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PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ

PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ. BY FANNIE M. SMITH 40 TH AMBTS AUGUST 6-7, 2009 GRAND RAPIDS, MI. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ OBJECTIVES. Enhance your ability to communicate with confidence Share tips and secrets for powering up your presentations Share and demonstrate energizing icebreakers

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PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ

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  1. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ BY FANNIE M. SMITH 40TH AMBTS AUGUST 6-7, 2009 GRAND RAPIDS, MI

  2. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZOBJECTIVES • Enhance your ability to communicate with confidence • Share tips and secrets for powering up your presentations • Share and demonstrate energizing icebreakers • Provide techniques to use in becoming a polished speaker

  3. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ What is communication?

  4. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ What is the heart of Communication?

  5. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ • Listening requires mental and physical activity • We spend 80 percent of each day listening • Listening is our most frequent used communication skill • Research shows that 40 percent of your professional salary is earned by listening.

  6. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ • Listening Exercise • The Cash Register Story

  7. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Organize using the “Three Tell ‘Ems” • The Opening Tell ‘Em What You’re Gonna’ Tell ‘Em • The Body Tell ‘Em • The Closing Tell ‘Em What You’ve Told ‘Em

  8. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Provide a Road Map • First (Main idea #1) • Secondly (Main idea #2) • Thirdly (Main idea #3)

  9. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Tell Them Why They Should Care (WII-FM) • What’s • In • It • For • Me

  10. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Speak on Purpose • Reveal the four critical secrets to . . .” • “Prove to you . . .” • “Show you the three advantages of . . .” • “Introduce you to . . .” • “Give you a guided tour of . . .” • “Share with you three proven strategies for . . .” • “Provide you the four key ingredients for . . .”

  11. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Use Their Names • Examples • Do Not Embarrass Anyone

  12. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Increase the “You Factor” • “ You” is one of the top five selling words • Listener’s ears perk up with “You or Your”

  13. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It! • _______per cent of your message comes from tone, inflection and facial expressions • _______per cent of your message comes from your actual words account

  14. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Make Your Point As Simple as Pie • State your point. - “My first point is . . .” 2. Illustrate your point. - “For example . . .” - “Allow me to demonstrate . . .”, - “Let me share a story with you . . .” - “Here’s a picture . . .” 3. Emphasize the importance to the listeners. - “Here’s how this impacts . . . “

  15. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Ice Breakers and Energizers • Used to Introduce a Meeting • Energizers used at different points of an event • Sample Ice Breakers/Energizers

  16. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ End With A Bang Not a Whimper • Recommendation • Challenge • Prediction • A Simple Parting Thought or Quote

  17. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ The Presenter’s Compass • Checkpoint 1. Make Reservations • Checkpoint 2. Check Your Itinerary • Checkpoint 3. Stand and Deliver • Checkpoint 4. Watch out for Turbulence • Checkpoint 5. Prepare for Landing

  18. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Six Secrets to Spice Things Up and Not Be Boring • Tip #1 – Stories • Tip #2 – Quotations • Tip #3 – Jokes • Tip #4 – Startling facts • Tip #5 - Rhetorical questions • Tip #6 - Definitions

  19. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Six Tricks to Eliminate Ums, Ahs, and You Know from Your Presentation • Practice your presentations out loud • Record your practice presentation and real presentation • Try to catch the start of “um and “ah • Keep a glass or water handy • Increase your eye contact • Get a “presentation buddy”

  20. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Seven Proven Ways To Polish Your Delivery • Tip #1 – Dress for Success • Tip #2 - Smile • Tip #3 – Stand Proudly • Tip#4 – Gesture • Tip #5 – Make Eye Contact • Tip #6 – Put Some Fire In Your Voice • Tip #7 – Speak with E-N-T-H-U-S-I-A- M!

  21. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Eliminate Presentation Anxiety • Tip #1 – It’s Good To Be Nervous • Tip #2 – Don’t’ Try To Be Perfect • Tip #3 – Visualize Your Success • Tip #4 – Arrive At Least An Hour Early • Tip #5 – Don’t Tell Others That You Are Nervous

  22. PRESENTING WITH PIZAZZ Ten Sure-Fire Ways To Eliminate Presentation Anxiety cont’d • Tip #6 Avoid Caffeinated and Alcoholic Drinks • Tip #7 Breathe • Tip #8 Pause and Sip • Tip #9 Make Eye Contact • Tip #10 Practice, Practice, Practice

  23. PRESENTING WITH PIZZAZZ References • Speaking Out, Cynthia Small • Ice Breakers and Teambuilding Exercises by Gregory Smith www.ChartCourse.com • Death by PowerPoint by David 23Greenberg • 36 Teambuilding Games by David Greenberg

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