General Study Skills: Presentation Skills

When talking about the presentation, 2 elements are usually involved: the visual effects and the speech (audio element). A third element that is quite often overlooked by some presenters is the handout. With the handout, the audience will be able to and willing to follow the presentation.

Visual effects:

• Effective Presentation Design & Delivery (Georgetown University Library)
• Designing an Effective PowerPoint Presentation: Quick Guide (Purdue University)
• General PowerPoint and Presenting Tips (University of Michigan Library)
• Making Better PowerPoint Presentations (Vanderbilt University)
• Using PowerPoint to its Potential (University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Presentation:

• Free PowerPoint Templates (Slide Hunter)
• Giving an Oral Presentation (University of Southern Calfiornia)
• Presentation Skills and Tools: Public Speaking (Georgetown University Library)
• Presenting Your Research (University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Speech Anxiety (University of Pittsburgh)
• TED Talks

The library also host a lot of books on developing your presentation skills: