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Group members:

PRESENTATION SKILLS

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across,

your brains won’t get you anywhere.”

-Lee Iacocca

You will learn at the end:

Craig Valentine

PRESENTATION

WHY PLAN

WHO

PREPARE WHAT PRACTICE HOW

WHEN PRESENT

WHERE

THE 4 P’s of PRESENTATION

“If you fail to prepare,you are prepared to fail”

WHY PLAN

WHO

PREPARE WHAT PRACTICE HOW

WHEN PRESENT

WHERE

THE 4 P’s of PRESENTATION

STRUCTURE

DESIGN

1. Avoid Italics. examples: • The man slipped slowly out the back door. • The man slipped slowly out the back door.

2. Use tighter language.

example:•The sales forecasts show an increase on the horizon. •Sales heading up

3. Use of images.Less use of complicated images.

DESIGN

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4. Avoid capitalization.example:AVOID USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS FOR BODY TEXT.But might may ok for odd titles.

5. Font – Correct font style, size. At least 28 pt, preferably 36.

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Font Size You are close to your monitor Your audience is far from the screen

Tahoma32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt

TNR

32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt

Courier

32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt

Comic32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt

Lucida Sans32 pt28 pt24 pt20 pt18 pt16 pt14 pt12 pt10 pt

5. Color – Use dark color on light background preferably.

DESIGN

Power point Presentation.White boardsHandouts.Video clips presentation. Mind storming games. Activity.Visual aids etc which can support

your presentation.

USE OF TOOLS

Introduction Tell them what you are going to tell them.

Body

Tell them.

Conclusion Tell them what you told them.

A Presentation Should have an…

The introduction of the presentation is like the first impression .

It should be good enough to hold the audiences interest.

You need to build a relationship with the audience while giving the introduction.

INTRODUCTION

Ways of Starting Introduction

Story (foundational phrase) Relevant question. Quotation Give them a problem to think about. Give them some amazing facts. Make a funny remark.

Before Getting startedGreet the audience

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to my presentation. It’s very nice to see you all here today. Can we get started? Let me say just a few words about my background...

BODY

Is the meat of the presentation.

Must contain the information facts, data to meet the objective of the presentation.

CONCLUSION

Question & answer method.

Comparison & contrast.

Problem solving formula.

PRESENTATION SKILLS

Five Key Facts of the Human bodyWhich deserves Attention

Eye contactVoice qualityBody LanguageAppearanceAnd how you stand

MAKE EYE CONTACT:

Maintain attention.Convey conviction.Relate personally.

Tone to be low pitched Language to be simple Moderate speed of speaking Smile in the voice Clarity.

VOICE QUALITY

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

The evil that men do lives after them; ”

Voice Modulation Activity

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, LEND me your ears;

I come to BURY Caesar, NOT to PRAISE him. The EVIL that men do lives AFTER them; ”

Relaxed posture. Arms relaxed. Good eye contact. Nodding agreement. Gesturing warmly.

POSITIVE BODY LANGUAGE

Hand on face

NEGATIVE BODY LANGUAGE

Tensed body Yawning

Arms folded in front

Impatience

NEGATIVE BODY LANGUAGE

Distraction

Negative Facial expressions

Biting yourFinger nails

APPEARANCE

Take a bathDress up wellRight mix of colorsLook confidentProper hair stylePolished shoes

How you stand during presentation

1. Stand at the audience’s left side while using power point slides.

2. Stand facing the audience.3. Be conscious of your posture.4. Stand at least three to four feet

from the closest audience member.

GOOD PRESENTER

“A presenter should be like a mini skirt:Long enough to cover the vital parts,

and short enough to attract attention.”

GOOD PRESENTATION

Smile - it's a natural conversation starter.Use humor when and where you can.Use participant names whenever possible and encourage them to use yours.Ask questions immediately and listen to the answers.Interesting topic, explained at audience’s level.Slides are understandable and easy to see.

EFFECT

Interesting

I understood this one!

You shouldwith a PhD…

I wonder if this technique would

work for my problem

Let’s talk to them at the

breakI never

thought of that!

You should remember that you will never get a second chance to make a first good impression. If you start off badly you will spoil everything.Audience won’t see your work is greatBut will make fun of you from back row

BAD PRESENTATION

EFFECT

zzz

What does that slide

say?Dunno, I’m playing

minesweeper

Those are some NASTY

colors… Hey – it matches my

tie.Please let

it be OVER…

POINT SHOULD BE NOTE

When presenter don’t know the topic Slides are filled up with too much information Poorly Chosen Design Template Shocking Color & Poor Font. Extraneous Photos and Graphs Different Animations on every slide Hardware malfunction

WHAT MAKES AUDIENCE GO SLEEP

Interest generated Concern show Involvement Handling questions

ANALYZE AND MANAGE THE AUDIENCE

REHERSAL

Rehearse, Rehearse and Rehearse....

Get feedback, and use it.

CONCLUSION

BodyPostures

Head angle Eye

contact Facial

expressions

Hands in Pocket Behind

back Fingers Fiddling

With rings

Feet kicking slightly. Or Legs crossed

“Not all Great speakers are born…..….some are trained too.”