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PERFECT PRESENTATIONS: Presenting with impact is a skill that can be learned by anyone Based on an article by Dave Howell, in Making Money, Dec. 2006, page 90-91

Introduction

Managers • A vast majority do not have innate presentation skills • Can learn to present ideas effectively • Being a good public speaker build your self-confidence

Clear Message

Public Speaking • Many dread it • Basic skills can be learned to get message across • With application and good training anyone can be a fluent and confident speaker • A great asset you will use throughout your career

Presentation • To get across the message, • To inform, • To explain, and • To train • A powerful way –

Presentation: An assumed skill • A skill managers expectd to have acquired without any formal training, • And without getting accurate feedback

Supporting Materials • Slide-shows not the heart of the presenation • For backup, not a script

Training in presentation skills • Most people require some training to help develop key techniques and build confidence

New Skill Set

What makes a good presentation • Using your voice effectively, • Controlling the pace of delivery, • Using effective body language, • Structuring the presentation • Formatting your slides well • Coming across as confident • Personal delivery such as –

Good presentation • Delivering your message • Effectively with interest and enthusiasm, • in a way that keeps the attention of your audience

Presentation • Always about selling something • An idea • A different way of thinking

Presentation tools

Presentation tools • Easy to blame them for a bad or poorly received presentation • Learning to use them is only a part of • Powerpoint slides should becoming a better not be a crutch to hide presenter behind • Can enhance or ruin the message

Remember! • “A picture is worth a thousand words” • Interesting visuals as backdrop is far more important than pages of text • Lots of colour is usually good • Use simple animations sparingly

Bullet Points • Maybe the best way to get your message aross • Keep it simple • The fewer the bullets the better • Avoid “death by bulltet points” – dozens of really boring slides read off by the presenter

Design of the presentation • Crucial • Words (text) 7% • Vocal Input 38% • Visual 55%

Presenter • Must deliver the mesage clearly and with conviction • Presenters present, not the laptop • Is about the message you want to convey

Presentation • Like a glass containing good whisky • The glass contain the whisky so that people can appreciate and savour it • Allow people to appreciate and understand the content

“That was a good presentation” • A bitter blow • A presentation should just happen by magic so that people don´t notice it • Allow them to fully concentrate upon the message, not the medium

Presenter • You are the most important visual aid • The way you deliver your presentation and engage your audience is a crucial factor • Audience must remember you at the end of the presentation, rather than a good slide show

Do´s and Don´ts Do´s • Research your audience first • Decide on your key objective • Learn and rehearse the first three sentences – for a confident Don´ts start • Have too much information on • Speak more slowly than usual - your slides – it is hard to deliver people cannot “speed listen” • Have too many key points – 3 to 4 is enough • Look back at the screen while speaking • Hold a pen or other object while presenting – you end up fiddling with it • Apologize at the start or end – if you make a mistake just move on