Presentations skills for business
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This document provides guidance on business communication skills. It emphasizes that communication is critical for both individual and organizational success. It then offers tips for improving communication abilities, reducing public speaking fears, and giving effective presentations and meetings. These tips include thorough preparation, knowing your audience, clear organization, confident delivery, active listening, and avoiding common mistakes. The overall message is that communication skills are key to both personal and professional success.
Presentations skills for business
- 1. Business Communications Session Magician Willie Johnson, DTM & PS www.williejay.com
- 2. Communication is the lifeblood of any organization. Everything flows from it and is nourished by it. Key to Your Success! Key to Your Company’s Success!
- 3. Benefits of Being a Good Communicator Be invited to sit at the decision-making table Gain respect of your peers, followers, and leaders. Have a forum for your ideas. Rise in your career Win supporters Earn right to be a leader
- 4. Taming Fear & Nervousness There are no tricks to getting over the fear of speaking in public.
- 5. “5 Ways to Reduce Fear” 1. Focus Energy and Preparation 2. Pause for Power 3. Practice 4. Positive Mindset 5. RELAX!!
- 6. The Essentials Be Thoroughly Prepared! Know your subject and material *Remember: If It Is Worth Doing – It Is Worth Doing Right! Know Your Audience Organization
- 7. Organizing Your Material ** Be Logical !!** You Are The Salesperson of Your Material Introduction Body Close If it is worth doing, It is worth doing right! Remember Your Outline!!
- 8. Putting It All Together Delivery With Impact!!
- 9. The Essentials: The Communication Process Voice / Tone Clear – Firm – Feeling Don’t talk too fast Keep Body Language up-beat Use Effective Gestures Listening Be in the moment
- 10. The Essentials: “Mistakes to Avoid” Poor first impression Objectives not communicate Poor facial expression No enthusiasm / conviction No group involvement Weak close / no action items
- 11. Putting It All Together Meetings: To Be or Not To Be! Impromptu Speaking
- 12. Top 7 Ways Ducks Hold Meetings No one pays attention Lengthy Monologues No one in control Lack of organization More than 1 duck quacks at a time Ducks come and go No minutes
- 13. Meeting Magic: M +A +G +I +C= Success 1. Meet or Not Deciding that a meeting is, or isn’t, the best tool for the job 2. Agenda? With the end in mind, prepare carefully and get what you want. 3. Guidelines? Conducting the meeting with confidence.
- 14. Meeting Magic M +A +G +I +C= Success 4. Involvement? The most common reason for meeting 5. Clarity? Communication throughout leads to success
- 15. Impromptu Speaking Listen (seek understanding) Pause (allows time to organize) Confirm (helps prepare response) Tell (express your thoughts) End! (emphasize main points) Stop talking!
- 16. Putting It All Together Business Presentations
- 17. Business Presentation - Defined Productive Results Relevant Content Preparation Designed To Meet Your Needs and Your Audience’s Needs Transitions Time Management
- 18. The “Prepared” Presentation (6 Steps to Success) Define Objectives Design Close Create Opening Outline Body Add Spice Visual Aids Tailor To Audience Practice
- 19. Delivering with Impact It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it. It’s how you look, when you say it and do it
- 20. Session Conclusion Be Yourself! Communication is the KEY to your success! Communication is the KEY to your company’s success!
Editor's Notes
- #13: Do the meetings you facilitate and or attend resemble meeting held by ducks? (** Explain each one of the 7 bullet points ) You must admit – this is certainly not the way to conduct a meeting. Instead, the best way to conduct a meeting is a lot like a magic show. You have a group of people, coming together trying to reach a common goal. It all starts with having a magic formula