Great presentations have many ingredients from the structure of the visuals to the delivery. But what makes it all work from voice, eye contact, word choice, to body language, the visuals used, etc? Let’s take a look at the act of successfully presenting or pitching an idea to reveal these ingredients.

Resources

• The Art and Science of Presenting
  • TED: Playlist (8 talks): Before public speaking…
    • Including:
      • Body Language by Amy Cuddy (21:02)
      • How to speak so that people want to listen by Julian Treasure (9:58)
        • and many more…
  • NPR: How A Position Of Power Can Change Your Voice (4:50)
  • 11 Things To NEVER Say In A Presentation
• Creating Presentation Media
  • Garr Reynolds Brain Rules for Presenters
  • Le Duc: Presentation Visual Structure: Creating Presentations That Don’t Suck
  • Le Duc: My Presentation Project (step by step process to create a great presentation)

Notes

• TED: Body Language by Amy Cuddy
  • Presentation Transcript
• NPR: How A Position Of Power Can Change Your Voice
  • Presentation Transcript
• TED: How to speak so that people want to listen by Julian Treasure
  • Presentation Transcript
  • H
  • A
  • I
  • L
  • Register
  • Timbre
  • Prosody
  • Pace
  • Pitch
  • Volume
  • Warm up your voice
• 11 Things To NEVER Say In A Presentation
  • The Presentation
• Garr Reynolds Brain Rules for Presenters
  • The Presentation
  • Rule 1
  • Rule 4
  • Rule 10

Practice

• Create a simple visually stimulating presentation
• Practice in front of an audience, stuffed animals, parents, friends, anyone who will listen
• Record a video of yourself and analyze it

Tools

• Google Presentation
• PowerPoint
• Apple Keynote
• VoiceThread (you can upload, narrate the slides on this site, and then embed the presentation into an online portfolio or blog)
• YouTube