15 Presentation Skills

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Presentation SkillsYou are the presentation!

Basic Business School Skills

sHAD Khan

August, 8th 2011


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At the end of this course, you should.

Recognize the importance of personal appearance and your perceived attitude to your

image as a presenter

Understand the importance of your voice and body language while presenting

Learn different techniques to improve your presentation skills

Learn how to build a convincing presentation

Practice your presentation skills

Objectives

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Part 1 Agenda

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The elements of a good presentation

Voice and body language

Exercise & feedback

Stage fright and a tough crowd

Further Studies


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A report can be reread and portions skipped over, but with a presentation, the

audience is at the mercy of a presenter

A good presentation has

Information that people need

Make account for how much

information the audience can absorb in

one sitting

Content

A logical beginning, middle, and end

Sequenced and paced so that the

audience can understand it

Structure

A good presentation will be

remembered much more than a good

report because it has a person

attached to it

Human element

It must be well prepared

Packaging


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Your voice and body language are the most important elements of a presentation,

still the content must always be well prepared and thought-through

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7%

38%55%

Content & words Voice Body language

Presentation elements


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Use your eyes actively to interact with the audience and remember that your body

language captures attention

Elements

Eye contact

Gestures

Posture and body

orientation

Movement and

placement in the

room

Tips

Your eyes are one of the most

important elements

Using eyes actively opens the

flow of communication and

convey interest, concern and

credibility

Use your arms while speaking

Captures attention and facilitates

understanding

Sign posting

Remember to smile

When you want to reach out to the

audience, take a step forward

Think about your placement Are you visible to everyone?

Location to the screen?

Do not stand still and stiff

Looking down while finishing the

sentence

Looking down reading the script

Scratch, fumble with hands, hair,

things (a pen) or clothes

Tramp your foot and hands in your

pocket

Take a step backwards when

getting a tricky question

Standing in front of the screen

Standing behind the audience (in

a smaller meeting)

Bad habits


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Some presentations

Blair & Bush Press Conference

Tony Blair makes the case against terrorism

YouTube - Eloquent speeches by Mr President

YouTube - George W. Bush tries to answer a very simple question...

YouTube - Greatest Bush Speech Ever!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqdPkiua3yMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkCCjWAleY&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ChWyZZAaA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmLE7paJU8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmLE7paJU8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmLE7paJU8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmLE7paJU8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmLE7paJU8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ChWyZZAaA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ChWyZZAaA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ChWyZZAaA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ChWyZZAaA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9HG7Oy06Nw&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVkCCjWAleY&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqdPkiua3yM


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Exercise

Join groups of 2 by finding an other person that you don t know

Find one thing you all have in common

The group have 5 minutes to prepare a 2-3 minutes presentation of your selected theme

After your presentation the group will give you constructive feedback on

Body language

Use of voice

Structure

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Stage fright do you have it?

"Research shows that more people fear speaking in meetings than the death. This means that the majority in a

funeral would rather be in the coffin than giving the memory speech

Jerry Seinfeld

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There are effective techniques to get rid of stage fright

Warm up

Breath deeply and calm

Hold on to something

Prepare the beginning

Find a friendly face in the crowd

Do not fight nerves, welcome them

Know that anxiety and tension is not as noticeable to

the audience as it is to you

In the short run In the long run

Know your presentation and the theme well

Be prepared

Arrive early

Have all the material ready

Bring yourself in focus

Have a written beginning and an ending

The first 10 seconds of a presentation is critical to get

the crowds attention

The listener remember best what was said last

Choose correct supporting materials

Practice on the presentation


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Handle a tough crowd

Lay the terms of discussions and questions before starting

When do you want the questions?

Consecutive

In the end

Discussions may lead to digressions you have to lead the

discussions

Create a parking lot

Place questions and themes that are off the agenda on a boarder

At the end of the meeting, go through the points and identify points to

follow up

If someone interrupt constantly

Use that person as an example, John who is specialist in

Be directly

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The best way of improving your presentation skills is to practice

To improve your presentation skills, the most important thing is to practice

Practice in front of a mirror

Use your friends or colleagues as audience

Use video

Ask for feedback

Find your strengths and ways to improve them

Identify your weaknesses and focus on techniques to get rid of them

Write a Diary of practice

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More information about Presentation Skills

A practical Presentation Skills course

Will be hold yearly

E-learning courses on KX, for example:

Advanced Presentation Skills

Effective Presentation Skills Workshop # 1

Building and Delivering Skilful Presentations

Other information on KX

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Copyright 2009 Deloitte AS. All rights reserved.

About Deloitte

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firms around the world devoted to excellence in providing

professional services and advice, focused on client service through

a global strategy executed locally in nearly 140 countries. With

access to the deep intellectual capital of approximately 160,000

people worldwide, Deloitte delivers services in four professional

areas, audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services, and

serves more than 80 percent of the worlds largest companies, as

well as large national enterprises, public institutions, locallyimportant clients, and successful, fast-growing global growth

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Agenda

The Tell, Tell, Tell Model

Practice, Practice, Practice

The Deck

Top 10 Ways to Bore Your Audience

Questions & Answers


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Objectives

Discuss the best practices & pitfalls related to making presentations

Review deck best practices

Provide you with an opportunity to ask questions


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The Tell, Tell, Tell Model

Tell them what you are going to tell them

Tell them

Tell them what you told them


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By yourself

In front of a mirror

In front of the Deloitte team


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The Deck

Simple is better

Graphics are good.

TMI (Too Much Information) is bad

Contacts/Names are critical


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Top 10 Ways to Bore Your Audience

Dont know the audience

Read the speech

Dont provide examples

Dont use humor

Dont bother to prepare or practice (I can wing

it!!!)

Dont make eye contact

Dont read the audience during the speech

Kill the audience with too many PowerPoints

Run over time

Dont leave time for questions


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Summary

Tell, Tell, Tell


Avoid the common pitfalls


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Q&A

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