I'd like to start by looking at how to plan your presentation... And here I'd like to
mention three points... Your purpose... Your audience ... And the setting for the presentation...
Before I begin, I should point out that when people advise students about planning presentations,
they usually include suggestions about how to select and narrow down a topic... Now,
while this is of course important, for the purposes of this presentation today, I'm
going to assume that this has already been decided... either by you or your tutor ... So,
I'll assume that you've chosen the topic ... carried out the research... and now you're
now ready to begin the process of planning a presentation.
Ok, the first thing that you have to consider in the planning process is the purpose of
your presentation...There are two ways of looking at the purpose. The first is the general
purpose of a presentation... In other words, do you want to inform... entertain... persuade...
and so on... I guess the general purpose of our presentation is to inform or enlighten...
As well as thinking about the general purpose of your presentation, you'll need to think
about its specific purpose... And by this I mean what you want to accomplish... What
you want to achieve... Essentially this involves asking 'why'... Why am I giving this presentation?