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18	Presenting Your Work

How can I make an oral presentation?	How can I create a multimedia presentation?	How can I work on a group presentation?	How can I develop a portfolio?
Consider your purpose, role, and audience Narrow your scope Create a bare-bones outline Think about language Prepare speaker’s notes Engage with your audience View speaker’s notes	Consider your context, audience, purpose, and role Develop your “talking points” Choose composing tools Develop a consistent design Organize your presentation Practice and revise your presentation Give or distribute your presentation View a presentation	Understand the purposes of working in a group Understand potential problems and develop solutions Establish ground rules Create a plan	Consider your writing situation Select your materials Choose a publishing tool Organize and design your portfolio Introduce and reflect on your work View pages from a portfolio

Writers are frequently asked to share their work with others. A presentation might accompany a formal written document, such as a report or a proposal, or it might take the place of a written document. Traditionally, presentations have included an oral component — anything from a casual talk to a formal address. Today, however, writers can present their work in the form of a recorded talk, a set of multimedia slides, or a print or digital portfolio. In this chapter, you’ll find discussions of strategies for presenting your work in face-to-face and online settings.