Topic outline

  • General

    • Objectives

      • After studying this unit, you will be able to …

        1. prepare a good quality presentation
        2. design good quality slides
        3. prepare and deliver presentations

    • Warm up questions

        1. How important are drawings and diagrams on slides?
        2. Do you often change font, colour and drawings on your slides?
        3. What does “a good quality presentation” mean to you?


    • Did you know?

        1. Visual aids come in many different forms, the main ones being: graphic (graphs and charts), three-dimensional and projected aids.
        2. When you want your listeners to participate in your presentation, flip charts are best – in this way you can add the responses and ideas of your audience.
        3. PowerPoint and Prezi can tend to emphasize form over content, thereby making the message seem less important.

    • Reading

    • Activities

    • Further practice

    • Bibliography and references

        1. Jaffe, C., Public Speaking: Concepts and Skills for a Diverse Society, Wadsworth, 2010.
        2. Sprague, J., The Speaker’s Compact Handbook, Wadsworth, 2009.
        3. Szczuka-Dorna L., Vendome E., Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Poznan University of Technology, 2017.