CHAPTER 18

Effective Presentations

In sports, you don’t play a game with just one part of you, for example, your arm in tennis or hands in basketball. You play the game with your whole physical being. The same is true in presenting.

—Anne Miller

Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:

  1. Know what a presentation is and how it differs from a lecture or a written report.
  2. Learn how to design a presentation.
  3. Select the proper medium of presentation and visual aids.
  4. Understand the chief principles of delivering an effective presentation.
  5. Know how to handle questions and give answers.

COMMUNICATION AT WORK

Ramesh is a first-year management student. He has to give a presentation before his class tomorrow. He is nervous. He has, ...

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