Effective Presentations

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Effective Presentations

MGT C24 Managerial Skills
Saira Rachel Mall, Presentation Skills
Coordinator, Communications Reference
Librarian Teaching Learning Services, Academic
Resources lt http//tls.utsc.utoronto.ca/instructio
n/presentation/default.htm gt
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What can a presentation do for you?

• Puts your ideas on display

• Communicate a message

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Objectives

• Effective Presentation
• The message
• Organize/ format presentation
• Respond to audience
• Time

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Agenda

• The Plan
• Handle your Nerves
• Practice
• Show Time!
• Reflection and Evaluation

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The Plan

• Whats the Point?
• Identify audience
• Structure
• Presentation Components 3 Parts
• Visual Aids

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Whats the point?

• Why do people need to know about your topic?
• Where does your topic fit into the rest of the
  course, or the rest of the chapter?

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The Plan

• Whats the Point?
• Identify audience
• Main point from their perspective
• Achieve objectives
• Structure
• Presentation Components 3 Parts
• Visual Aids

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The Plan

• Whats the Point?
• Identify audience
• Structure
• Order thoughts for you and audience
• Warning too much structure
• Presentation Components 3 Parts
• Visual Aids

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The Plan

• Whats the Point?
• Identify audience
• Structure
• Presentation Components 3 Parts
• Bottom Line
• What you learned
• So! The Bottom Line is(link back to Bottom Line)
  
• Visual Aids

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Presentation Components3 Parts
Bottom Line
What you learned
So! The Bottom Line is
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Practice Presentation
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Bottom Line How do rehabilitation
professionals cope with job stress? What you
Learned (NOT how you learned it) If you need
help ask for it! This applies not only to rehab
professionals managing their clients treatment
but managing their own stress levels. Once a
rehab professional asks for help and, when they
understand the context of their professional
duties (i.e., participating in change, job
appraisals) they achieve greater life and job
satisfaction. Basically they are happier
people. So! The Bottom Line is (link back to
Bottom Line) Therefore, to cope with job
stress, rehabilitation professionals must learn
to manage not only patient related stress but
their own personal stress and professional stress
by being trained to communicate effectively,
adopting interpersonal skills and managerial
skills and knowledge.
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The Plan

• Whats the Point?
• Identify audience
• Structure
• Presentation Components 3 Parts
• Visual Aids

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Visual Aids

• Do you need visuals?
• Appropriate
• Design (i.e., font contrast colour, background
  colour)
• Name on slide or blackboard
• Dont be a slave to the visual aid!
• Anticipate problems?
• Guidelines for Visuals (see pdf on Presentation
  Skills web site)

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Agenda

• The Plan
• Handle your Nerves
• Practice
• Show Time!
• Reflection and Evaluation

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Handling your Nerves

• Relax!
• Prepare
• Index cards
• Remember your purpose!
• Audience will listen not judge

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Agenda

• The Plan
• Handle your Nerves
• Practice
• Show Time!
• Reflection and Evaluation

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Practice, Practice, Practice!

• Rehearsal is important
• Do NOT memorize
• Think critically of subject
• Reduce anxiety
• Budget time

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Presentation Tips

• Introduce yourself
• Clearly state main point
• Provide agenda

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Agenda

• The Plan
• Handle your Nerves
• Practice
• Show Time!
• Reflection and Evaluation

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Show Time!Presentation Techniques

• Voice

• Body

• Attitude

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Show Time!Presentation Techniques

• Inflection
• Volume
• Pauses

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Show Time!Presentation Techniques

• Body

• Stance
• Dont slouch
• Communicates confidence
• Allows movement

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Show Time!Presentation Techniques

• Body

• Movement
• Address entire audience
• Gestures connected voice
• Eye contact made regularly

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Show Time!Presentation Techniques

• Attitude

• Enthusiasm!!!
• Audience interest
• Conviction
• Self-confidence
• Establishes credibility

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Agenda

• The Plan
• Handle your Nerves
• Practice
• Show Time!
• Reflection and Evaluation

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Reflection Evaluation

• Did you
• Communicate effectively
• Clearly identify the message
• Organize and structure information
• Assess the situation
• i.e., audience and purpose

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Reflection Evaluation

• Did you
• Keep within time
• Need graphics and visuals
• Rehearse

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ConclusionObjectives of Effective Communication

• The message
• Organize/ format presentation
• Respond to audience
• Time

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Help!?

• Meet with Professor
• Book appointment
• mall_at_utsc.utoronto.ca
• Visit Presentation Skills web site
• lt http//tls.utsc.utoronto.ca/instruction/presenta
  tion/default.htm gt

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Agenda

• The Plan
• Handle your Nerves
• Practice
• Show Time!
• Reflection and Evaluation

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Help!?

• Meet with Professor
• Book appointment
• mall_at_utsc.utoronto.ca
• Visit Presentation Skills web site
• lt http//tls.utsc.utoronto.ca/instruction/presenta
  tion/default.htm gt