1. Introduce the key factors for successful presentation delivery
2. Increase participants’ ability to prepare effective visual aids
3. Provide tools for evaluating presentation delivery
The intention of this session is to introduce participants to some principles of
effective oral presentation and visual materials. This is usually an optional session,
presented on one free afternoon or evening of the course.
First Component
· (30 minutes) 2 VA 's 1-9
Delivering a Presentation
This component gives an overview of some useful techniques for oral presentation. Begin
the session by eliciting from participants some characteristics of terrible presentations
that they have experienced, listing them on a whiteboard or flip chart.
Distinguish different presentation environments, for example, classroom teaching,
interactive seminars, policy briefings, or large scientific meetings. Stress that
effective presentation style with vary with the setting. The techniques to be discussed in
this session are most appropriate to policy briefings or scientific meetings, where there
is one-way flow of information and a short, fixed time for presenting.
Second Component
· (60 minutes) 2 VA 's 10-20
Preparing Effective Visual Aids
The principles of effective visual aids are similar no matter what the presentation
setting. Step the participants through the logical sequence of preparing a presentation.
Following the presentation of the visual aids for this session, put up 8-10 examples of
good and bad visual aids and elicit comments. This will help to illustrate the principles
and provoke discussion.
Conclusion
· (5 minutes) 2 VA 22
Return to the list of characteristics of terrible presentations that participants
listed at the beginning of the session on the whiteboard or flip chart. Summarize the
principles of effective communication in reference to these negative examples.
