Presentation Skills Workshop

1. Presentation Skills Workshop Rudy Prosser GISP CTT+Instructor, Esri Keera Morrish CTT+Instructor, Esri

2. Why are you here? Share your knowledge • Encapsulate • Engage • Empower Presentation Skills Workshop

3. What we will cover Share your knowlege • Building your story • Organize your presentation • Design effective slides • Make it real with a demo • Delivering your message • Speak confidently • Engage, enthuse • Manage questions Presentation Skills Workshop

4. Organize your presentation Build your story Presentation Skills Workshop

5. Reality & the task at hand Build your story • Time • What to include • How to present Presentation Skills Workshop

6. The tyrany of time Tell your story • 20 minutes • Answer • Who? • What? • Why? • How? • Benefits? • Lessons? • What’s in it for me? • Best practice – 80% Presentation Skills Workshop

7. What to include? Build your story • Review your abstract • Select the essentials & prioritize • Need • Good • Nice • 3D Visuals for Modeling Spatial Analysis • Track: Analysis, Geoprocessing and Visualization • Presenter(s): Prof. E. McSquared PhD • Using only 2D DEM data from an actual case study of the Mount St. Helens volcano, the presenter will demonstrate how to use ArcGIS Spatial and 3D Analyst tools to create a 2D polygon feature class representing the material displaced in the massive 1980 eruption. That data set will then be rendered using ArcScene to create an interactive 3D visualization. Presentation Skills Workshop

8. Determine how to present Build your story Presentation Skills Workshop

9. Slides Build your story Presentation Skills Workshop

10. How many slides? Build your story 7 to 11 slides 2 to 3 minutes per slide 20 minutes + = Presentation Skills Workshop

11. Design your slides Build your story • ONE major concept per slide • Use graphics over words • Animate appropriately • Be concise, be specific • Begin with active verbs • Avoid jargon • Avoid acronyms & abbreviations • Spelling matters! Presentation Skills Workshop

12. Create your slides Build your story • Set a consistent look & feel • Be careful with copy-and-paste • Remember the back of the room Presentation Skills Workshop

13. Examples - Do Build your story Presentation Skills Workshop

14. Animation Example: ArcGIS Server architecture at 10.1 Build your story GIS Services Service Authorization Authentication GIS Tier Internal Web Tier ExternalWeb Tier Application Tier Proxy Page SOM IIS ArcGIS Web LAN DCOM LAN HTTPS HTTPS Enterprise Geodatabase SOC SOC Reverseproxy custom code for ArcGIS tokens IIS SQL Server users & roles Windows security store agsadmin ArcGIS tokens DMZ Web Internal Network Presentation Skills Workshop

15. Demos Make it real Presentation Skills Workshop

16. Effective demo techniques Make it real • Describe process / workflow • Highlight results • Showcase functionality Presentation Skills Workshop

17. Build your demo Make it real • Keep it simple • Pre-process steps • Script it! • Demo steps & key points • Setup and reset Dynamic Image Application Presentation Skills Workshop

18. Demo Make it real Presentation Skills Workshop

19. The presentation Deliver your message Presentation Skills Workshop

20. Speak effecitively Deliver your message • Mind your appearance • Dress for success • Look in the mirror • Create a strong presence • Confident body language • Active eye contact • Utilize your voice • Project and enunciate • Modulate tone & volume Presentation Skills Workshop

21. Connect with your audience Deliver your message • Actively assess audience’s mood • Keep them engaged • Tell a story • Relate anecdotes • Ask questions • Evoke enthusiasm Presentation Skills Workshop

22. Answer their questions Deliver your message • Decide how to handle questions • During, at end, or designated moment • Wait for the question • Repeat the question • Address answers generally • Know when to defer or deflect • OK to say “I don’t know”… but • Identify supporting resources • Follow up Presentation Skills Workshop

23. Combat nervousness • It’s NOT about you • Be prepared • Know your stuff • Practice, practice, practice • Plan for contingencies • Address physical needs • Breathe • Have water handy • Use the restroom • Eat and sleep Presentation Skills Workshop

24. Conclusion Pulling it all together Presentation Skills Workshop

25. Encapusulate, engage, empower Pulling it all together • Build your story • Tell a credible story • Make it “real” with a demo • Deliver your message • Focus on the content • Appearance, presence, voice • Beat nerves • Enjoy the spotlight…! Presentation Skills Workshop

26. Speaker Resources Pulling it all together • Speak Resource Center • Room 33B/C • Presentation Skills hand-out • Presentation Skills Workshop • Monday, July 15th 4:00 PM • Tuesday, July 16th 7:00 AM • Tuesday, July 16th 12:00 PM • Wednesday, July 17th 12:00 PM Presentation Skills Workshop

27. Thank you… Please fill out the session survey: First Offering ID: 2034 (7/14, 4:00 PM) Second Offering ID: 2035 (7/15, 7:00 AM) Third Offering ID: 2036 (7/15, 12:00 PM) Fourth Offering ID: 2037 (7/16, 12:00 PM) Online – www.esri.com/ucsessionsurveys Paper – pick up and put in drop box Presentation Skills Workshop

28. Questions? Rudy Prosser GISP CTT+Instructor, Esri Keera Morrish CTT+Instructor, Esri Presentation Skills Workshop

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