PERFECT PRESENTATIONS Presenting with impact is a skill that can be learned by anyone

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 selfconfidence


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
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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
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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 becoming
a better presenter
• Can enhance or ruin
the message

• Powerpoint slides should
not be a crutch to hide
behind


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)
• Vocal Input
• Visual

7%
38%
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
start
• Speak more slowly than usual people cannot “speed listen”

Don´ts
• Have too much information on
your slides – it is hard to deliver

• 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