al badia cement – iust presentation 28 th,march, 2012
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Al Badia Cement – IUST Presentation 28th ,March, 2012
www.albadiacement.com
ABOUT AL BADIA CEMENT
Al Badia Cement– One of the largest industrial
projects in Syria– Authorized and Paid capital of
9,76 billion Syrian pounds– Annual licensed production
capacity of 3.2 million tons
Cement plant– Located in Abo-El-Shamat area
• 80 km north east Damascus – Palmyra road
– First line is producing 1.6 million tons of quality Portland cement by.
Products
Quality Portland Cement– Our Product AL JAMAL cement
• OPC CEM I 32.5
• OPC CEM I 42.5
How cement is produced:– Animated tour of the cement
production process(Available on our website)
– A photo gallery with images ofmodern constructions utilizingcement
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Contacts
You can check our general contact page on our website.
Visitors will be able to contact each
department for their concerns.
Apply on line and upload your CV.
The ability to download road and
location maps to the company’s
Head Quarters and Al Badia
Cement Plant as well.
Thank you!
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Welcome all !
Introduction
It is a great pleasure to be invited by IUST’s Career Centre to make this presentation which is in fact a lively example of its topic. Despite the fact that presentation skills are for many considered as an innate skill, it could be structured, planned and made effective for the most fearing of public speaking amongst us. Natural presenters are often tempted to be
over-confident thus leading to little preparation, subjective handling of the topic and greater dependence on the personality of the presenter rather than the actual benefit for the audience. If a presentation task is assigned to you either mandatorily or voluntarily,
make sure you invest enough time to prepare a structured presentation to ensure the best of results. Make sure you never use such a jammed slide and ask the audience to read it as you will lose contact with the audience. A very small percentage will be interested
enough to read it but the remainder will be disinterested by such a dull slide. Remember it is a presentation, not a text book reading assignment.
Your presence has to add value to what the audience can obtain on their own! Good luck!
Presentations Skills
IUST Students
March 28th, 2012
Presenter: Rouba Khouri
MBA HRM Liverpool UK 2005
HR Manager Al Badia Cement
Session Agenda
1. What went wrong? 2. Importance of Presentation Skills 3. Session Objectives4. The Pillars of a Presentation5. Developing Content6. Mastering the Tools7. Establishing Charisma8. Presentation Skills in a nutshell9. To Kill A Presentation – The Steve Jobs Way10.References11.Questions & Answers
What went wrong?
Late Unaware of the audience Tools are not functioning Stressed Illegible Slide Jammed Slide Talking very fast Telephone ringing Fillers
Your Expectations
Importance of Presentation Skills
University Assignments Employment Selection Task Job Requirement (From Sales to Finance….) Communication could be an event’s worst
enemy or best ally Organized way of thinking in every day’s life
Session Objectives
Breaking down a presentation into its three main pillars (success factors)
Getting acquainted with the components of these pillars
Gaining the required confidence to speak publicly by knowing how to prepare a structured presentation
Pillars of the Presentation
Developing Content
Generic Tips
Ensure to be familiar with the topic you are presenting
Ensure you have researched it in depth
Ensure you are posted with the latest updates about the topic
It is preferable if you have personal interest in the topic you are presenting
Content
Developing the Introduction
Introduce the Presentation’s Agenda (the main points are ideally 2-4)
State the expected duration of the Presentation
Highlight the importance of the Presentation’s topic
State the Presentation’s Objectives
Content
Developing the Body
– Develop two to four main points. Streamline your topic and summarize its principal parts.
– Arrange the points logically: • chronologically, • from most important to least important, • by comparison and contrast• by some other strategy.
Consistency and logic are key to effective assimilation by your recipients
Content
Transitions within the Body
To keep your audience attached:
–Prepare transitions. • Use “bridge” statements between major
parts (I’ve just discussed three reasons for X; now I want to move to Y).
• Use verbal signposts (however, for example, etc.).
–Question their understanding of the material so far covered
Content
Developing the Conclusion
– Provide a final focus:– Review your main points.– Review the Presentation’s Objectives– Provide Final Recommendations – Ensure you clearly state your references– Plan a graceful exit.
Content
Mastering the Tools
Generic Tips
Ensure to be familiar with the Tools you are using.
Ensure the set up is ready and tested
Don’t over complicate the tools
Ensure the tools are suitable to the content & audience
Tools
The Presentation Medium
Types of Media : Powerpoint Presentation Flip Chart (Brainstorming) White Board (solving, explanation) Overhead & transparencies Handouts
Medium Selection – Media Mix Size of audience Degree of formality desired. Cost, ease of preparation, and potential effectiveness.
Tools
Marrying Content with Tools
Highlight the main ideas only:
– Avoid Jammed Slides– Focus on major concepts only.– Present Graphs, Charts & Images to explain your ideas– Avoid overkill. Showing too many graphics reduces
effectiveness.– Keep all visuals simple.
“Simplicity is the ultimate Sophistication” Steve Jobs
Tools
Marrying Content with Tools
Ensure visibility:
– Use large type for transparencies and slides.– Position the screen high enough to be seen.– Be sure all audience members can see.– Don’t favour design on clarity (avoid dark slides)
Tools
Marrying Content with Tools
Ensure reliability:
– Proof read, ensure the spelling is correct.– Do not use informal language– Don’t introduce acronyms with explaining them at
their first occurrence ABC, DND… – Avoid any chat shortcuts not 2 offend z audience
– Avoid too many colours– Avoid too many fonts and UNJUSTIFIED CAPITAL &
BOLD CHARACTERS.
Tools
Marrying Content with Tools
Practice using your visual aids.
– Rehearse your talk, perfecting the handling of your visual aids.
– DO NOT READ the slides, use them to help you remember what you want to say.
– Practice talking to the audience and not to the visual.
Tools
The Audience
Don’t let it become your enemy – make use of it:
Establish the session’s rules Interact with the audience
Question it and ask for its contributionDon’t underestimate it!
Tools
Establishing Charisma
Commanding Charisma
Charisma
Charisma
What is Communication?
Communication is the transmission of an idea or feeling so that the sender and receiver share the same understanding.
It occurs when the ideas from your mind are transferred to another’s and arrive intact, complete, and coherent.
CharismaCommunication
What are the most common channels of Communication?
Spoken Word
Written Word
Visual Images
Body Language
CharismaCommunication
Communication Channels in a Presentation
Verbal CommunicationVerbal Communication
Visual Communication Visual Communication
Body Language Body Language
Communication Charisma
Components of Verbal Communication
ClarityClarityIntonationIntonation
PacePaceListeningListening
CharismaCommunication
Clarity
• You need to pronounce each syllable of each word properly to sound educated and be heard.
• Avoid FILLERS, they bore, annoy and detach your audience: – “Uh…”, “Umm…”, “You Know…”, “Anyway…”,
“Like…”, “Kind-ah…”
• Speak in a pure and precise way
• Explain Jargon and Acronyms
CharismaCommunication
Intonation
• You need to use variations in your voice pitch to keep the audience appealed
• Take pauses, especially before important statements and new ideas.
• Use a higher pitch when starting a new idea or focusing on an important point
CharismaCommunication
Pace
• Speaking too quickly is one of the most common speech problems when we’re excited or stressed.
• Speak slowly and rephrase your sentences to allows your listener to understand.
CharismaCommunication
Listening
• To listen actively, you need to change from one dimensional communication to being receptive of your audience’s body language
• Try to read between the line, your audience’s interests and expectations
CharismaCommunication
Visual Communication
Tools
CharismaCommunication
Improving Body Language
Maintain eye contact (the third eye….) Move around reasonably – not to distract the
audience nor to sink in your place Gesticulate, Don’t take an offensive posture Take care of your appearance – dress properly Smile genuinely Keep appropriate distance Touch only when appropriate
CharismaCommunication
Symptoms of Stage Fright
• Stomach butterflies
• Pounding heart
• Shortage of breath
• Sweaty palms
• Dry throat
• Unsteady voice
• Trembling hands
• Stuttering
CharismaStage Fright
Overcoming Stage Fright
– Select a familiar, relevant topic.
– Prepare 150 %.
– Practice in front of family and friends – especially people who know little about your topic to get feed back on its added value
– Shift the focus from yourself to your visuals.
– Give yourself permission to make an occasional mistake.
– Ignore stumbles; keep going. Don’t apologize.– Make the listeners your partners. Get them involved.
CharismaStage Fright
Tips to Charisma
Nail the intro and the close.Introduction – Drama whenever possible
– Get the audience involved.– Capture attention by opening with a promise, story,
startling fact, question, quotation, relevant problem, or self-effacing story.
– Establish your credibility by identifying your position, expertise, knowledge, or qualifications.
Make sure you have a strong close that reiterates your main talking points.
Charisma
Tips to Charisma
Although Charisma is mainly innate, it could be developed through
1.Preparation2.Practice
3.Practice &
4.Preparation!
Charisma
Recap
Presentation Skills in a Nutshell
Know your subject – research it – establish credibility
Determine the type of presentation: annual meeting, awareness session, training…
Know your audience Have a clear agenda Define objectives (what’s in it for me?) Visit the premises Use Presentation Tools - Ensure the set up is ready Be on time - Don’t allow interruptions Interact with the audience – establish eye-contact
Presentation Skills in a Nutshell
Revisit agenda in the course of presentation Be Straight to the point Control your Pace of Speech Don’t read – present Explain Jargon & acronyms Dress for the Event Use positive body language – move around Don’t
waste time arguing – take it outside the presentation time
Keep audience attracted (duration – visual ) Move around
To Kill the Presentation
Act 1: Create the StoryAct 2: Deliver the ExperienceAct 3: Refine and Rehearse
To Kill the Presentation
The single most important thing you can do todramatically improve your presentations is to have a story to tell before you work on your PowerPoint file.
– Cliff Atkinson, Beyond Bullet Points
To Kill the Presentation
If information is presented orally, people remember about 10% of the content 72 hours later. That figure goes up to 65% if you add a
picture
Apple
10% 65%
To Kill the Presentation
Cisco did some studies and found that body language and vocal tone account for about 63% of communication. That confirms other studies that found the majority of the impression we make has little to do with the actual words.
Of course, you can’t improve yourbody language and vocal delivery unless you..
PRACTICE
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To Kill the Presentation
HAVE FUN!
Most presenters lose sight of the fact that audiences want to be informed and entertained.
A Jobs presentation is infotainment – he teaches his audience something new, reveals new products and has fun doing it.
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References
Presentation Skills (anonymous) Effective Communication Skills (anonymous) The Keys to Effective Communication
(anonymous) 9 Tips to control every meeting (anonymous) Verbal Communication (Jai Bakshi Corporate Head
– HR; JCO Gas Pipe Limited) The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs (Carmine
Gallo, Columnist Businessweek.com)
Did the Presentation meet your Expectations?
Questions & Answers
Thank You!
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