Does your stomach just drop when you hear that you need to give a presentation to your whole class? I know that mine does. Classroom presentations are obviously not going to go away, so I am going to give you a few helpful tips to present more effectively. The first tip being, that you should only put a small amount of information on any slides that are used. The second is that you should know your topic inside and out.
TIP #1-Limited Information on Slides
I know that I personally hate it when a presenter reads their slides word for word. To avoid this kind of hate don’t put everything you are going to say on the slide. Use key phrases or bullets on the slides to keep the audience’s attention. The audience can read the slides much faster than you can read them out loud, and they will get bored. Slide shows act as a nice visual aid to the information that you are presenting, don’t let them be the presentation.
TIP #2- Know Your Topic
Presentations will go much smoother if you actually know what you are presenting on. The audience can tell if you really know what you are talking about or not. As the presenter you want to impress your audience with what you do know about the topic at hand. Obviously, it is unrealistic to know everything, but know all of the basics for sure. This will also help if there is a question and answer section after. You will not be stressed about it as much. The comfort of knowing your topic will help you immensely.
Even though these are just two small tips to help you in a classroom presentation setting, do not overlook them. These two tips can take an average presentation to a great presentation. Remember that if you limit information on slides and know your topic, you’ll do great during you next classroom presentation.
Source:
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/classrooms/tp/student_tips.htm
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