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Week 4 Business and Employability Presentations

Presentations and Interviews

Does the thought of making a PPT make you nervous? Basically, it is a tool used to present information in a slide show format. You can use text, charts, graphs, photographs, sound effects and even video with a lot of ease to present (sometimes boring) ideas, facts, trends, whatever information you want to So, whether your audience is your boss, your colleagues, a client, or students, here's how to make a presentation There is no one way of doing this what do you think you should consider?

Shoot them with bullets

Less
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

is more on a slide show

Four to six points per slide Ensure you have considered audience Try to use a font size of 18-24 Limit six words per point Contrast the text with the background To highlight certain important information, present that text in a larger font size.

Don't make it too animated

Spacing

Select the objects you want to space out, hold down the 'Shift' key and click the remaining objects you want evenly spaced out. Go to the 'View' menu and select 'Toolbars', then select 'Drawing' to open the 'Drawing' toolbar. Once there, click 'Draw'. A menu opens Click 'Align' or 'Distribute', then 'Distribute Horizontally' or 'Distribute Vertically' to align the objects you selected Or in Format click on Align and select option

Presenting

Your PPT is not a script Get out of the way Pace, pitch and tone
monotone will send your audience to sleep Don't rush through your slide show Allow 30 seconds to two minutes pauses Consider when you will take questions

Practice
Don't make the first presentation to your audience Still uncertain get yourself an audience Ask them for feedback What presentations made a positive impact on you? It is about you not the power point Dress smartly Use humour only if appropriate and you are confident who is the audience?

Keeping your attention.

Press B on the keyboard

Useful websites
Prospects.ac.uk http://www.prospects.ac.uk Milkround Online http://www.milkround.com/s4/jobseeke rs/ Graduate Recruitment Bureau http://www.grb.uk.com/index.php

Preparation
You are to prepare and deliver a presentation which is aimed at an employer of choice You should open with a personal statement You should identify relevant knowledge, skills and abilities And offer support for why they should employ you