Tips for presentation: Home

A presentation is any kind of situation where someone delivers information by speaking to one or more people. They can be broken into many subcategories, such as speeches, lectures, demonstrations, and so on.

The articles you gather will give you the facts and information you need to explain the topic to your reader.

If you use information from a source that you did not know before, you should cite it to give credit to the author regardless of whether you are using a quote or paraphrasing the information.

See our APA citation guides using the links below for how to cite.

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Presentations skills: planning, preparing and delivering an excellent presentation

Have you got to do a group or individual presentation as part of your assessment? Is this causing anxiety?

This guide is aimed at any students who want to improve their presentation skills and offers tips and techniques on:

• Planning and preparing the presentation
• Engaging your audience
• How to present as an individual/group
• Helping to reduce your anxiety.

Once you've found sources that fit the criteria of your assignment, your instructor expects you to:

1. Read them with an open mind.
2. Think about what they mean.
3. Draw conclusions based on all of the sources you've read.
4. Discuss what you've discovered in your paper or presentation.

What you learn from your sources should be in your paper or presentation. Asking yourself these questions as you read is a technique that can help you focus:

1. What is the author(s) of the source telling you about the topic?
2. What new information did you learn from it that you did not know before?
3. How does that change what you think about the topic?
4. How does what one source says about the topic compare to what other sources say about the topic?
5. What was the most important or main point?