Communications
Oral Presentations

You'll probably have a number of opportunities to make oral presentations at university. These can take place in informal seminars or be more formal and sometimes assessed. You will usually start with short, informal presentations and gradually build up. Look on each presentation positively as an opportunity to enhance your technique and confidence. You'll find that both develop a great deal through practice, and presentation skills will benefit you later on as they are becoming an essential part of working life.

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An oral presentation can be to a small group of fellow students who are well known to you, or a large group of people you have never met before. Whatever the situation, the processes you must go through are the same.

The Presentation Process

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introduction | setting your aims and objectives | researching your audience
structure: the start | structure: the middle | structure: the end | preparing your script | preparing any visual aids
rehearsing your presentation | delivering the presentation | handling questions
Introduction | The Communication Cycle | Gathering Information | Essay Writing | Report Writing
Oral Presentations |
Communicating Electronically
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