unit 2-making a presentation高级职业英语第三册.pptVIP

Activity 2: Read the passage in Section 2 and complete the following paragraph. Appropriate 4) ____________ may help you make it. The right colour can help persuade and motivate. Lastly, the more you are on top of your material the more 5) __________ you will be. Making an Effective Presentation Surveys continually show that people fear public speaking more than death, but so much of academic and corporate life requires public speaking that it cannot be avoided. This passage gives tips on how to make an effective presentation in public. Start with the end in mind. Before you even open up a presentation, sit down and reallythink about it. What is the real purpose of your talk? What does the audience expect? In your opinion, what are the most important parts of your topic for the audience to take away from you? Remember, even if you’ve been asked to share information, rarely is the mere transfer of information a satisfactory objective from the point of view of the audience. Know your audience as well as possible. Before you begin to formulate the content of your presentation, you need to ask yourself many basic questions with an eye to becoming the best possible presenter for that particular audience. At the very least, you need to answer the basic “W” questions. Who is the audience? What is the purpose of the event? Where is the place? When is it? Content, content, content! No matter how great your delivery, or how professional and beautiful your supporting visuals, if your presentation is not based on solid content, you can not succeed. However, keep it simple. Simplicity takes more forethought and planning on your part because you have to think very hard about what to include and what can be left out. What is the essence of your message? Appropriate coloured charts may help you make it. The right colour can help persuade and motivate. Here are some examples: Pie charts. Used to show percentages. Limit the slices to 4–6