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Writing Objectives
How to Create Presentation Objectives
Year I Semester II
24/25-June-2015
Objectives: the foundation of a great presentation
Before you begin creating slides or content, you need to
first understand your purpose for giving the presentation.
• What is it that you are trying to achieve?
• Why have you been invited to speak?
• What is your audience expecting of you?
• What (learning points)you want your audience to
take away/learn from your presentation?
Answering these questions first and foremost is crucial to
the rest of your production journey. Having a clear sense
of purpose for your presentation will give you the clarity
and focus you need to justify your creative directions.
Things to remember while writing objectives for
your presentation
Learning Objectives : Be Focused
It is essential that learning objectives be written from
the learner's perspective. Objectives should clearly
state what a participant will know or be able to do as
a result of attending an event or session, as opposed
to what the speaker will teach or share.
Be Specific The first thing you’ll need to remember is to be
specific. Your objectives have to be achievable
and quantifiable, which means no
generalisations. For example, the objective
“I want my presentation to be memorable” is
too general.
Try being more specific, for example – “I want
my audience to understand and recall the
information I deliver to them, whilst seeing
me as professional and inspirational”.
Be logical
The best way to create objective is to ask
yourself logical questions about your
presentation. The answers to these questions will
form the basis for your objectives. There is no
limit to the questions which you can ask
yourself, but a sample list might look like this: • Why am I making this presentation?
• What is it that I am trying to achieve?
• Why has my audience come here?
• What is my audience expecting of me?
• What do I want my audience to know?
• What do I want my audience to think?
• What do I want my audience to do?
Once you have your list of questions, make a list of
answers, and your objectives will follow.
For example:
• Q: Why am I making this presentation?
• A: To raise awareness of the growing problem of
childhood obesity
Objective: To have my audience gain a clear understanding
of the childhood obesity problem, and enact (endorse) my
suggested preventative measures in their own lives
(The more questions you ask yourself, the more objectives you’ll
have, and the more objectives you have, the better you’ll understand
how to make the most of the time you have with your audience)
What are your objectives in giving a presentation?
Sample: Presentation Objectives
Let's say the presentation deals with new information regarding
the proper use of hearing protection devices (HPDs.) Read over
the following six objectives. Which do you feel is the best?
• Objective 1:
"To tell the employees the new information about HPDs."
• Objective 2:
"To protect the hearing of the employees."
• Objective 3:
"To fulfill the requirements by OSHA* and the union to keep employees informed
about safety issues."
• Objective 4:
"To reduce lost time and costs associated with hearing damage."
• Objective 5:
"To reduce accidents caused by hearing damage."
• Objective 6:
"To fulfill the requirements of my job description by giving required presentations to
employees."
* Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
They are all poor/inappropriate . The purpose of
a presentation like this one should be to effect a
change in the behaviour of the audience. This
presenter seemed to use a show-and-tell
approach.
Try conceptualizing the problem so it becomes
centered around the audience member's learning.
What will they be able to do after the
presentation, as a result of it?
Now look at the following possible objectives for the same
presentation:
• "By the end of this presentation, each participant will be able
to:
1. Properly insert HPDs
2. Accurately check for proper insertion
3. Present a convincing argument to a co-worker for the
importance of using HPDs
4. Identify the decibel reduction rating for HPDs, given their
original packaging
5. Identify the maximum exposure times to noise at different
decibel levels, given a standards chart."
What was different about this last set of objectives?
They were stated in terms of a measurable
performance by the learner. Some people call these
behavioral objectives or performance objectives.
Although there are other approaches that may be
just as successful, you are advised to develop
behavioral objectives for your presentations, even
before you start putting together an outline,
graphics, or text.
Furthermore, note how specific and technical each
of these latter objectives is. They are not vague.
Example 2
The following is an illustrative set of objectives for a prevention
of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and AIDS (PMTCT)
workshop; the learning domain and subcategory are indicated
after the objective:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
1. List and describe specific interventions to prevent HIV transmission to
infants (cognitive — knowledge).
2. Correctly identify and describe prophylactic treatment regimens in five case
studies of HIV-positive pregnant women (cognitive —application).
3. Develop a plan to integrate PMTCT into antenatal care (cognitive —
synthesis).
4. Explore and reflect on personal attitudes and values related to pregnancy in
HIV-positive women (affective — receiving, responding).
5. Demonstrate correct use of personal protective equipment (psychomotor —
guided response).