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EN-121 - Resources for Analytical Thinking, Writing, and Research: Making Presentations

This guide will help students accomplish the five Milestone goals associated with EN-121: Choosing a topic | Planning the paper | Conducting research | Organizing research | Drafting the paper.

VIDEO: How to Ace A Virtual Presentation - from Forbes

Great Advice from Public Speaking Professionals

How to Give a Killer Presentation

Tips to Calm Your Nerves

TIPS FOR CONQUERING YOUR PUBLIC-SPEAKING ANXIETY
FROM SLIDEHEROES

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This resource is especially helpful because it breaks down the stress-reduction process into three separate stages: before, during, and after you give your speech.
 

8 Steps to Reducing Stress Before Public Speaking 

Formatting Your Slides - Tips & Tricks

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GOOGLE SLIDES FORMATTING TIPS & TRICKS

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Bad  PowerPoint Examples You Should Avoid At All Costs

BAD Slide! Too Much Text BETTER Slide! 
Image of Well-Formatted Slide with Illustrations and Correct Amount of Text

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VIDEO - Presentation Tips - Examples of Bad and Good Presentation

Presentation Dos and Don'ts from Hussain Shafei

DO:

  • Dress well. Wear clean, neat, simple, and understated (non-distracting) clothing. 
  • Provide handouts to the audience when helpful and/or appropriate to your material.
  • Use clear text in one- or two-sentence statements. Uncluttered slides are easiest to read.
  • Project positive energy, making positive statements and offering solutions where possible.
  • Use "open" body language and facial expression.
  • Face your audience and make eye contact.
  • Turn off your phone!

DON'T:

  • Carry too many props and/or personal items.
  • Wear ill-fitting or distracting clothes.
  • Read your presentation word-for-word from the screen. 
  • Face the screen and avoid looking at your audience.
  • Read whole paragraphs without stopping, either from the screen or from your notes (wordy presentations are difficult to process).
  • Speak in a low voice or monotone.
  • Use defensive or "closed" body language.
  • Answer your phone!