presentation skills dr. norma ryan. greatest fears 3,000 surveyed public speaking (41%) heights...
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Presentation Skills Dr. Norma Ryan
Greatest fears
3,000 surveyed
Public speaking (41%)Heights Insects, Financial problemsDeep waterIllnessDeath
“Public speaking a fate worse than death”
Exercise: The good and the bad
Overview
•Audience Focus
•Key Message
•Connectedness
Audience FocusAudience focus
The attention curve
Audience
Attention
Time
Conclusion
Start
Typical attention an audience pays to an average presentation
Ideal attention curve
Audience
Attention
TimeIdeal attention of an audience when the speaker
divides the talk in recognisable parts, each summarised by intermediate conclusions
Introduction Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3
Intermediateconclusions
Conclusion
Learning styles
Thinkers
Reflector(feeling)
Observes & reflects
Theorist(thinking)
Wants to understand underlying reasons, concepts,
relationships
Doers
Pragmatist(watching)
Likes to “have a go” try
things to see if they work
Activist(doing)
Prefers doing and
experiencing
The rule of three
Friends,
Romans,
Countrymen
The good, bad & the ugly
Stop,
Look &
Listen
Engage the brain
Bird
Picture superiority effect
Remember72 hours later
BIRD
10% 65%
Window of opportunity
2.5 – 5% of your total communication time
Key MessageKey message
The Four Ps
•Plan•Prepare•Practice •Present
Make it work
• PRESENT
• PRACTICE
• PREPARE
• PLAN(Lisa b. Marshall)
Where to start
Brainstorm for• Why
• Who
• What
• How
• When
• Where
Plan
Prepare
Practice
Present
Define objective of talk based on:
Why?
• Reason for presentation
• Impact on audience
• What action
Plan – the core message
Post-it on side of laptop with objective written on it
Guess who’s coming to dinner
• Pitch to audience
- size- age/gender- knowledge of subject
(ratio of experts to non experts)- bias- cultural make-up
Talk to your audience rather than at them
Introduction
Body
Summary
Tell’em what you’re gonna tell’em
Tell’em
Tell’em what you told’em
Shape the talk
Stages to building a presentation
Thinking
Sketching
Scripting
Building slides Rehearsing
The production
Story board Craft the words
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what
you did, but people will never forget how you made
them feel”
Maya Angelou
Emotionally charged event
ConnectednessConnectedness
Delivery style:don’t ask to be zapped!
Communication is three dimensional
38 %
Voice/tone
55 %
Visual/body language
7 %
Verbal/words
93% of communication is non verbal
Big NO, N0
Visuals
Supports not crutches
•Flip Charts and White Boards
•Overhead Projector•PC & Data Projector•Video/Multimedia•Handouts
Tips for effective slides
•Keep it simple (6X6 rule)•One idea per slide•Good visuals are visible•10% of men: red/green colour blind
•“Life span” of each visual (keyboard B)
The art of science communication: using PowerPoint effectively.
http://ian.umces.edu/pdfs/science_comm_powerpoint.pdf
Dress up numbers
5 GB
1,000 songs in your pocket
Q&A pointers
•“What questions do you have?” vs“Any questions?”
•Most interactive part•Eliminate barriers•Repeat or restate •Respond simply and directly
Spot the difference
