for my students before presentation time

1. Presentation Skills
Emma Olohan

3. 1. Planning Presentations
2. Preparing Presentations
3. Practicing Presentations
4. Delivering Presentations
Dealing with Questions
Questions

4. Complete a self-assessment
What are you good at?
What skills would you like to develop?

6. 1.Speaking too quickly
2.Going off-point
3.Going into too much detail
4.Not knowing when to stop (answering questions
particularly).

7. 1. What is your experience of giving
presentations?
2. What do you like about it?
3. What do you dislike about it?
4. Will you need to present in the future?

8. 1. Plan
2. Prepare
3. Practice
4. Present

10. Planning
 Sit down and really think about the day of your
presentation.
 What is the real purpose of your talk?
 Why is it that you were ask to speak?
 What does the audience expect? In your opinion, what
are the most important parts of your topic for the
audience to take away from your, say, 10-minute
presentation?

11. Who is your audience?
Why are they there? What
is your goal?
How long will it be?
Where will it take place?

13.  "sell" your message in 30-45 seconds.
 The David Belasco test while you're in the
planning stages.
 David Belasco was a producer who insisted that
the core idea for every successful play he
produced could be written as a simple sentence
on the back of a business card. Try it.
 You may want to think again and get your
message down correctly in your mind.

14.  This too is certainly something you do before
you ever begin to open up PowerPoint.
If your audience could remember only three
things about your presentation, what would
you want it to be?
(1)_____________
(2)_____________

15. (3)_____________
 No Powerpoint
 Film hiring with no script
 Pencil & Paper
 Order your thoughts
 Key points

16. Have a sound, clear structure

18. “We need to open gaps before we close them.
Our tendency is to tell people the facts. First,
though, they must realise that they need
these facts.”
Dan & Chip Heath, Make it Stick

19. Get Attention
Content
Key message
Introduction
Main theme
Summary/
Conclusions

20.  There is a psychological factor called recency.
 This is where people remember most the last thing
that they are told. This particularly applies to lists.
So the ending of the presentation is key.
 A funny story (one that encapsulates at least one of
the main themes of the presentation,
 Use a high energy video clip,
 Relieving the suspense (you may be wondering why I
brought this cardboard box onto the the stage...)

21.  If you are really struggling for ideas, and want to
play it safe, you could simply recap on the three
main concepts that you have put forward in the
middle section.

22. Presentation Slide

23. 
Structure for each slide

Rhetorical question linking
each slide.

25. Preparation
1. Personal Notes
2. Visuals
3. Handouts

27.  The standard method for making a presentation is
to talk about a list of points organised onto slides
projected up on the wall.
 Overhead & slide projectors Powerpoint:
 200,000 copies of Microsoft PowerPoint
3,000,000,000 trillions of slides each year.
 Slideshare.net / Prezi etc.

30. Powerpoint Karaoke

33. “should have ten slides, last no more
than twenty minutes, and contain no
font smaller than thirty points.”
Guy Kawaski
10/ 20/ 30 rule

34. 1. Most important information Jumps Out
2. Drip feed
3. Never use sentences

35. Use colour well
•Color evokes feelings
• Color is emotional.
•The right color can help persuade and motivate.
•Studies show that color usage can increase interest and improve learning
comprehension and retention.

36. Use images to
support your point
Use a consistent
theme

37.  Free Stock Photos http://www.sxc.hu/
 Commercial Stock Photos
www.istockphoto.com

40.  According to most studies, people's number one fear is
public speaking.
 Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that
sound right?
 This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral,
you're better off in the casket than doing the mass.

41. e.g. Marathon
Running:
 Slow to develop
 Quick to disappear
The more you
practice:
 better you feel
 more you want to
do

42. Lack of experience
Lack of preparation
Lack of enthusiasm
Negative self-talk

43. Practice
• Room
• Everything
• Technology

44. Focus on your goal
 what you are going to say
Audience
 Make them comfortable
 Interesting

45.  Be over-prepared
 Rehearse and practice
 Know your subject
 Use relaxation techniques

46.  Be positive +++
 Avoid stressors

49. 

50. Presenting
Your are the most powerful visual aid:
Introduce:
- What you’re going to tell them
- Why you’re telling them
 Why it’s important
 Body language + Eye contact

53. Show your passion

55. 
Eye contact

57. TRACT technique
1. Thank the questioner
2. Repeat the question
3. Answer the question
4. Check with the questioner if they are satisfied
5. Thank them again

58. Remember the 4 steps....
1. Plan
2. Prepare
3. Practice
4. Present

59. Step 1: Listen to Criticism
Step 2: Decide on Truth
Step 3: Respond Assertively
Passive Response
Directly Aggressive Response
Indirectly Aggressive Response