While I glancing at the tips for how to give a good oral presentation I saw a lot of things I was pretty familiar with. By this I mean, make sure you have a good delivery, provide an agenda, use an outline, encourage questions from the audience etc. I was generally familiar with all of these although the reading did clear up a few questions I had and in some cases introduced information I’d never thought of (in particular how to handle nervousness during a presentation) What stuck out to me the most during this reading was a section in that discussed making sure that your information was memorable. Usually when we think of memorable we think of “fun, exciting, bright” etc. Basically borderline entertainment in some cases. This reading gave a more general idea of how to do it i.e. making sure you try to use oral and visual aspects and then stating the statistics on the rate of recall for it. I also liked the section of general ideas for visual aids i.e. One idea per visual, six words per line, six lines per visual etc. I think a lot of times when we give presentations we focus on trying to present so much information that we can forget to pace the information for the audiences benefit. Some of the worst lectures I’ve had were when teachers crammed line after line of sentences on a powerpoint and tried to introduce more than one idea at a time. Generally though, I think if you can somehow get the audience involved, at least in the case of what we’re presenting to our clients, then that’s one of the better ways to make your info effective. For example, creating scenarios that relate to what the audience may want. So if you’re trying to sell or startup a more energy efficient home, you might say “picture yourself living in a home where energy costs are 45% less than others in your neighborhood.” In my opinion it grabs the audiences attention and done throughout the presentation, can keep them interested.