PROGRAM SZKOLENIA EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH

1. PLANNING

• Steps to preparing your presentation
• Presentation techniques
• The audience
• Structure of the presentation

2. GETTING STARTED

• Welcoming a speaker
• Welcoming visitors and introducing them
• Saying who you are
• Explaining the reasons for a presentation
• Starting with a personal story or an interesting fact

3. THE MIDDLE OF PRESENTATION

• Holding the audience’s attention
• Listing information
• Linking ideas
• Sequencing
• Organizing points and questions
• Presenting options
• Giving your opinion
• Referring back
• Changing topic
• Explaining the meaning of specific words/ terms/abbreviations
• Giving examples
• Signposting
• Highlighting a point

4. NUMBERS

• Percentages
• Fractions
• Decimal points
• Approximate numbers
• Describing change ( an increase, a decrease etc.)

5. VISUAL AIDS

• Different types of visuals
• Interpreting visuals
• Talking about visuals
• Describing graphs and charts
• Explaining graphs, charts and diagrams
• Moving between different slides
• Commenting on the visuals
• Looking at details

6. PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS

• Dealing with difficult situations: a deleted or a wrong slide, time has run out, you have forgotten to say something, you have made a mistake,
• Dealing with questions: a question that is not on the topic, difficult questions, you don’t understand a question, you don’t know the answer to a question, anticipating questions, asking polite questions
• Dealing with interruptions
• Dealing with aggressive people

7. CONCLUDING

• Summarizing the main points
• Summarizing advantages and disadvantages
• Making recommendations
• Making a final point
• Giving your professional opinion
• Thanking for attention
• An informal ending
• Ending with a quote, positive note, a final thought
• Giving your opinion
• Phrases for effective conclusions