PRESENTATIONS | |
Audience | Group of listeners or spectators |
Body language | Communication through facial expressions, body movements, etc. |
Chart | Sheet of information in the form of a table, graph or diagram |
Diagram | Graphic representation of a situation e.g. the results of an action |
Flip chart | Pad of large paper sheets on a stand for presenting information |
Focus (on) | Concentrate on something |
Graph | Diagram showing the relation between variable quantities |
Guidelines | Advice or instructions given in order to guide or direct an action |
Handout | Written information (report etc) given to people at a presentation |
Key point | Essential or main point |
Ladies & Gentlemen | Polite way of addressing an audience of men and women |
Marker | Pen with a felt tip used for writing on a whiteboard |
Microphone | Electrical instrument used to amplify the speaker's voice |
O.H.T. | Overhead transparency : sheet of film with an image or |
Objective | What one wants to achieve; aim |
Outline | Brief description or presentation |
Overhead projector | Device that projects an O.H.T. onto a screen |
Overview | Short presentation of the main points |
Pointer | Rod or stick used to indicate things on a map, screen, etc. |
Screen | Flat, reflective blank surface on which films,slides etc. are projected |
Signposting language | Phrases used to help focus the audience's attention on different |
Slide | Small photographic transparency |
Summarize | Make a summary of the essential points; sum up |
Topic | Subject of a discussion or talk |
Visual aids | Aids such as charts, slides, etc used at a presention |
Whiteboard | Flat white board on which to write or draw with markers |