II. Translate the following word combinations. Successful presentation, the following guidelines, basic rules, an effective presentation, real purpose

Successful presentation, the following guidelines, basic rules, an effective presentation, real purpose, to construct presentation, to deliver presentation, to become familiar with, the purpose of an agenda, to provide in advance, to preview and lead into your talk, audience members' names, to inspect visually.

III. Make up word combinations.

1. Consider the following ____________

2. Ensure _________________________

3. Apply the following ______________

4. Make an effective _______________

5. Identify_______________________

6. Know _______________________

7. Find out______________________

8. Organize______________________

9. Choose_______________________

IV. Find below the Five Ways to Transform Your Overloaded Text Slides. Put them together and read the text. Understand when each of these ideas might be applied when preparing a presentation. Name two strategies that can be helpful in planning your presentation.

1. Use the five ideas above to transform your overloaded text slides into meaningful slides that your audience will understand and remember. …

2. Transform Tables of Numbers into Graphs

Make sure that your graph still includes text highlighting the key point …

3. Transform Relationships and Processes into Diagrams

If you are describing a relationship between different items using paragraphs of text, consider using a diagram instead. A diagram will still include the relevant text, but it will visually show the relationship to the audience. …

4. Descriptions into Pictures

If you are describing places or people, consider replacing text with pictures. For locations such as cities or facilities, show a picture of the place and add a caption underneath so that everyone knows what the picture is. …

5. Transform Paragraphs into Bullets

Before putting a text slide together, determine what the important points are that you want the audience to understand from this slide. …

____ If you are talking about people, such as the members of a team, show their pictures to make it more personal.

____If your slides are text heavy, consider these five ways to transform some of your text slides into more graphical and meaningful slides.

____ If you are describing steps in a process by listing each step as a new bullet point, consider using a process diagram to illustrate the steps instead.

____ so that the audience has no doubt about the message of the slide.

____ Then create short bullet points with the key words only. Your message will add to the key points with what you say.