Presentation skills
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The document outlines 10 rules for effective presentation skills: 1. Do not read directly from notes as it breaks rapport with the audience. Refer to notes if needed but rehearse thoroughly. 2. Maintain eye contact with the audience to build trust and focus on them, not slides or other materials. 3. Avoid nervous gestures like fidgeting or swaying as they reflect poorly on the speaker's confidence and credibility. Practice presentations to identify and eliminate distracting mannerisms.
Presentation skills
- 2. 03/07/15 2 Presentation skills Rule No.1 • It breaks down the rapport between the speaker and his audience. • You may refer to notes from time to time • Review your material to the point • Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple is known to spend gruelling hours internalising the presentation. Do not read from the notes
- 3. 03/07/15 3 Presentation skills Rule No.2 Maintain eye contact • Eye contact is critical to building trust, credibility and rapport • Avoid looking at everything but the audience -- a wall, a desk, or a computer. • You are speaking for the benefit of your listeners. Speak to them, not to the slides.
- 4. 03/07/15 4 Presentation skills Rule No.3 Fidgeting, jiggling, and swaying • Reflects nervousness or insecurity. • Inspire no confidence in the speaker. • Eliminate small annoying gestures or mannerisms • The solution is simple. Videotape your presentations or rehearsals from time to time to catch your flaws.
- 5. 03/07/15 5 Presentation skills Rule No.4 Rehearse your presentation! • Cisco CEO John Chambers spends hours rehearsing every component of his presentations, from the material to the flow of slides to when and where he's going to walk among the audience. It's preparation to the extreme, but it works.
- 6. 03/07/15 6 Presentation skills Rule No.5 • Standing at attention like a soldier waiting for orders might work for the army, but it makes presentations tedious. • Move, walk, use hand gestures. Great speakers are animated in voice and body. R E L A X !
- 7. 03/07/15 7 Presentation skills Rule No.6 • Trust that the audience can read for themselves. • Slides (or any visual) act as a complement to the speaker, not the other way around. • Do not write too many words on the slide. – A good rule of thumb is four words across and six lines down. • Include a story, anecdote, example to add color DO NOT READ OUT THE BULLET POINTS
- 8. 03/07/15 8 Presentation skills Rule No.7 • Great communicators grab their listeners' attention right out of the gate. • Audiences remember the first thing you say and the last. • Tell your listeners why they should be excited about your content. Excite the audience
- 9. 03/07/15 9 Presentation skills Rule No.8 • Great communicators look the part. • Always dress appropriately for the culture, but a little better than everyone else. The dress code …
- 10. 03/07/15 10 Presentation skills Rule No.9 • Most presenters believe the middle of their presentation contains the really important content. • It might, but most listeners will walk away from a presentation remembering what was said at the end. • Go ahead and summarize what you just said in the presentation, • Leave your audience with one key thought -- something they didn't know that makes their jaws drop in collective awe. Seek action at the end
- 11. 03/07/15 11 Presentation skills Rule No.10 • Studies show that listeners lose their attention after 18 minutes. • Many presentators think that the longer they speak, the more important they sound. Nothing could be further from the truth. • Leadership requires the ability to articulate a message that's passionate, clear, and concise. • Edit everything you say The golden “18 minute” rule
- 12. 03/07/15 12 Presentation skills..A Summary
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