Good morning everybody. Thank you for coming to our presentation. My name is Polly Wong,
and my this is my fellow presenter is Caleb Cheng, and we both study in the Department
of Logistics and Maritime Studies. I hope you'll find this topic informative and interesting.
The topic of our presentation this morning is how to plan and deliver an effective
oral presentation. As we know, oral presentations play an important part in our studies at university.
In many of the modules that we take, our tutors often ask us to carry out research and then
write up a paper or report on a particular aspect of the topic.
So, clearly, knowing how to give good effective presentations is absolutely vital for all
of us. But how often do you see a really good presentation? It's true many of us have a
good understanding of our subjects. And, many of us have a good command of English. And
many of us have the ability to put across our ideas to an audience. But by no means
all of us have the ability to put all these ingredients together and deliver really effective
top-class presentations.
Why is this? Well, the simple fact is that oral presentations are hard to do. Hard to plan.
Hard to organise. Hard to deliver. Not only have we got to master the subject
matter which can often be very complex, but we've also got to communicate our ideas in
a second language. While at the same time worrying about our visual aids, timing, body
language, and of course our grim-faced tutor.
Now, although many of these problems will never entirely disappear, with careful preparation,
planning and practice you will be able to develop the strategies you need in order to
deliver good effective oral presentations, both here at the PolyU and in your future career.
And this is the main theme of our presentation this morning. How to give an
effective oral presentation. I'd like to divide this presentation, which will last
around 15 minutes, into three main parts. To start with, I'm going to look at how to plan
your presentation. Then I'll move on to talk about the ways in which you can organise
and write up your ideas and information. After that, Caleb will give you some suggestions
about how to communicate your message and conclude the presentation and at the end there
will be a short Q and A session. So, planning a presentation. Organising a presentation.
Delivering the presentation.