Perfect Presentations!

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-335-22621-4
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

"Made me consciously think about different aspects of presentations and furthermore gave me some very good ideas and 'little tricks' to keep the audience focussed."

MSc Management student

"Will it be useful? Oh yeah! This gave me a lot of tools to do a good presentation and also to analyse other people's presentations and then improve my way of performing."

MSc Management student

An invaluable tool for anyone with a presentation to do in a class, seminar or in the workplace.

Perfect Presentations! helps students and professionals gain the skills and confidence they need to give an effective presentation. This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers practical advice and tips not only on how to plan and prepare, but also on how to deliver the perfect presentation.

Perfect Presentations! is ideal for everyone who becomes nervous at the prospect of doing a presentation. Levin and Topping show the importance of knowing your topic area, structuring your presentation well, and building up a rapport with your audience. They offer many suggestions and exercises to help gain and develop these presentation skills.

- How to overcome your fears

- How to use body language and eye contact

- How to make your presentations audience friendly

- How to use visual aids

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, Peter

Topping, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Levin is an educational developer, specializing in student support, at the London School of Economics. He works one-to-one with students on managing their studies,including preparing and delivering presentations. Formerly a lecturer in social policy at LSE, he is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press 1997). Peter Levin is also the author of the four other Student-Friendly Guides, the last of which, Excellent Dissertations!, has just published. Write Great Essays and Sail through Exams have been particularly successful.

Graham Topping has taught theatre studies in the English faculty at Oxford Brookes University. He now teaches presentation skills at LSE and works as a freelance journalist in the fields of music and theatre.