Outline Informative for Presentation

Informative Presentation Outline Directions

Informative Presentation Outline Directions

General Purpose: To inform (about what?) topic belongs here.

Specific Purpose: As a result of this presentation, my audience will [ complete this statement].

I. Introduction

A. Professional greeting: Identify yourself, the professional association you represent, the company you work for, and the position you hold. Establish your credibility without being boastful. Use only key phrases- no paragraphs or script.

B. Attention/need step: Gain your audience’s attention by focusing on their needs. Think about why they should listen to you. What can you say that will show them you understand why listening to your presentation will benefit them? Techniques: Grab their attention with -An opening question or audience poll; a startling statement or statistic; a relevant story, picture, or graphic; a demonstration; a quote; or the like.

C. Purpose and preview: Clearly and concisely state your objective. Preview the major points you’ll cover. This must list your main points- your agenda. Make sure they know the philanthropy you chose.

II. Body The body consists of major points you’ll present and their sub-points or supporting explanations, facts, statistics, and quotes. The number of major points, sub-points, and possibly sub-sub-points depends on how you organize your presentation. Use just enough words to convey the gist of what you’ll present; do not write paragraphs in outline form or provide a verbatim script.

A. Major point- Be sure to provide examples and/or personal stories

1. Sub-point or development/support for the major point

a. Development/support for the sub-point (parenthetical reference)

b. Development/support for the sub-point

2. Sub-point or development/support for the major point (add however many sub-points and/or developmental/supporting points you need to cover all the areas of the major point. use just enough words to convey the gist of what you’ll present; do not write paragraphs in outline form . At the end of a point where you’ve presented a fact, cited a statistic, or quoted someone, include a parenthetical reference linked to a source in the reference list.

B. Major point You need at least two major points; add as many as you need to fulfill your presentation’s purpose. See p. 328 of the text.

1. Sub-point or development/support for the major point

a. If you have sub-points under “a,” use small Arabic numbers as illustrated. i ii

b.

i.

ii.

2. Sub-point or development/support for the major point

III. Conclusion

A. Briefly summarize your key points.

B. Leave the audience with a memorable impression of what you communicated.

IV. APA-Formatted Reference List Create an APA-formatted reference list to correspond with the parenthetical references you used to cite the information sources of your supports.

Outline Reminders

· Use Arial 12-point font. ONLY USE THE TEMPLATE- COPY AND FILL IN THE BLANKS.

· Check to be sure all the same-level points are parallel. Remember, too, if you have a “1,” you need a “2”; if you have an “A,” you need a “B.”

· Check your spelling, grammar, punctuation as well as your clarity and conciseness.

· Create a header with your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page along with the

page number

· DO NOT WRITE OUT SCRIPT OR VERBATIM TEXT OF YOUR SPEECH

· DELETE ALL DIRECTIONS FOUND ON THE TEMPLATE