Introduction Planning your Presentation Making Your Presentation

◦ Believing in yourself◦ The Opening◦ Timing◦ Using your voice◦ Body Language & Mannerisms

Creating effective visual aids Reducing your fears Closing Your Presentation Effectively Summing Up

Quote

Effective Presentations Skills

The Human brain is a wonderful thing

It starts working the moment you are born….. …..and never stops until you get up to deliver a speech.

George Jessel

Believing in yourself◦ A positive self-image is all important for

delivering a successful presentation. Identify your strengths and make the most of them.

“BOMBERB” Technique

ang ! Always start with an attention-getting “hook” pening Outline main messages (Road Map) essage Give only 4-5 key messages

ridge Make a bridge between each key message and the participant’s experience and needs (WIFM’s)

xamples Give frequent examples to help the audience visualize what you mean

ecap Be sure to summarize and conclude

ang ! Always finish with a closing “hook”

1. Decide on your “talking time” 2. Find out how long it takes to deliver your

material 3. Write assertions so that you don’t waffle 4. Have a clock or timekeeper 5. Start on time

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Speak louder than usual; throw

your voice to back of room

PROJECTION

ARTICULATION

MODULATION

PRONUNCIATION

ENUNCIATION

REPETITION

SPEED

Don’t swallow words, Beware of verbal `tics’

Vary tone and pitch; be dramatic, confidential and/or triumphantWatch tonic accents; check difficult words; beware of malapropismsClearly express what you want to say

Repeat key phrases with different vocal emphasisUse delivery speed to manipulate the audience; fast delivery to excite and stimulate; slow delivery to emphasize, dramatize and control.

Posture/ Movement Gestures

Eye Contact &Facial

Expression

Grooming

BODY LANGUAGE

Non Verbal Communication

TABLE LEANTABLE LEAN

The key to good delivery is to be yourself, to be natural.

1. Controlling Nerves2. Being well Prepared3. Reassuring yourself4. Eliminating Tension5. Reducing last minute nerves6. Using Eye contact7. Using Gestures8. Developing Style

8 Steps for

effective Delivery

of Presentat

ion

Audio-visual aids are often able to illustrate difficult concepts more easily than words. Don’t use unnecessary visual aids. Types of Audio-Visual Aid – Examples1. Handouts2. Slide Projector3. Video4. Flip Chart5. Overhead projector

Many fine presentations have been ruined by poor handling of questions raised by the audience afterwards.

Learn to deal with difficult and awkward questions during your preparation and you will handle anything you are asked with confidence.

1. Preparing Well

2.Appearing Confident

3. Staying in Control

4. Handling Questions

Eye-ContactObserve the 25% - 75% rule (25% to questioner and 75% to audience)Tip: Only look at questioner as you finish, if you actually want the dialogue to continue.

LISTEN - rephrase or repeat question to check understanding.

Think

Respond (NOT React)

Address the whole audienceDon’t be monopolized by a handful of questions/questioners

*Leaving an Impression

*Delivering your summary

How to enhance fluency in classroom.

4/3/2 Procedure Talk about a topic for 4 minutes Retell in 3 minutes Retell in 2 minutes Although students cannot repeat verbatim, they

can benefit from recently having generated semantic content, and having selected vocabulary and syntactic constructions (Maurice, 1983; Nation, 1989)

Organize your thoughts

Role play

Recordings

Speaking