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Bringing your talks to life

WaterAid's Margaret Batty giving a talk
WaterAid's Margaret Batty giving a talk to school children in an End Water Poverty dress.
Credit: WaterAid / Steve Bainbridge

This page includes lots of information and resources to prepare you to speak to a variety of different groups.

You will find background on WaterAid, information on our key supporter groups, advice on giving presentations and some template PowerPoint presentations for you to use as a base for your talks.

We want to make sure these resources are as useful as possible, so if you think that something is missing please let us know by emailing speakers@wateraid.org or by calling us on 020 7793 4988.

Information about WaterAid
WaterAid news
Where we work
Statistics
Audio, video and photography
Should you wish to borrow one of the videos please email us. Please ensure all photos are credited.
Speaker feedback
Your feedback is invaluable, so please get in touch to tell us how your talk went!

You can do this via the speaker feedback form.
Help and advice
Talking to community groups
To help you prepare to give presentations to particular groups, we have put together some background information on our key community groups.

Advice on Giving presentations
We have put together a downloadable pack (Adobe Acrobat Document PDF 116Kb) which contains information on how to give presentations and ways to bring them to life. Please keep it to hand every time you prepare to give a WaterAid talk.
PowerPoint presentations
Please note: Some of the presentations below have large file sizes and may take a while to download. They are available on CD, if you would like to order one please email speakers@wateraid.org.

General
General presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 2.5Mb)
General presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 71Kb)

Primary school
Primary school presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 1.8Mb)
Primary School presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 68Kb)
Primary School assembly presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 781Kb)
Primary School assembly presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 54Kb)

Secondary school
Secondary School presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 2.5Mb)
Secondary School presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 100Kb)Secondary school assembly presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 766KB)
Secondary School assembly presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 54Kb)

Rotary
Rotary Presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 692Kb)
Rotary Presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 62Kb)

Sanitation
Sanitation presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 1.5Mb)
Sanitation presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 66Kb)

Women's groups
Women's group presentation (Powerpoint.Show.7 PPT 2.3Mb)
Women's group presentation notes (WordPad Document Word 82Kb)
Other resources
Millionaire quiz (ZIP File ZIP 509Kb)
Facts about water (Adobe Acrobat Document PDF 70KB)
Speaker Expenses FAQs
All trained WaterAid speakers can claim expenses for travel costs getting to and from talks.

What can I claim expenses for? WaterAid will pay the costs of any reasonable travel to and from a WaterAid talk, including travel by car, or by public transport.

Do I need receipts? Yes, you must attach receipts to your expense claim form before you send it in.

Where can I get an expense claim form from? Please email speakers@wateraid.org and we will email or post you a form.

How do I receive my expenses? Once processed the full amount will be paid either directly into your bank account or by cheque. This normally takes 2 – 3 weeks. Please include your bank details on the expenses claim form if you would like them paid directly into your account.