Presentation Skills

Emma Olohan

1. Planning Presentations

2. Preparing Presentations

3. Practicing Presentations

4. Delivering Presentations

Dealing with Questions

Questions

Complete a self-assessment

What are you good at?

What skills would you like to develop?

1.Speaking too quickly

2.Going off-point

3.Going into too much detail

4.Not knowing when to stop (answering questions

particularly).

1. What is your experience of giving

presentations?

2. What do you like about it?

3. What do you dislike about it?

4. Will you need to present in the future?

1 . Plan

2 . Prepare

3 . Practice

4 . Present

Planning Sit down and really think about the day of your

presentation.

What is the real purpose of your talk?

Why is it that you were ask to speak?

What does the audience expect? In your opinion, what

are the most important parts of your topic for the

audience to take away from your, say, 10-minute

presentation?

Who is your audience?

Why are they there? What

is your goal?

How long will it be?

Where will it take place?

"sell" your message in 30-45 seconds.

The David Belasco test while you're in the

planning stages.

David Belasco was a producer who insisted that

the core idea for every successful play he

produced could be written as a simple sentence

on the back of a business card. Try it.

You may want to think again and get your

message down correctly in your mind.

This too is certainly something you do before

you ever begin to open up PowerPoint.

If your audience could remember only three

things about your presentation, what would

you want it to be?

(1)_____________

(2)_____________

(3)_____________

No Powerpoint

Film hiring with no script

Pencil & Paper

Order your thoughts

Key points

Have a sound, clear structure

“We need to open gaps before we close them.

Our tendency is to tell people the facts. First,

though, they must realise that they need

these facts.”

Dan & Chip Heath, Make it Stick

Get Attention

Content

Key message

Introduction

Main theme

Summary/

Conclusions

There is a psychological factor called recency.

This is where people remember most the last thing

that they are told. This particularly applies to lists.

So the ending of the presentation is key.

A funny story (one that encapsulates at least one of

the main themes of the presentation, Use a high energy video clip,

Relieving the suspense (you may be wondering why I

brought this cardboard box onto the the stage...)

If you are really struggling for ideas, and want to

play it safe, you could simply recap on the three

main concepts that you have put forward in the

middle section.

Presentation Slide

Structure for each slide

Rhetorical question linking

each slide.

Preparation

1. Personal Notes

2. Visuals

3. Handouts

The standard method for making a presentation is

to talk about a list of points organised onto slides

projected up on the wall.

Overhead & slide projectors Powerpoint:

200,000 copies of Microsoft PowerPoint

3,000,000,000 trillions of slides each year.

Slideshare.net / Prezi etc.

Powerpoint Karaoke

“should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.”

Guy Kawaski

10 / 20/ 30 rule

1. Most important information Jumps Out

2. Drip feed

3. Never use sentences

Use colour well •Color evokes feelings

• Color is emotional.

•The right color can help persuade and motivate.

•Studies show that color usage can increase interest and improve learning

comprehension and retention.

Use images to

support your point

Use a consistent

theme

Free Stock Photos http://www.sxc.hu/

Commercial Stock Photos

www.istockphoto.com

According to most studies, people's number one fear is

public speaking.

Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that

sound right?

This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral,

you're better off in the casket than doing the mass.

e.g. Marathon Running:

Slow to develop Quick to disappear

The more you practice:

better you feel more you want to

do

Lack of experience

Lack of preparation

Lack of enthusiasm

Negative self-talk

Practice

• Room

• Everything

• Technology

Focus on your goal

what you are going to say

Audience

Make them comfortable

Interesting

Be over-prepared

Rehearse and practice

Know your subject

Use relaxation techniques

Be positive +++

Avoid stressors

Presenting

Your are the most powerful visual aid:

Introduce:

- What you’re going to tell them

- Why you’re telling them

Why it’s important

Body language + Eye contact

Show your passion

Eye contact

TRACT technique

1. Thank the questioner

2. Repeat the question

3. Answer the question

4. Check with the questioner if they are satisfied

5. Thank them again

Remember the 4 steps....

1 . Plan

2 . Prepare

3 . Practice

4 . Present

Step 1: Listen to Criticism

Step 2: Decide on Truth

Step 3: Respond Assertively

Passive Response

Directly Aggressive Response

Indirectly Aggressive Response