Advocacy in Action - International AIDS Society

Skills-building activity – option 1
Objective: By the end of the session participants will be
able to prepare and deliver a simple presentation
Advocacy in Action Card 5 Writing and delivering a presentation
Preparation time: 2 hours
Resources: ‘How to...’ Handout
Instructions
Timing: 2 hours
1 Introduce the topic and explain the objective of the activity to the participants.
2 Ask participants to explain what a presentation is and its purpose.
3 Ask participants to divide into groups and prepare a five to ten-minute presentation on an
advocacy issue (possibly an issue already discussed in the workshop) for the whole group.
Each group should decide which member of the group will make the presentation.
4 Presentations often include:
• a clear message with two to three key points each
• use of visual aids
• clear instructions to the audience on when to ask questions.
5 Ask a number of groups to deliver their presentations to the whole group and invite
feedback on each, based on the following kinds of questions:
? How clear were the messages?
? How persuasive were the arguments?
? How useful and clear were the visual aids?
? How clear and useful were the answers to the questions?
? What could be improved?
6 Discuss which presentations worked best, and what made them more successful than others.
7 Invite participants to discuss their experiences of delivering presentations, especially as part
of advocacy work.
Facilitators’ notes
! You may want to ask some pairs to do a different activity – preparing some advice (for
example, ‘Try to...’ and Try not to...’ tips) for planning and delivering a presentation.
! Encourage the use of visual aids but emphasise that too many can be distracting.
! Encourage positive feedback as well as suggestions for improvement.