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EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION
(Name)
(Institution Affiliation)
(Date of Submission)

Talking Technical When Your Audience Isn’t
HIV and AIDs is one of the most common sexual diseases in the world. Awareness campaign on HIV and AIDs prevention is significant as a way of creating awareness to the people (Sepkowitz, 2001). When making a technical presentation to the audience on HIV and AIDs, professionalism is required to enhance effective communication. This is to a great extent achieved by the use of technology which is everywhere in the world. However, many people in the world have not fully experienced the use of technology. When I get an opportunity to speak to nontechnical audiences in a seminar or a conference, I would make various considerations in line with application of basic tenets of public speaking and good communication, in my presentation to make it more effective.
To begin with, I would consider the technological level of the audience before I speak. I can achieve this by first meeting with few of the audiences few hours before I make the presentation to enquire on their level of understanding of the new technology. The encounter with the audience will also help me the expectation of the audience from the experience. It will also help in understanding what the audiences intend to do after the experience. I would make the presentation more clear, short, and specific. This will to a great extent help the audiences to follow the presentation without getting tired or bored. After knowing the interest of the audience and their expectation of the teaching on HIV and AIDs prevention, I would ensure that I have met the interest of the audiences. I will also be in a position to understand and be aw...

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...id confusing the audiences.
In addition to the above techniques of technical talk, I would also try to use the projector to show images and diagrammatic illustrations as much as possible. This will help in creating imagery by the audiences and hence making the presentation memorable. I would make use of other visual tools such as charts, videos, and pictures that will help in creating emphasis on the dangers of unprotected sex and HIV and AIDs symptoms and effects. Visuals are preferred to speaking since they make the audiences much involved in the experience and also make learning or presentation memorable.

References
Janis G. Robinson, (September, 1997), Presentations Magazine Speaker's Notes Article, Six Tips for Talking Technical When Your Audience Isn't.
Sepkowitz KA (June 2001). "AIDS—the first 20 years". N. Engl. J. Med. 344 (23): 1764–72.

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