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Mastering Effective Presentation Skills

The document provides tips for planning and delivering an effective presentation. It discusses determining the purpose and audience, organizing the presentation into main points with transitions, and engaging the audience through the opening, body, and conclusion. Additional tips include maintaining eye contact, speaking clearly, using visual aids to enhance understanding, and avoiding verbal fillers. The key to success is reaching the audience and keeping them engaged throughout the presentation.

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Mastering Effective Presentation Skills

The document provides tips for planning and delivering an effective presentation. It discusses determining the purpose and audience, organizing the presentation into main points with transitions, and engaging the audience through the opening, body, and conclusion. Additional tips include maintaining eye contact, speaking clearly, using visual aids to enhance understanding, and avoiding verbal fillers. The key to success is reaching the audience and keeping them engaged throughout the presentation.

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Presentation Skills

Who is afraid of giving presentations?


Planning Your Presentation
1. Determine Purpose
2. Assess Your Audience
 “Success depends on your ability to reach your audience.”
 Knowledge Level
 Motivation
3. Plan Space
 Seating Arrangement
 Audio/Visual Equipment
 Distracters
Planning Your Presentation

4. Organization
 Determine Main Points (2-5)
 Evidence
 Transitions
 Prepare Outline
Opening Your Presentation

 Introduce Yourself – Why Should They Listen


 Get Attention, Build More Rapport, Introduce Topic
 Humor
 Short Story
 Make Audience Think
 Invite Participation
 Get Audience Response
Presenting Main Points

 Main Point –Transition - Main Point – Transition – Main Point


 Supporting Evidence
 Examples
 Feedback & Questions From Audience
 Attention to, and Focus on, Audience (Listening)
Concluding Your Presentation

 Inform audience that you’re about to close


 Summarize main points
 Something to remember or call-to-action
 Answer questions

“Tell ’em What You Told ‘em.”


Presenting Your Topic

 While presenting, keep in mind the following things:


o Interest of audience
o Body language and Dressing
o Voice
o Audio/Visual Aids
o Language
Audience

 Build rapport with the audience

 Involve the audience, if time

 Repeat what they say

 Write responses on white board or flip chart

 Ask questions; call on individuals; small group activities


Body Language

 Dress professionally

 Face your audience

 Audience focus: maintain eye contact with audience

 Be enthusiastic (proper use of hands)


 Have a formal posture (Swaying, rocking, and pacing, hands in
pockets, lip smacking, fidgeting)
Voice

 Speak at reasonable pace

 Use inflection (variation)

 Project your voice. Do not mumble.

 Talk to the audience: Not screen, camera, notes, or self

 Have appropriate pauses


Audio/Visual Aids
The purpose of A/V aids is to;
 Enhance Understanding
 Add Variety
 Support Claims
 Have lasting Impact
It should;
 Supplement presentation
 Outline of main points
 Serve audience’s needs, not speaker’s
 Simple and clear
Language
 Verbal fillers
 “Um”, “uh”, “like”
 Any unrelated word or phrase
Use professional language
Avoid slang
What makes a talk poor?
 Little/no eye contact
o No engagement with the audience
 Mumbling
o Often because not engaging with audience
 Reading from a paper
o Too fast, monotone
 Little/no structure
o Lack of clarity
 Too much information
 Bad visual aids
Presentation Tips

 Smile

 Breathe

 Don’t be nervous

 Practice

 Notes

 Finish On Or Under Time

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