Preparing and DeliveringPresentations

Prepared by:Bipin Malvi

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what you are going to learn

1. Planning your Presentation

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation

3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?

4. Delivering your Presentation

1. Planning your Presentation

your presentation has a purpose and has constraints

plan to

1. achieve your purposes2. meet your constraints

1. Planning your Presentation~ purposes ~

purposes

get a job instruct students

impress your peers

convince youraudience that p

convey information

1. Planning your Presentation~ constraints ~

constraints

time

placeaudience

equipment

formal/informal?

one-way/interactive/

question period?

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ Intro ~

1. Tell ‘em what you are going to tell ‘em

2. Tell it to ‘em

3. Tell ‘em what you’ve told ‘em.

Intro

Argument

Conclusion

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~

All (good) philosophical papers and presentations arearguments of one sort of another

therefore

The structure of the presentationshould follow the structure of your argument

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~

what is the main point you want to get across?

start there and work back,constructing your argument to

lead to that conclusion

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~

talks and written papers are different media with different

purposes and constraints

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Argument ~

~ how much detail? ~

Your presentation need not containeverything you want to say about a given topic

1. Too much detail can obscure the structure of your argument2. You can leave clever response to problems to the question period

It is often a good idea to leave stuff out

if it is not essential, often best to leave it out

2. Structuring a Philosophy Presentation~ the Conclusion ~

Use your conclusion

1. to remind people of:i. your main pointsii. how they fit together

2. to point out the significant/relevance of your argument

3. to gesture towards possible future developments

3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?

use more than one medium,engage more than one sense

not ephemeral,reference material

PowerPoint and handout must enhance a presentation

3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?

use the spatial potential (diagrammes etc.)

some arguments are complexand are better understood written down

assume P

if P theneither Q or R

conclusion: P entails S

S S

Q R

S

3. Why use PowerPoint or a Handout?

easy to emphasize important

points/refer to important ideas

aide-memoire

advantages of PowerPoint

• can be attractive• easy to use helpful devices• easy to update • can turn into handout

disadvantages of PowerPoint

• potential for technical problems• sometimes difficult to refer back to a slide• can be used badly• semi-ephemeral

advantages of handout

• all relevant information in front of audience• something for them to hold on to

4. Delivering your Presentation

Be prepared

Practice

time yourselfrecord yourself

4. Delivering your Presentation

engage with your audience

don’t read yourhandout/

PowerPoint

look atyour

audience

5. Conclusion

• Plan your presentation carefully with purposes and constraints in mind• Structure your presentation around an argument• Use a handout of PowerPoint presentation to enhance your presentation• Prepare yourself carefully