Tip 77: Take photos of your equipment with you

If you are travelling to a foreign country for your presentation, you may find that you don’t actually know the Romanian word for "slide projector" or the Venezuelan word for “laser pointer” or the Mongolian word for "computer". How do you say "I need a power cable for my laptop" in Xhosa?

Rather than fumbling through your phrase-book at the last minute, it is far easier and less stressful to simply pack photos of the key equipment you require for your presentation. You can either take the photos yourself, or cut them out of a trade magazine.

Then when you need to ask an Uzbek shopkeeper in Tashkent for a 240V AC power adapter, it hopefully won’t turn into a Central Asian game of charades.

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Table of contents
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Introduction
About the author
How to use this book
Who needs this book?
Chapter 1: Planning for your presentation
Chapter 2: Preparing the delivery
Chapter 3: Preparing effective PowerPoint® slides
Chapter 4: Preparing a handout
Chapter 5: Rehearsals
Chapter 6: Just before the presentation
Chapter 7: Last-minute tips for confidence
Chapter 8: Delivering the presentation
Chapter 9: 'Any questions?'
Chapter 10: After the presentation
Chapter 11: Final Thoughts

About the author

Dr Mandar Marathe graduated from Southampton University with an honours degree in Biomedical Sciences in 1998 and a Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1999. He holds advanced qualifications in Emergency Medicine and in Toxicology.

He juggles a career as a doctor working in Accident & Emergency, while raising three children with his wife, writing books, and endlessly surfing the internet looking for the next "big thing".

With almost two decades of public speaking experience in both academic and professional arenas, he is today an enthusiastic and popular educator who is well qualified to share his ideas about what makes a successful speaker and a powerful presentation.

Dr Mandar Marathe is the course director for the FCEM Course.