sharpening presentation skills
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NMIMS, Tarnaka
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Sensations and Presentations
• Sensation: Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue, Skin
provide our bodies with sensations which
they pick up from the outside world.
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Subject/Issue/Challenge Where? What?
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MAY BE
OUGHT
MUST
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MUST
Core ideas that MUST be presented
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OUGHT
What OUGHT to be presented
if everything is going according to plan
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MAY
BE
Ideas that MAY BE presented if you have the time
Ideas that MAY BE dropped if you do not have the time
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Aids to be used when
• Point too complex for words alone
• Point calls up different images
• High level of retention is desired
• Need to regain attention
• Need to summarize
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Presentation Aids for the Visual
• Graphs
• Pictures
• Tables
• Diagrams
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Learning Aids for the Auditory
• Sounds
• Reading Aloud
• Oral
Explanation
• Discussion
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Learning Aids for the Kinesthetic
• Touch, Feel
• Drawing, Writing
• Prototype
• Doing, Practicing
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Arms crossed Defensive and cautious.
The individual brings hand to his face, puts his chin in the palm and
extends his index finger along his cheek. Remaining fingers are
positioned below the mouth. In this gesture, the body is drawn back
from other individuals.
The thought patterns are critical, cynical and negative towards the
other person.
Dropping eyeglasses onto the lower bridge of the nose and peering
over them.
Causes negative reactions in others.
Slowly and deliberately taking off glasses and carefully cleaning the
lens.
The person wants to pause and think before raising opposition or
asking for clarification.
Pinching bridge of the nose. This gesture, usually accompanied with closed eyes, communicates
great thought and concern. Nose-rubbing or nose-touching: A sign of
doubt, it often reveals a negative reaction.
Rubbing around ears. Performed while weighing an answer, commonly coupled with 'well, I
don't know'.
Putting one leg over the arm of a chair, pulling a desk drawer out and
placing a foot on it, or resting feet on a desk or chair.
Gestures of territorial hegemony.
Swaying back. Weak ego.
Retracted shoulders. Suppressed anger.
Arms akimbo Authoritative, assertive, aggressive
Steepling of fingers Thinking
Cracking knuckles Nervousness
Deep breath Acceptance
Unblinking eyes, looking fixedly, feet flat on floor, body tense but
vertical
Inattentive listeners, feigning attention
Rubbing nose with index finger Dislike, doubt, uncertainty or the inability to avoid or answer a
question
Stroking of chin or nose or pulling of beard, accompanied by an
occasional narrowing down of eyes as if looking at a distance
Evaluating in order to make a decision
Rapid nods of the head, or a gentle, rhythmic tapping of the head or
stomach or any other thing within approach with the hand
Listener wants the speaker to finish quickly
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About the Presentation
• Date, Starting time, Venue, Audience, Length
• Topic
• Purpose
– Inform
– Persuade
• Result
– Be able to talk about it
– Be familiar with it
– Take a specific action
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Preparing the Presentation • Limit the topic
– Service/product; people; process; structure; history; geography; purpose; benefits; improvements….
• Select an approach
• Select a pattern – Known to unknown
– Frequent to infrequent
– Problem to solution
– Past to present to future
– Step by step
– Directional
– Small details to big picture
• Select a presentation method – Series of fact
– Series of contrasting statements
– Series of Question
• Support for main points – Facts: Cause - Effect
– Statistics
– Quotations
– Comparisons
– Narratives
– Questions
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INTRODUCTION:
Capture Attention
Startling Statement or
Rhetorical Question or
A pat on the audience’s back or
A provocative quote or
An interesting anecdote or
A joke or
Statement of a Relevant Problem or
Importance of the topic to the audience or
Interesting statistics or
Summary of structure
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BODY:
Substantiate
What should go in
Main ideas
Facts
Figures
Supporting material
In what order
Go by acceptability to audience – More acceptable
first, less acceptable later
Start with the POSITIVE
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Delivery of Presentation
• Reading out
• Verbatim et Literatim
• Talk
• Support
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Delivery of Presentation
• Analogy
• Example
• Allegory
• Sense appealing
• Interactive
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CONCLUSION:
Signature
Summarize the main points
A searching question
Likely benefits
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Fears and how to overcome them
Source: Ashridge Consulting
• Fear of the Unknown • Preparation
• Research
• Practice
• Knowledge of
techniques
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Fears and
how to overcome them Source: Ashridge Consulting
• Fear of being
misunderstood
• Good notes
• Structured talk
• Sequential
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Fears and
how to overcome them Source: Ashridge Consulting
• Fear of the audience
• Preparation
• Audience research
• Observing their
behavior
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Fears and
how to overcome them Source: Ashridge Consulting
• Fear of being
inaudible
• Dress rehearsal at
venue
• Voice control
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Fears and
how to overcome them Source: Ashridge Consulting
• Fear of being oneself
(in your mind)
• Concentration
• Memory training
• Practice
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Fears and
how to overcome them Source: Ashridge Consulting
• Fear of physical reaction
• Good health
• Preparation
• Practice
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• Passion
• Conviction
• Forming opinion
• Developing belief
• Developing empathy for stakeholders
• Identifying with topic
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Thank You
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