Presentation Skills

TWO KINDS OF SPEAKERS

• Those that are Nervous

• Those that are Liars

Presentation Skills

Presentation is ideas, concepts or issues talked about or spoken to a group or audience

Public speaking is one of the most feared things “I could make such a fool of myself”

Skills required to give a good presentation can be developed

Preparation is the Key

•Define the need of your audience

•Define the purpose

•Know your message inside out

How to organize your presentation

• Tell your audience what you are going to tell them• Tell them• Tell them what you told them

Structuring the Presentation

2 to 2.5 mins--- opening/beginning20 to 21 mins--- middle section2 to 3 mins --- closing/end5 mins --- questions

•Be prepared. If you have done your homework, there is no need to be afraid

•Practice– Loud–Minimum 8 times

•Don’t memorize, internalize

• Tell it your friends and ask feed back

•Record yourself with a voice recorder or video•And watch it

Practice what you would do if an emergency or falling ladder or obnoxious hackler disrupts your presentation

•Arrive earlier and get familiar with the setting

• Test technology•Don’t be that awkward

guy fumbling with the devices

•Mingle a bit. It will help to have some familiar faces when you give your talk

•Be familiar with your introduction. You feel confident after a smooth start

•Assume power poses 2 minutes before you start presentation

•Breathe in and out, do it again, slow it down. Again repeat minimum 5 times

• Eye contact

• Just relax, they are not gonna eat you alive

• Plan what you will wear• How will you move• The tone of your voice• What you will say or do to grab

the audience attention

Never make routine announcements in the first 60 seconds.

Do not drone on and on about people you want to thank or how honored you are to be invited to speak today.

Do not rustle your papers or check your notes.

Do not cough or take a sip of water. You have 60 seconds to win over your audience.

Do not be routine.

Be immediately interesting

•Good luck with your next presentation. Go dazzle them.

Effective Delivery

Be active - moveBe purposeful - controlled gesturesVariations – vocal (pitch, volume, rate)Be naturalBe direct – don’t just talk in front of the

audience talk to them

Sensitivity to the audience

“see” the audienceTake non-verbal feedback -congruent and incongruent body languageModify to meet audience needsDon’t just make it as a presentation

Handling Questions

Do not get confusedYou are not supposed to know everythingAnticipate and keep answers readySometime questions themselves give you a lead

to highlight your point of view

Thank you