Making Academic Presentations

The ability to give a successful presentation in an academic setting is critical to success both on and off campus. Making Academic Presentations describes the five moves, or parts, of a typical presentation and provides examples of language that can be used to successfully accomplish these moves. Although language is vital to giving a good presentation, the book also addresses other factors that influence the success of a presentation, such as overcoming nervousness, nonverbal communication, and pronunciation and paralinguistics. 
The book includes a variety of tasks that will help students practice developing and analyzing presentations as well as practice projects for applying these lessons. In addition, rubrics and evaluation forms are included for instructors to adapt and use for evaluation purposes.

Encourages academic success by guiding students through the steps of an academic presentation

Robyn Brinks Lockwood is a Lecturer at Stanford University. Her other books include Office Hours: What Every University Student Needs to Know and Leading Academic Discussions: What Every University Student Needs to Know. 

Contents Introduction
1.    What is a Presentation?
Audience
Purpose
2.    Presentation Moves
    Move 1: Starting the Presentation (the Introduction)
    Move 2: Flowing Through the Presentation (the Body)
    Move 3: Using Visual Aids
    Move 4: Concluding the Presentation (the Conclusion)
    Move 5: Managing the Q & A
3.    Other Considerations
Overcoming Nervousness
Non-Verbal Communication
Pronunciation and Paralinguistics
4.    Presentation Projects
Appendix 1: Rubrics and Evaluation Forms and Ideas
Extra Reading