1. POWERFUL PRESENTATIONS Justin Standfield Management Development Facilitator

2. DESIGNING A GREAT PRESENTATION “ The secret of being a bore is to tell everything” Voltaire (1694-1778)

5. STRUCTURING THE PRESENTATION “ Begin at the beginning and go on until you come to the end; then stop” Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

7. The Rule of 3

8. USING VISUAL AIDS overhead projector & acetates? handouts? flipchart & pens? PowerPoint show? what else?

9. How we take in information Source: Albert Mehrabiam, “Silent Messages”

12. A few words about PowerPoint…

13. Making the presentation memorable

14. Keep the word count down

15. Try to use only one concept per slide

16. Avoid lists of bullet points

17. Use pictures where you can

21. YOUR AUDIENCE “ I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking, but I strongly object when they start shaking them to make sure they are still going” Lord Birkett (1883-1962)

22. One size fits all?

23. The importance of good strong starts

24. Reading your audience

25. REHEARSAL “ Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” Unknown

26. Plan to rehearse at least 4 times 1 2 3 4

28. Record yourself & observe!

29. Emulate best practice

31. Mind mapping

36. DEALING WITH NERVES

37. Take action…rehearse!

38. Rehearse again!

39. Passion eliminates fear

41. Nerves & eye contact

42. What’s the worst that could happen…?

44. FINAL AMENDMENTS TO YOUR PRESENTATIONS