Spring 2000

Gehan M. Osman

Oral presentations are now becoming an integral part of your life as a student, and of career as a professional later on. Part of this termís coursework is giving an oral presentation of your term report near the end of the semester. The purpose of this presentation is to give you the chance to experience these skills first hand.\

1. Youíll give your presentations during week 14 during class-time. The exact dates and times will be scheduled during week 11.
2. Your presentation should take 15-20 minutes. A third of your time should be allotted to receiving and answering questions.

1. This presentation is worth 15% of your final course grade.
2. A form stating the grading and evaluation will be found on this web-site after week 7.

Most of you are not familiar with giving presentations. You are thus advised to read material related to the following aspects of giving a presentation:

1. Definition of presentations
2. Purpose
3. Content
4. Structure
5. Preparation (research and practice)
6. Delivery ( voice, body language,Öetc)
7. Visuals

Below are some web-sites dealing with the above aspects of giving a presentation. Youíre welcome to use these links or any other ones to familiarize you with the process and skills needed to give an effective presentation.

http://mcc.bin.harvard.edu/tools/presentation_hints.htmlHttp://mcc.bin.harvard.edu/tools/presentation_hints.html

common errors when presenting research

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Supp/dazzle.html

audience, materials, practice, visuals, delivery , summary

Giving presentations: a guide for social psychology students

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/ssfd0/presgood.html

parts of presentations, delivery, visual aids, length

Http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/edu12min.htm

Structure and criteria for success

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~mark/Article.html

types of presentations, audience analysis, planning, delivery, visual aids, elements of success, organization of materials

Improve your career by giving presentations

http://www.dmdenterprises.com/present.htm

importance of giving effective presentations

Helpful hints for giving a good scientific presentations

http://www.stanford.edu/group/wci/hints.html

The ten commandments for giving successful presentations

Tips for preparing and delivering scientific talks and using visual aids

http://www.onr.navy.mil/onr/speak/prep.htm

handouts, content, conclusion, commitment, preparation, delivery, impromptu talks

Virtual presentation assistant

http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa5.htm

supporting your points, outlining your points, visual aids, presenting your speech, public speaking links, analyzing your audience, researching your topic, selecting your topic, determining your purpose

Technical communication in civil engineering at The University of Texas

http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/hart/333t/preptips.html

importance of giving presentations, practicing your speech, overcoming speech anxiety, preparation tips, answering questions

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~amjones/present.htm

nervousness and anxiety, preparation, organization, delivery, visual aids, handling questions

To check your evaluation of the activities, you could take the self-study evaluation quiz at http://motted.hawaii.edu/~quizuser/quizzes/gosman/givingpresentations.html

Your results for that quiz are not a definite indicator of your final performance. Taking the quiz may, however, guide you to some of the points and aspects you need to work on further during the preparation and practice period. (The self-study quiz is optional. The results are not reported to the teacher)

For help or further discussion of your presentations you have one of three options

1. join the on-line discussion with your classmates at http://www.nicenet.org

(Group name: Proactive / Class code: E2Z995P95)

2. e-mail me at gosman98@hotmail.com
3. talk to me personally during office-hours

Site was created on 17/2/2000