Presentation Skills
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The document provides tips for effective presentations, including starting strongly with a story, question, or statistic; focusing on the audience; speaking clearly; making eye contact; and practicing. It also includes a self-assessment test for public speaking skills that addresses issues like nervousness, preparation, and engagement with the audience. The document emphasizes that practice is key to becoming a good speaker.
Presentation Skills
- 2. Objectives: 1. Identify the different presentation skills 2. Synthesize all the tips learned to make an effective presentation 3. Design an effective Presentation
- 8. Excellent Ways to Start a Presentation Tell a captivating storyTell a captivating story Show a photoShow a photo Ask though-provoking questionAsk though-provoking question
- 9. State a shocking statistic/ headlineState a shocking statistic/ headline Use a powerful quoteUse a powerful quote Use a prop / creative visual aidUse a prop / creative visual aid
- 11. 1. Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience 2. Focus on your Audience’s Needs 3. Keep it Simple: Concentrate on your Core Message 4. Smile and Make Eye Contact with your Audience
- 12. 5. Start Strongly 6. Use a font size of no less than 30 point in your PowerPoint presentation. 7. Tell Stories 8. Use your Voice Effectively 9. Use your Body Too 10. Relax, Breathe and Enjoy
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- 16. The Content should be relevant to the audience. Suit your presentation to your Audience and Venue Make frequent eye contact with the audience – pick two or three people seated in different places and look at them Make your Visual Aids support and not detract from the presentation Lastly, be prepared. Be confident !!!
- 19. The big moment has arrived . . . you knew it would . . . that's why you're here. You've been asked to speak to the morning gathering of the Chamber of Commerce. At the time they invited you it didn't seem like such a bad idea, but now the chairperson is introducing you, will momentarily announce your name and welcome you to the platform amid thunderous applause. Your stomach just did a flip flop, a strange numbness is starting to overtake your body, and is that a little perspiration on your forehead? We've all been there in that very spot waiting for the introducer to say our name and jolt us into reality. Ninety-nine percent of all speakers have some form of anxiety before they get up to speak.
- 21. 1.Occasionally I get nervous or have sweaty palms before I have to speak. 2. I am more concerned about "getting the speech over with" than making sure my audience is taking away information of value.
- 22. 3.I frequently lose my place in the middle of a speech. 4.I have a tendency to ramble on sometimes. 5. I'm often uncomfortable in Q & A sessions.
- 23. 6. My presentation opening is typically "thank you for inviting me here" or "I'm pleased to be here today". 7.My presentations frequently end without a call to action or suggestion of a next step.
- 24. 8. I read my presentation word for word. 9. I never seem to know what to do with my hands during the presentation. 10. I would like to have better eye contact with my audience.
- 25. Total all of it. Well, how did you score?
- 26. If you scored 100, congratulations . . . you can write next month's column! If you scored between 80 and 100, consider yourself to be a pretty good, competent speaker. You're fairly at home on the platform and almost always get your point across.
- 27. If you scored between 60 and 80, you are an average business speaker. You know where your shortcomings are and have a desire to be more effective in getting your message across. You have a few minor kinks that can be worked out. In today's challenging business environment you know you have to get better to stay competitive.
- 28. If you scored below 60 you have a lot of room to grow, but with dedication and practice you will become a better speaker. If you scored below 40, that indicates a lot of 3's and 4's on your test sheet, strongly indicating many areas on which you need to seriously focus if you are to improve your speaking skills.
- 29. Good speakers are made, not born.
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