Slides from the NHS Blackpool Training Course on Presentation Skills

1. Blackpool 21st August 2012

2. Why is it important to
you to be able to
present well?

9. We communicate through stories

10. Presentation Basics

11. I know that you believe you
understand what you think I said,
But I’m not sure you realise that
what you heard is not what I meant.
Robert McCloskey

12. What is the purpose of your
presentation?
1. To inform and educate
2. To enthuse action
3. Ceremonial speech

13. Structure your presentation
- A belting start!
- Get your message across
- Wrap it up well to finish

14. Never go over
your allocated
time

15. What's the story?

16. Design of Visual Aids

17. Which visual aids should you use?

18. How many?

19. Images make your slides interesting
and nice to look at. This is more
important than you might think.

21. Text should just be for
context... Let the
pictures explain the point.

31. Your font says a lot about you...

32. Trace the route your
eyes take...

33. We look at people
first, before we
look at what they
are doing...
or the text on
the screen

34. We find faces
irresistible...
route the eyes take
(and white font
looks great on a
dark background)

35. and eyes are the
most arresting
con-Text

39. Delivering With
Confidence

40. Be aware of potential
mixed signals...
You are presenting, so
don’t hide or mumble.

41. Wear bright colours
and stand out!

42. Appear calm...
...take the loose
change and keys
out of your
pocket and put
your pen down!

44. Nail the first 15
seconds...
+3 words.

45. NEVER give out notes in advance...
or people will just
count down your
slides to the next
coffee!

46. Handling Presentation
Nerves

47. Would you really
rather be in the box
than delivering the
eulogy?

48. You are not afraid of heights. You
are afraid of falling!
Phil Jones

49. Your audience are friends

50. Have an anchor

51. ...and a routine

52. Don’t
ramble

53. Questions - Why are we
so afraid of them?

54. Types of questions
1. The brilliant question!
2. The question that is not a question
3. The organiser's question
4. The nit-picker's question
5. The hostile question
6. The sub-text question

55. Presentation task
- well it is what
you're here for
Plan a 5-minute
presentation

56. Seek an opportunity
to present
What 3 specific things
can you work on to make
it as good as it can be?

57. Have you any
questions for
me?

58. Evaluation