{"id":316,"date":"2020-12-21T12:09:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=316"},"modified":"2021-03-02T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:03:44","slug":"what-does-a-good-presentation-look-like-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/chapter\/what-does-a-good-presentation-look-like-2\/","title":{"raw":"What makes a presentation good?","rendered":"What makes a presentation good?"},"content":{"raw":"<h2><span style=\"color: #808080\">In this chapter you'll learn the two basics of a great presentation: structure and delivery. You'll also see examples of presentations ranging from poor to excellent.<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Structure<\/span><\/h2>\r\nThere are lots of ways to structure a presentation, but we like this one best. It's clear, simple and fits most presentations. This structure has 10 parts:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Grabber\/hook: A very brief and interesting statement or question that grabs the audience's attention<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self-introduction including full name &amp; credential: Who you are and why you're qualified to present this content<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Thesis: What you're going to speak about<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Overview of main points<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Key point 1<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Key point 2<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Key point 3<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Conclusion: Restate the thesis<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Summary of main points: Restate the overview<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Call to action: What you want the audience to do<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nYou'll learn the details in <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/chapter\/creating-effective-presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 8: How to structure your presentation<\/a>.\r\n<h2>Delivery<\/h2>\r\nWhat makes good presenters engaging? What makes you want to watch and listen? Great delivery includes:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Confidence<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Passion<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Proficient body language<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Eye contact<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Speaking clearly, being easy to understand<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Effective pauses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Few hesitations or filler words<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Using words and phrases that are appropriate for the audience<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Accurate timing: not going overtime or ending too early<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Smooth transitions between sentences and sections<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWe'll discuss these skills in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/chapter\/public-speaking-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 9: How to deliver your presentation<\/a>.","rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #808080\">In this chapter you&#8217;ll learn the two basics of a great presentation: structure and delivery. You&#8217;ll also see examples of presentations ranging from poor to excellent.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">Structure<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are lots of ways to structure a presentation, but we like this one best. It&#8217;s clear, simple and fits most presentations. This structure has 10 parts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Grabber\/hook: A very brief and interesting statement or question that grabs the audience&#8217;s attention<\/li>\n<li>Self-introduction including full name &amp; credential: Who you are and why you&#8217;re qualified to present this content<\/li>\n<li>Thesis: What you&#8217;re going to speak about<\/li>\n<li>Overview of main points<\/li>\n<li>Key point 1<\/li>\n<li>Key point 2<\/li>\n<li>Key point 3<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion: Restate the thesis<\/li>\n<li>Summary of main points: Restate the overview<\/li>\n<li>Call to action: What you want the audience to do<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn the details in <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/chapter\/creating-effective-presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 8: How to structure your presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Delivery<\/h2>\n<p>What makes good presenters engaging? What makes you want to watch and listen? Great delivery includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Confidence<\/li>\n<li>Passion<\/li>\n<li>Proficient body language<\/li>\n<li>Eye contact<\/li>\n<li>Speaking clearly, being easy to understand<\/li>\n<li>Effective pauses<\/li>\n<li>Few hesitations or filler words<\/li>\n<li>Using words and phrases that are appropriate for the audience<\/li>\n<li>Accurate timing: not going overtime or ending too early<\/li>\n<li>Smooth transitions between sentences and sections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ll discuss these skills in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/chapter\/public-speaking-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 9: How to deliver your presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-316","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":305,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/845"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/316\/revisions\/1114"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/305"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/316\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesspresentationskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}