PRESENTATION SKILLS

HOW TO DELIVER A DARS

WHAT IS PRESENTATION?

It is a way of communicating ideas & information to a group.

It carries the speaker’s personality & allows immediate interaction.

Report Versus Presentation

A GOOD PRESENTATION HAS:

CONTENT:Information that is to be

given to the audience.

PACKAGING:It must be well prepared.

HUMAN ELEMENT:Presenter should make it

interesting so that it can be remembered.

STRUCTURE:Presentation has to

be well structured i.e. it should have a proper start, body and conclusion so that it can be easily followed by the audience.

A GOOD PRESENTATION HAS:

START \ INTRODUCTION

Follow this pattern:

Always start by greeting people

Introduce yourself

Use any Hadith, Ayah or any relevant incident to grab audience’s attention.

BEGINNING

Use the words:‘Lets Begin’, ‘Can

we Start’

Introduce the topic

Give aims and objectives of the presentation.

BODYYour body of presentation should be as follows:Content should be limited.

It should be interesting

Your ideas should be linked and not written randomly

Example should be cited.

Summarize the important points.

VOICE

VOLUME:You should be heard without shoutingLower your volume to draw attentionRaise it to make a point.

It is the most valuable tool of a presenter!

The Speech of Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w) was very clear, whoever heard him could understand him (clearly)[Abu Dawood]

Aisha (r.a)

Pitch:Your pitch should not be

too high or low.

Pace:Avoid talking too fast or

too slow.

Color:Use your emotions while

presenting.

WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE?

Communicating through non- verbal

actions like gestures &

postures is body language.

Positive Body Language

Maintain Eye Contact with audienceAlways Smile Stand straight but not too relaxedMove to indicate the change of focusUse pen to indicate a partMove forward to emphasize

Negative Body Language

Failure to make eye contact.Looking at notes or screen all the time.Staring into people’s eyes.Back turned to audience.

NERVESTension and fear can ruin a presentation.

Make du’a & pray Nafl Prayer before presenting.

Before the presentation visualize the room, audience and yourself giving presentation.

During presentation take a moment to yourself by getting a drink of water, take a deep breath and say to yourself ‘ I can do it!’

Keep in mind that even best presenters make mistakes.

NERVES

CONCLUSION

Should be as follows:

Inform the audience that you are about to close

Say something that will be remembered and is interesting

Answer the questions.

ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

Always keep time at the end of presentation for questions.

When a question is asked repeat it so that everyone can hear it and in the mean time prepare your answer in your mind.

When you don’t know the answer – its better to say that you don’t know then guessing and lying

While answering, direct your answers to entire audience and not to the one who asked.

Answer should not be longer than 10-40 seconds.

If you do not know the answer be honest.

GOLDEN RULES FOR PRESENTATION

Font size should be visible

Use capital letters, bold face and underlining to highlight.

Have the slides ready in order

Test the visual to see if people at back can see it.

Stand at the side of screen facing audience

Do not read directly from slides.

Do not wave pointer in air.

Do not lean on podium for long periods

GOLDEN RULES FOR PRESENTATION

Circulate in the room as you speak.

Vary your techniques ( lecture, debate, discussion)

Use no more than 7 lines on each slide and each line should have no more than 7 words.

GOLDEN RULES FOR PRESENTATION

Concluding Du’a

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"O Allah, You are pure, I praise You and testify that there is none worthy

of worship besides You. I seek forgiveness and pardon from You".