Giving presentations (http://www.studyskills.soton.ac.uk/studytips/presentations.htm)

1. Beginning

  * Briefly introduce yourself
  * Check that they can all see and hear you
  * Let them know if you are going to take questions as you proceed or invite discussion at the
end?
  * You may want to give an outline of the structure of the talk, so the audience know where it is
going
  * You'll need to gain the audience's attention, so think carefully how you will introduce your
topic - for example, you could start with an anecdote, a question or some contradictory statements

2. Middle

Prepare your talk so you lead the audience through your main points in a logical and interesting
fashion. It helps if you plan for variety in the ways you present your case.

Where they are appropriate, you could plan to use:
  * examples, anecdotes and case histories
  * charts and graphs
  * handouts (will you issue them at the start? in the middle? at the end?)
  * slides
  * video clips
  * artefacts which people can pass round.

3. End

Summarise what you have said: ‘In this talk we have discussed...'

Make your conclusions: ‘It is clear that...'

Plan to leave the audience a parting shot to stimulate their thoughts.

4. And then...

When you have written your presentation, look it over carefully, from the viewpoint of your
intended audience.
  * Does it meet the objectives?
  * Is the structure as logical as can be?
  * Is the content right for the audience?
  * Is it too long?

Then revise the presentation.