Presentation Skills Making a Connection

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Presentation Skills -Making a Connection

• CACEE 2008 Ontario Regional
• On-Campus Recruitment Conference
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• Jill Hooper
• Jill Hooper Consulting

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Agenda

• Dealing with Nervousness
• Delivery Skills

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Learning Objectives

• Improve your ability to control yourself and your
  audience
• Understand the principles of effective
  communication
• Increase your confidence to deliver effective
  presentations

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Dealing with Nervousness

• Reasons?
• Indicators?
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Differences in the Perceived Confidence of Public
Speakers
After 1st Presentation
After 14th Week
75
99
Looked Confident Felt Confident Was Nervous
Just Before Presenting
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65
99
99
  Source Secrets of Power Presentations by Peter
Urs Bender
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Dealing with Nervousness Before Presenting

• Prepare thoroughly
• Rehearse
• Think positively
• Dress comfortably and appropriately
• Arrive early
• Greet audience members as they arrive
• Breathe deeply

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Dealing with Nervousness During the
Presentation

• Use a strong, short opening
• Maintain eye contact
• Express enthusiasm
• Move with purpose
• Use gestures
• Develop and maintain rapport
• Stop and breathe

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Delivery Skills - Communication Factors
Factors
Impact
Verbal (words)   Para-verbal (sound)   Non-verbal
(visual)  
7   38   55  
  Source Decoding of Inconsistent Communication
by Dr. Albert Mehrabian
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Delivery Skills

• Para-verbal
• Volume
• Pace
• Tone
• Enunciation
• Pauses

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Delivery Skills

• Non-verbal 
• Eye contact
• Body movement
• Gestures
• Facial Expressions
• Posture

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The Seven Key Elements forMaking a Connection

• Eye contact
• Voice and vocal variety
• Posture and movement
• Gestures and facial expressions
• Verbal and non-verbal congruence
• Audience involvement
• Authenticity be your natural self!

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Thank You !

• Jill Hooper 
• jillhooper_at_sympatico.ca