Week 2B3: Delivering a Presentation

Activity 1 :: Activity 2 :: Activity 3 :: Activity 4 :: Activity 5 :: Activity 6 :: Activity 7

Activity 3: Websites

Please review the following web resources for more information on planning a presentation:

• "Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides" at Penn State may give you some helpful hints if you are working with slides. http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/slides.html
• Media at Purdue University is an actual course on how to use visuals effectively at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/727/19/
• "Speaking to an Audience" at Mind Tools will be helpful for how to use your voice effectively to work with an audience: http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/SpeakingToAnAudience.htm
• "Skills for Working with Groups" from the University of Albany will help you think about working with a larger audience if that is what you need: http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/guides/smartit2?chapter=9§ion=3
• "Public Speaking Tips” from MIT is an excellent list of reminders and tips on how to prepare yourself and how to work with the script you have or other memory cues. This is at: http://mit.edu/urop/resources/speaking.html#prep
• "Making Effective Oral Presentations" at http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htmM. This handout spends some time talking about anxiety as well as other tips.