Oral presentation techniques

1. Oral presentationtechniques By Jan Bollen

2. Agenda Situation Title Structure Agenda Storyline Production of slides Visual aids Practice Evaluation Gesture, Eye contact Breathing, Voice Repetition Introduction Body Key points Conclusion Questions Ending Yes YOU can

3. Situation • Consider the audience carefully !! • How big? • Who? • Level of knowledge? • Level of interest? • Resistance? • Time?

4. Title • Define your title in one short sentence • Be short • Direct

5. Structure • Basic structure • State questions during or after presentation

6. Agenda • State topics • If needed ask to turn off mobile phones

7. Storyline • Logically structure in body

8. Production of slides • One key message per slide! • 5 rules when preparing visual aids: • Keep it simple • Minimize words • List key points • Make letters large • Use color

9. Visual aids • Use visual aids to maximize the effectiveness of your presentation. • visualise ideas • keep speaker on track • generate interest • help information retention

10. Practice • Adequate rehearsal is essential for a good presentation • Development of each visual • Self-confidence • Timing • Practice Makes Perfect !!

11. Evaluation • Aftereverypresentation EVALUATE • Did the audience “get” the key points? • Were the visual aids clearanduseful? • Were the questions relevant? • Whenpossibleusewrittenevaluations

12. Gesture • Important in non-verbal communication • Emphasize points / Highlights • Audience attention

13. Eye Contact • Look at each member of your audience • Involvement • Trust / support • Interest • Spontaneous reaction

14. Breathing • Breathing is different fromnormalbreathing. • Breathingdeeperfor • Volume control • Emphasis (accents)

15. Voice • Critical part of a verbal presentation • Volume - speak to be heard • Modulation – vary the voice • Pause – make emphasis with pause

16. Repetition • Golden rule: repetition is valuable • Say what you are going to say, • Say it, • Say what you have just said.

17. Introduction • Very important • First impression • Getting contact • welcome your audience • introduce your subject • outline the structure of your presentation • give instructions about questions

18. Body • The body is the 'real' presentation. If the introduction was well prepared and delivered, you will now be 'in control'. You will be relaxed and confident. • The body should be well structured, divided up logically, with plenty of carefully spaced visuals.

19. Key points • do not hurry • be enthusiastic • Use questions / use pauses • give time on visuals / eye contact • modulate your voice / look friendly • keep to your structure / use your notes • remain polite when dealing with difficult questions

20. Conclusion • Use the conclusion to: • Sum up Give recommendations if appropriate • Thank your audience • Invite questions

21. Questions • Be polite • Repeat questions for the audience. • Reformulate a question • Difficult questions answer later • Stupid questions; out of range of presentation

22. Ending • Strong closing • You hope it was interesting • Thanking the audience for attending • Hope to see you next time

23. Yes YOU can • Any professional can become an effective presenter. • Knowledge is not enough. • Being able to communicate is equally important. • Investing time and effort in improving presentation skills is “always rewarded”.

24. Summary key wordConfidence ?? • What is confidence? • Is it important? • How toimprove? • Is itdepending on other persons? • You feel shy? • You feel negative? • You feel underdog?

25. Summary key wordConfidence !!