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Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills. “Please don’t make me talk to that audience!”. Sharon Bishin January 2012. “Great speakers are not born, they’re trained.” Dale Carnegie. “I aced it!. A udience C ontent E ducate D elivery. Other things to consider:. How formal is your presentation?

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Presentation Skills

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  1. Presentation Skills “Please don’t make me talk to that audience!” Sharon Bishin January 2012

  2. “Great speakers are not born, they’re trained.”Dale Carnegie

  3. “I aced it! • A udience • C ontent • E ducate • D elivery

  4. Other things to consider: How formal is your presentation? What is your message? Where will you deliver your presentation? Are there any time or budget limitations? How much time do you have available for your presentation? Who is going to introduce you? Who is your audience?

  5. What is the best presentation you have ever attended?

  6. A nalysis -Who are they? How many? Diversity? Understanding - Their knowledge of the subject? Demographics - Age, Gender, Educational Background? I nterest - Why are they there? E nvironment - Where will it be? Needs - To be informed, persuaded, entertained? Customize - Most relevant topics? Expectations - What are they expecting? Who is your audience? Cannexus12

  7. WIIFM

  8. “Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.” Luciano Pavarotti

  9. Building Content

  10. Develop your material Resource: Mindtools.com

  11. Need, Value & Relevance

  12. Focus What is the single most important idea you want to communicate? Why? (Describe) What is the next most important Idea? What other information do you want to include? 1. 2. 3.

  13. Clarity. Repetition. The Rule of Tell’Em Tell’Em what you are going to Tell’Em Tell it to them Tell’Em what you told them

  14. Purpose What is the purpose of the presentation? □ Inform □ Motivate □ Persuade □ Share □ Inspire □ Other (describe)

  15. Refine Your Timeline Organization

  16. Transfer of Knowledge "Tell me and I will forget, show me and I will remember, involve me and I will understand.“

  17. Magic Formula= Engage Your Audience Facts = Limited learning and recall potential Facts + Explanations = Learning and recall Improved slightly Facts + Explanation + Teaching Aids = Learning and recall Improved significantly Facts + Explanation + Teaching Aids + Emotion = Best Learning and Recall

  18. Storytelling

  19. Visual Aids • To arouse and maintain interest • To simplify instruction • To accelerate learning as more senses are involved • To aid retention

  20. Open With Punch: Capture their Attention • Use a rhetorical question • Offer a startling statistic • Make a statement or produce a quotation

  21. Conclude strongly: Four Main Steps • Signal that you are concluding • Summarize your main points - Tell’Em what you Told’Em • Suggest a memorable statement • Thank your audience for coming

  22. Your Individual Trainer Style Be true to yourself

  23. Non verbal messages • Movement • Gestures • Facial Expressions Cannexus12

  24. Speaking Voice: Four Rules • Project your voice • Vary your tone of voice • Pace - slower than regular speech • Pause - just before a key point and before moving on to the next segment of your presentation

  25. Dealing with Anxiety Organize Visualize Practice Breathe Focus on Relaxing Release Tension Move Make Eye Contact

  26. Tough Participants • Ignore • Set Limits • Directly Address • Side Conversations

  27. Practice Deliver a 90 second description of something you are going to do differently in 2012 than in 2011 – at work or with your family – and why? • To whom are you speaking? • What is the essence of what you want to say and in what order? • How could you deliver it with punch?

  28. Resources ONLINE: • www.moderatorclub.org (Toastmasters public speaking groups) • www.newentrepreneur.com/presenta/planner.pdf (presentation planning) • www.patriciafripp.com (presentation skills) • www.susanfee.com (communication skills)

  29. Resources PRINTED: • Decker, B. You’ve Got to Be Believed to Be Heard: The Complete Book of Speaking in Business and in Life! (Revised Edition). New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2008. • Dieken, C. Talk Less, Say More; Three Habits to Influence Others and Make Things Happen. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, 2009. • Stolovitch, H and Keeps, E. Telling Ain’t Training. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press, 2002. • Zack, D. Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected. San Francisco: Barrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2010.

  30. Thank you! Sharon Bishin Corporate & Employability Trainer (514) 342-0000 loc. 3329 sharon.bishin@ometz.ca

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