Presentation Skills
Dr. Meltem Yaman

Developing The Attitude of a
Successful Public Speaker I
 Remember that you know your subject
 Know your material well. Be the expert.
Your primary duty is
 to understand what your audience needs
to know
 and prepare the message and supporting
materials in a way that delivers your
message clearly and powerfuly

Developing The Attitude of a
Successful Public Speaker II
 Remember that the stage fright is normal,
and be open about it
 Practice your presentation, do pilot tests
 Get the audience to participate
 Establish a rapport by using names & eye
contact
 Establish & check the equipment

Developing The Attitude of a
Successful Public Speaker III
 Research your audience, get acquainted
with at least one person in the audience
 Relax, breathe deeply, visualize yourself
successfuly
 Dress comfortably and appropriately
 Use your own style. Do not imitate anyone
 Use audiovisual aids, for a visual impact

Planning
The most critical step in preparation is
understanding the purpose
 Why am I giving this presentation?
 What do I want the audience know or
to do at the end of the presentation?
 How do I want the audience to feel?

4 Types of Presentations
More Persuasive
Sales Instructional
Explanatory Oral Report
More Detailed

About 4 Types of Presentations I
 Sales: to sell an idea or suggestion to
clients, upper management, coworkers or
employees. To persuade for an action or
belief
 Explanatory:To familiarize, give an overall
perspective or identify new developments.
Does not require detail and persuasion. But
should offer the audience new or renewed
information&understanding

About 4 Types of Presentations II
 Instructional: When you want to teach
others how to use something like a new
procedure or a piece of hardware. Needs
persuasion, detail & audience participation
 Oral Report:Bring the audience up to
date on something with which they are
already familiar. Focus on facts, figures
&details involve little persuasive efforts.

Know your audience
 Why should they listen to you?
 How does what you say affect them?
 What is in it for them to listen to you?
 Why is it important for the audience to
hear what you have to say?
Collect information about what the
audience expect to hear.

Sections of a Presentation
There are 3 sections of a presentation
1. Introduction
2. Main Body
3. Conclusion

1. Introduction
 For taking the attention and convincing
them to listen to you.
 Never apologize for anything wrong.
 Make your audience think that they are
going to be informed, entertained or
enlightened.
 Start your spech with power.

Main elements in Introduction I
 Begin your talk with an attention getter.
With an interesting story or a question
 Next, tell what is in it for them: Let
them know that your information is
relevant to their needs.
 Increase your credibility by relating
something about your background and
expertise

Main elements in Introduction II
 Present yor agenda: the outline
“Tell them what you are going to tell
them,
Tell them, and
Tell them what you just told them”
 What do you expect of the audience
Inform them on question-answer session
etc.

2. Main Body I
 Deliver what you promised in the
shortest and most interesting way
 Keep in mind in structuring your
message that
3. Attention cycle &
4. Pacing
 Use repetition for remembering

2. Main Body II
 Use stories and examples for
connection & association
 Use intensity by tone of your voice,
colors and bolds are for visual intensity
 Use visuals, hands, graphics, statistics,
group participation etc

Conclusion
 Repeat your main idea or begin with
“Let’s review the main points we’ve covered”
 Last opportunity to emphasize main points.
 Must be strong and persuasive.
 You call for and encourage appropriate
action

To Do in Visuals
 Check equipment
 Present one idea per slide
 Use dark background and light lettering
 Use maximum 6 lines per slide
 Use maximum 6 words per slide
 Keep slides simple

Avoid in Visuals
 Crowd information
 Turn your back to audience
 Just reading lines like notes
 Go back in slides for repeating
 Turn off the lights any longer than
necessary