Useful Phrases for Group Presentations

Some Useful Phrases for Group Presentations

Introduction

Impact: Good afternoon everyone, +get the audience's attention with a "high-impact" question, fact or visual image. Avoid boring starts such as "Our topic is...! Intro: <If necessary, give a short summary of specific background on the issue> Goal/thesis: The main goal of this presentation is to show you that....for three reasons: ___, ___, and ____. (give a fairly specific thesis statement that summarizes your message) Preview: First, <Name> will briefly introduce ___, <Name> will show you three reasons why ___, and <Name> will explain ___. Finally, <Name> will discuss ___. Q&A Directions: The presentation should take about 15 minutes. Also, we will have about 5 minutes for Q&A at the end, so please hold your questions until then.

Main Sections

Topic sentence: First, I would like to briefly introduce ___. (etc.) Support: According to <source> issued in 19xx... Specific Example/Data: For example...   Explanation of data/evidence: In other words... Highlight: The most interesting thing is that...   In particular... Summarize: Thus, we feel it is reasonable to say... Transition: Next, <2nd person's name> will show you three reasons why...                     Thanks <1st person's name>. Here are the three reasons. First... Continue until all main sections are finished.

Conclusion + Q&A (The conclusion person MUST practice Q&A phrases!!!)

Transition: Now, we would like to conclude our presentation. Summary of thesis/main points: In this presentation, we have argued/shown that... Concluding comment: The most important point is that...and we hope... (slow down, speak confidently and make eye contact) End: (long pause, say firmly and conclusively) Thank you. (Audience will applaud) Q&A Start: Now, if you have any questions, we'd be happy to answer them. Choose a person: Yes, Mark (use names!). Go ahead. Request repetition: Sorry, could you repeat that question? Confirm the question: I see. That's a good question. Everyone, Mark's question is...(summarize question). Answer: We are not completely sure, but feel one possible method might be to... Follow up and confirm: Does that answer your question? Invite More Qs: Any other questions?  (or say "It looks our time is up, so we'd like to..." End: If not, we'd like to conclude our presentation. If you have any further questions, please... Thank you very much for your attention. Thank you. (Applause)

Final Class

Lessons 17-18 Slides

Lesson 15 Slides

12-Year-Old Who Silenced the 1992 Earth Summit

Very powerful speech.



Here is a version with Japanese subtitles.

Here is the full transcript for the 6 minutes.

Lesson 13 & 14 Slides

Lesson 12 Slides

Lesson 11 Slides

Lesson 10 Slides

Mark's "How to How to" Demo Slides

How to How to - Speech Transcript
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Hi everyone,

Have you ever been in a class or meeting where somebody is trying to explain something, but you don't really get it? Or don't care? It happens, but it shouldn't. Whether you find a career in business, education, or government, there are going to be times when you need to help others learn to do something. In business, this may be a product demo. In teaching, it may be a skills class. In government, as you politician you may need to teach younger politicians how to say absolutely nothing in a beautiful, eloquent way. As an educator, I am often explaining "How to" to my students, and I try to do it effectively as possible based on the key points I am going to explain here. So, how to How to? In other words, what's key for doing a demonstration well?

I want explain the 3 most important points for How to speeches:
1) Simplify, simplify, simplify
2) Visualize, visualize, visualize
3) Repeat, repeat, repeat, and

First, as you get started, you need to Simplify a complex process into something easy to remember. For example, making a presentation like this in fact involves hundreds of little steps, but you need to choose what you will highlight so that it will be remembered. What is important is to find 3 to 5 key words that a person should remember when they try to do what you are teaching them. The catchy-er your key words or phrases are, the better, but at least keep them simple yet specific. Brainstorm ideas and then sort them. Writing a script is a good way to carefully consider your organization and number of words. Simplify, simplify, simplify. 3-5 steps.

Second, as you prepare Visualize. Make the process easy to see for the audience. Show, don't tell. Use real objects, photos, or videos to make the steps and points real to the audience. They will remember images more than words. Of course, the ultimate method of visualization for the audience is to actually try it, during your speech, or just after. Making a handout or video resource for easily available for the audience to refer to is extremely important as well. Help the audience to Visualize, visualize, visualize.

Third, as you present, Repeat your key words. You have already heard me say Simplify, simplify, simplify how many times? Say your key points in the introduction, in the beginning of the section, at the end of the section, and in the conclusion. By the conclusion, your audience should be able to tell you what the most important steps or points are, and that is one indication of a successful demo. Repeat, repeat, repeat your key points.

OK, to conclude now, do you feel ready to try your own How to speech? Do you understand the key points? Let me conclude my demo of a demo, my how to speech on "How to" by asking you to tell me what the three most important points are: Simplify, visualize, repeat. Simplify, visualize, repeat. Simplify, visualize, repeat. Remember those, and your presentation should be successful. I wish you the best.

Thank you.

Now, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. (See advice for Q&A sessions)
Any more questions? If not, good luck to you with your demonstration presentations. Thank you!