Presentation Skills

Dr. Zanete GARANTIhttp://academic.akun.edu.tr/prelector/zanetegaranti

About the teacher

Zanete Garanti

Email: zanete.garanti@akun.edu.trOffice: AKUN main building, room 202Telephone: 227-3367/8 (113)Mobile phone: 0533 850 5809

About the course

This course is designed to help you with a practical presentations skills.

In this course you will learn to: Present different types of business

presentations, Plan and deliver group presentation, Use multimedia to deliver your

presentations.

AssesmentType Note Weight MakeupMidterm: Examination –

Presentation% 30 Examination –

Presentation

Class presentations:

In class presentations

% 30 No make-up

Final: Examination – Presentation

% 40 Examination – Presentation

Four key elements of a good presentationAudience

where are they coming from? what do they need to know?

Message what are the most important things to get across?

Presenter how to present with impact?

Medium what’s the most effective medium to use? how to control it?

Message - how are you going to structure it?

outline the content and your angle and grab their attention

decide the best message order for logical flow of ideas

summarise the main points and restate your angle

Middle Beginning End

…or

Tell ’em what you are going to tell ’em

Tell ’em

Tell ’em what you’ve just told ’em

Delivering your messageGenerate interest by changing pitch, intonation and speech pattern.

Don’t just give lots of information.

Turn statements into questions:

“We chose gender stereotyping because it occurred in the highest number of situations.”

“So, why do you think we chose gender stereotyping?

(PAUSE FOR EFFECT)

We chose it because it occurred in the highest number of situations.”

The presenterHow confident are you in:

Using your voice (clarity and volume)?

Using body language (gestures, facial expression)?

Timing (speed, detail, length)?

Dealing with nerves?

Responding to audience (eye contact, changing pace given cues)?

Feeling tense?What do you do when you are nervous?

What strategies can you adopt to overcome them?

Effective Presentation

• Know about what you want to say.

• Look at people when you speak to them.

• Speak clearly and keeping what you say simple and uncomplicated.

• Ensure that your words, body language and voice match what you are saying.

• Give clarity to what you are communicating by attending to signs of other people’s confusion, resentment or lack of interest.

• Summarise and check that people understand you.

Unprofessional approach 0-1-2-3-4-5 Extremely professional approach

Unclear communication 0-1-2-3-4-5 Communicated extremely clearly

Poor planning evident 0-1-2-3-4-5 Excellent planning evident

Poor and/or unclear usage of body language

0-1-2-3-4-5Excellent and clear usage of body language

Inappropriate methods adopted 0-1-2-3-4-5 Extremely appropriate methods adopted

Meaningless results presented 0-1-2-3-4-5 Meaningful results presented

Poor interpretation of results 0-1-2-3-4-5 Excellent interpretation of results

Presentation poorly structured 0-1-2-3-4-5 Presentation extremely well structured

Example of presentation assessment sheet