After a year of presentations, events, and conferences, now is a great time to reflect on your presentation styles and approaches. What are your ways to capture your audience’s attention? Are you using your slides efficiently? How do you end your talks memorably?
In this session, the speaker will introduce and demonstrate essential skills and approaches that can be applied immediately to improve presentations of a variety of levels and settings. Together, we will explore multiple ways to introduce and conclude a talk, as well as become more aware of common downfalls some speakers habitually find themselves attached to. Overall, this session will help you be able to share your ideas and connect with the audience in more effective and impactful ways. The elements discussed will also be applicable to students who are learning about foundational presentation skills. Students and teachers of presentation classes are highly encouraged to partake in this session.
Jackson Koon Yat Lee is a Specially-Appointed Lecturer at Toyo University in Tokyo. He finds joy in giving professional development presentations about a range of topics, and during his 5 years of presenting, he has given over 35 presentations for various events. He is a former Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee as well as a former Gifu Chapter President. His research interests include intercultural communication, diversity in ELT, teacher education and the Japanese English education system.
Note: This meeting will be in our regular venue in Kitakyushu. In keeping with our chapter policy, and dependant on the COVID situation, attendees may be required to wear a mask whilst at the presentation.
Doors open at 6pm, the presentation will start around 6:15pm.
Attendance is free for JALT members, 1,000 yen at the door for nonmembers.

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