How to Make an Oral Presentation Interesting

Engaging oral presentations are the most effective in getting the message across to the audience. To make a presentation interesting, it is important to know your audience and where their interests lie. Presenting for peers in a classroom is different than speaking to a roomful of business executives. Make sure to provide enough background information so that your audience has a comprehensive understanding of your topic. One of the most important tips to remember is that you must show interest in your presentation if you want your audience members to reciprocate this feeling.

Instructions

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      Practice the tone of your voice. Since this is an oral presentation, your voice is one of the most important tools. Speak in a strong, clear tone and make sure to practice projecting your voice so that you will reach the back row of your audience. Avoid having a monotone voice, which will only put your audience members to sleep.

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      Watch yourself speak in front of a mirror. Notice any distracting habits that you might have and learn to minimize them. The last thing that you want is having the audience become sidetracked by the way you say "like" after every other word or the way you clench your fist when you get nervous.

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      Condense your presentation. Practice reading it out loud and see if there is any material that you can cut or if there are places in your speech where you are repeating yourself. You want to make sure that the presentation does not drag on.

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      Create appropriate visuals to enhance your presentations. Visuals help audience members understand and remember concepts and make the presentation more engaging. Some ideas for visual aids could be graph charts or just plain photographs work as well.

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