• Overview: Presentations

    Giving presentations


    Good communication is about being as clear and concise as possible, so you can be confident your audience has understood you. This involves thinking about what they need to know, the best way to get that across, and how it is structured. 


    • Why is it important?

      Complex ideas need to be communicated to your audience as clearly as possible, so they can understand your thinking without any difficulty or distortion.


      How do I do it?

      Presentations are about you as the presenter, as much as anything you put on screen. You need to make a connection with your audience through eye contact, open body language and a friendly tone.

    • have a clear main message with image of megaphone, relate all content to your message with images of speech marks a graph and a megaphone, practise out loud with an image of a person talking, engage your audience with an image of three people.

    • Student tips (1m30)

      Rather than trying to learn specific information by heart, get to know your topic really well, so you can feel confident presenting.

    • Browse books and e-books in Solent Library on the topic of giving presentations. 

      Log into Lynda.com to view these tips for using PowerPoint. 

    • Key terms for giving presentations

      Click on the words below to see a description of what they mean in the context of your university studies. 


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