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Presentation skills
The document outlines essential effective presentation skills emphasizing that these are learned rather than innate. Key elements include thorough planning, preparation, practice, managing fears, engaging the audience, and utilizing effective body language and visual aids. Furthermore, it offers practical tips for opening, maintaining interest, concluding, and handling questions during presentations.
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- 3. EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS “There is no such thing as presentation talent, it is called Presentation Skills” David JP Phillips “Great speakers aren’t born, they are trained.”
- 4. EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS Planning, preparation & practice. Fighting your fears. Opening. Body Language. Perfect PowerPoint. Keeping the audience interested. Fitting Conclusion. Dealing with questions. Conclusion.
- 5. PLANNING • Whois your audience? • Why are they there? • What is your goal? • How long will it be? • Where will it take place?
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- 7. PREPARATION • Collectionof relevant data. • Arrangement of data. • Effective Power-point. • Follow your Planning. “It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.” Wayne Bur Graff
- 8. PRACTICE Rehearse, Rehearse,……….., Rehearse. The more you practice: • Better you feel. • More you want to do. • Practice in front of people. • In the venue. • Fix things that don’t work. • Timing. • Gets you used to being in front of an audience.
- 9. FACING YOUR FEARS • Feared more than death. • “I could make such a fool of myself”. • Everyone has it to some degree. • Can’t be eliminated. • Use it constructively. FACTS: Shaky hands. Blushing cheeks, Memory loss, Nausea, Knocking knees. “Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master.” Doug Mallow
- 10. STARTING UP Warm-Up • Helps you to relax. • Helps you to be heard. • Helps you to sound more confident. • Deep Breathing. • Tongue Twisters. • Yawn.
- 11. OPENING • Getattention. • Introduce yourself. • Introduce topic. • Humor • Short story • Startling statistic • Make audience think • Invite participation • Get audience response.
- 12. BODY LANGUAGE •Act confident, feel confident. • Large personal space. • Eye contact with audience. • Smile & Open body language. • Standing upright with shoulders back. • Make sure everyone can see you. • Use your hands, but don’t go crazy & avoid ‘flapping. • If possible move around,…but slowly! • DON’T speak with your back to the audience.
- 13. PERFECT POWER-POINT DON’TS • Too much text & data on the slides. • Too many slides. • Busy Background. • No excessive special effects. • No all caps or special fonts. • Appealing contrasts & too many colors. DO’S • Font size large enough. • Good Quality images. • Bulleted text with consistent size. • Add graphs, charts & tables. • Bold for emphasis. • Short Media clips. • Colors Complimenting each-other.
- 14. VOCAL TECHNIQUES •Loudness. • Pitch. • Pause for effect. ” The most precious things in speech are the pauses.” Sir Ralph Richardson • Allow time for message to “sink in”. • Deviate from the norm for emphasis.
- 15. KEEPING THE AUDIENCEINTERESTED • Don’t run in the same tone. • Ask questions. • Involve the audience. • Modify to meet audience needs. • Be more expressive. • Show enthusiasm. • Humour & story telling. • Visual illustration.
- 16. CONCLUDING YOUR PRESENTATION • A brief summary. • Your Opinion. • Questions & answer session. • Thank the audience. • Quotation.
- 17. DEALING WITH QUESTIONS • Don’t get confused. • Questions show people are listening. • Don’t be afraid to stop and think. • Try & anticipate. • Allow time to deal with them. • Decide when to answer them. • Open it to floor if you don’t know it.
- 18. CONCLUSION • Alwaysprepare & a lot of practice. • Channelize you fear. • Interact with your audience. • Positive body language. • Be confident.
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- 21. A GOOD PRESENTER “A presenter should be like a mini skirt: Long enough to cover the vital parts, and short enough to attract attention.”
- 23. “There are alwaysthree speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.”