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Canon Envirothon

2010 Canon Envirothon,
UC Merced

 

Tips and Tools

TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PRESENTATION:
1.  Plan who is going to say what.
2.  Make your drawings large and easy to read.
3.  Divide your presentation into an introduction, a middle, and an end.
4.  Face your audience.
5.  Stand clear of the chart so that all may see it.
6.  Recap the problem in the beginning; lay out the issue very briefly.
7.  Speak in complete sentences.
8.  Learn to expand upon an idea; give examples.
9.  Make your voice expressive.
10.  Nervous is ok.


SOME COMMON PRESENTATION ERRORS:
1.  Slang expressions such as frequent use of "you know".
2.  Frequent interrupting and cutting off each other.
3.  Speaking too rapidly.
4.  Speaking in sentence fragments.
5.  Speaking in a monotone.
6.  Constant body movement.

 

For tips on how to improve your orals presentation, check out the 

Toastmasters website.

 
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