Can you also give your comment on it?  That's would be great.

Reply #21 sting433's post

sting~~~:lol :lol ~Y
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i'm not busy today, too~~~~:loveliness:

I think for a speecher the basic but needed is pronounciation and intonation ....."HG:H?`$kV
All above you guys mentioned are right
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I got that the more progress you make , the more mistakes you will makeXYN'x
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That is very natural phenomenon for english learners....
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I really enjoy the happiness that englush brings to me.........

[quote]Originally posted by [i]jonecen[/i] at 2008-9-26 12:27 [url=http://forum.fobshanghai.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=3297186&ptid=330230][img]http://forum.fobshanghai.com/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
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i'm not busy today, too~~~~:loveliness: [/quote]
z`^]%g:k5~*PDt^ Same here...
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Listen the music and look throught the internet...:lol

Reply #22 jask1985's post

Pls don't call me " buddy".............:loveliness: :loveliness: :loveliness: *e0EHsn1k0d
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I am busy today, and your comments is good enough........:loveliness: :loveliness: :handshake :handshake

Good afternoon, Sting, Jone........:loveliness: :loveliness: :hug: :hug:

I have some difficulty in looking the article
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C(k,Y3N[4Y2_ But I have got through the article
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Thank you for your share:handshake

Good afternoon my dear..........:loveliness:

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i like it..:hug: