Editing Presentation (section)

{{Short description|Process of presenting a topic to an audience}}
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[[File:Frank_Schulenburg_giving_a_presentation_at_Wikimania_2011.jpg|thumb|A speaker giving a presentation using a [[projector]]]]

A '''presentation''' conveys information from a speaker to an [[audience]]. Presentations are typically demonstrations, introduction, [[lecture]], or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, build goodwill, or present a new idea/product.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/presentation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926083711/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/presentation|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2016|title=presentation {{!}} Definition of presentation in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref> Presentations usually require preparation, [[organization]], [[Event management|event planning]], [[writing]], use of visual aids, dealing with stress, and answering questions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Swathi |first1=T.V.S.S |title=The importance of effective presentation for organizational success |journal=IUP Journal of Soft Skills |date=June 2015 |volume=9 |issue=2 |ssrn=2686971 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2686971 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> "The key elements of a presentation consists of presenter, audience, message, reaction and method to deliver speech for organizational success in an effective manner."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Swathi |first1=T.V.S.S |title=The importance of effective presentation for organizational success |journal=IUP Journal of Soft Skills |date=June 2015 |volume=9 |issue=2 |ssrn=2686971 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2686971 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Presentations are widely used in tertiary work settings such as accountants giving a detailed report of a company's financials or an entrepreneur pitching their venture idea to investors.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chandren|first=Sitraselvi|date=2016-08-22|title=Action Research on Enhancing Accounting Students' Oral Presentation Skill|series=European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences|pages=189–197|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.08.28|publisher=Cognitive-crcs|doi=10.15405/epsbs.2016.08.28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clark|first=Colin|date=July 2008|title=The impact of entrepreneurs' oral 'pitch' presentation skills on business angels' initial screening investment decisions|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691060802151945|journal=Venture Capital|volume=10|issue=3|pages=257–279|doi=10.1080/13691060802151945|s2cid=154616120|issn=1369-1066|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The term can also be used for a formal or ritualized introduction or offering, as with the presentation of a [[debutante]].<ref>Baden Eunson: ''Writing and Presenting Reports.'' (The communication skills series), John Wiley & Sons, Australia 1998, {{ISBN|978-0-4713-3563-4}}.</ref> Presentations in certain formats are also known as [[keynote]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/keynote|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002080203/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/keynote|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2016|title=keynote {{!}} Definition of keynote in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref> address. Interactive presentations, in which the audience is involved, are also represented more and more frequently. Instead of a monologue, this creates a dialogue between the speaker and the audience. The advantages of an [[Interactive fiction|interactive]] presentation is for example, that it attracts more attention from the audience and that the interaction creates a sense of community.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-24|title=Interactive Presentations|url=https://blog.presentationload.com/presentations-interactive/|access-date=2021-05-23}}</ref>