title: Tips for giving a memorable presentation, part III: composing an important formal presentation.
abstract: Composing an important formal presentation takes much thought and time. The lecturer should talk about what the audience wants or needs to hear. It is not advised to speak about a subject that is important to the presenter and not the audience. The speaker then needs to decide what he or she can offer to the audience, and what he or she wants them to think about, learn, or do after the talk is over. These considerations are critical to the composition of the presentation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI 49525, USA. harolds112@cox.net
authors.forename: Jay A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Harolds
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D007858:Learning; D013060:Speech