presentations
Spoken visual displays
Presentations are formal or semi-formal talks given to an audience, typically accompanied by visual aids like slides.
The word covers everything from a student's book report to a corporate pitch to investors.
In business contexts, presentations often involve PowerPoint or similar software, to the point where I have a presentation usually implies there will be slides.
The verb present yields this noun, so a presentation is also any act of presenting something—an award, a gift, a new product—to others for their consideration or acceptance.
Frequency of sound
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
metrics · portfolio · branding · marketing · revenue · forecasting · executive summary · action items
Moves smoothly across surface
- PowerPointMicrosoft's presentation application
- KeynoteApple slideshow software
- graphicsVisual design elements
- chartsVisual data displays
diagrams · infographics · animations · transitions · screen · projector · visual aids · storyboards
Central theme or speech
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
- public speakingAddressing a live audience
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
lectern · delivery · audience · speaker · rhetoric · eloquence · elocution · articulation
Educational spoken presentation
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
colloquium · research · conference paper · peer review · professor · student · tutorial · workshop
Reasoned case or dispute
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- convincingAble to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- call to actionPrompt urging immediate response
credibility · appeal · engaging · motivational · inspiring · influence · charisma · storytelling
pitch
Frequency of sound
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
strategy · metrics · portfolio · branding · marketing · revenue · forecasting · executive summary · action items · deliverables
slides
Moves smoothly across surface
- PowerPointMicrosoft's presentation application
- KeynoteApple slideshow software
- graphicsVisual design elements
charts · diagrams · infographics · animations · transitions · screen · projector · visual aids · storyboards · color schemes
keynote
Central theme or speech
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
- public speakingAddressing a live audience
podium · lectern · delivery · audience · speaker · rhetoric · eloquence · elocution · articulation · enunciation
lecture
Educational spoken presentation
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
symposium · colloquium · research · conference paper · peer review · professor · student · tutorial · workshop · coursework
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- convincingAble to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
call to action · credibility · appeal · engaging · motivational · inspiring · influence · charisma · storytelling · evidence
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- videosvideos, clip, clips, video clip, films
- schoolworkhomework, assignment, assignments, reading, essays
- business culturebusiness cards, business hours, business meals, dress code, dress codes
- business skillsmanagement, financial literacy, leadership, deal-making, delegation
presentationssmall talk
Polite trivial conversation
chitchat · water cooler talk · banter · shooting the breeze · brainstorming sessions
presentationshidings
Acts of secreting away
concealments · withholdings · suppressions · cover-ups · obscurations
presentationsreceptions
Events welcoming guests
audiences · intake · absorption · receiving · attendance
- food presentationHow cuisine is arranged visually
- powerpoint presentation
- trophy presentationGiving winners their prizes
- oral presentationsSpoken addresses to audiences
- presentation skillsCompetence at delivering information publicly
- group presentationShared oral delivery assignment
presentation, representation, misrepresentation, representational, presentational, nonrepresentational