{"id":2057,"date":"2020-10-21T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2057"},"modified":"2020-12-06T02:53:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T02:53:35","slug":"introduction-to-presentations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/chapter\/introduction-to-presentations\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Presentations","rendered":"Introduction to Presentations"},"content":{"raw":"When making a presentation at work or in school, you might be tempted to think that only the information matters.\u00a0 After all, your audience is there to hear the Q4 sales numbers, learn about a new counseling technique, or find out about the Battle of Gettysburg\u2014just the facts should be enough, right? Wrong! Whenever you're presenting information, you need to approach the task the way you've been learning throughout this course: by considering the needs of the audience, collecting valid and credible evidence, and organizing your data into a compelling story.\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\" border=\"1\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3631\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3631\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5348\/2020\/10\/23205622\/dumping_grapes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Machine dumping grapes into a hopper\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> Don't deliver information this way.[\/caption]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3633\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3633\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5348\/2020\/10\/23210016\/pouring_wine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A hand pouring wine into two glasses\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> Deliver it like this.[\/caption]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"<p>When making a presentation at work or in school, you might be tempted to think that only the information matters.\u00a0 After all, your audience is there to hear the Q4 sales numbers, learn about a new counseling technique, or find out about the Battle of Gettysburg\u2014just the facts should be enough, right? 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