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

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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

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Introduction
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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

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Clear Message
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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

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Presentation

• To get across the message,
• To inform,
• To explain, and
• To train

• A powerful way

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Presentation An assumed skill

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

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Supporting Materials

• Slide-shows not the heart of the presenation

• For backup, not a script

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Training in presentation skills

• Most people require some training to help develop
  key techniques and build confidence

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New Skill Set
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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

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Good presentation

• Delivering your message

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

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Presentation

• Always about selling something

• An idea
• A different way of thinking

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Presentation tools
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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

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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

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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

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Design of the presentation

• Crucial

• Words (text) 7
• Vocal Input 38
• Visual 55

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Presenter

• Must deliver the mesage clearly and with
  conviction
• Presenters present, not the laptop

• Is about the message you want to convey

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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

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That was a good presentation

• A bitter blow
• A presentation should just happen by magic so
  that people dont notice it
• Allow them to fully concentrate upon the message,
  not the medium

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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

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Dos and Donts

• Dos
• 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

• Donts
• 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