DELIVER A GREAT PRESENTATION UZANA 5 April 2017

4 Principles of Great Presentation Step 1: Understand Your Audience Step 2: Prepare your content Step 3: Deliver confidently Step 4: Control the environment

Understand Your Audience Profile Needs Wants How to connect interest with message Expectations Current knowledge

Prepare Your Content Don't try to cover everything Start off well with a great hook Tell a story, make comparisons, and use lots of examples Present your ideas logically Develop a strong close, including a summary Consider ending with a question

Deliver Confidently Keep slides simple and easy to understand. When explaining, start with the overall concept and then move to the details. The information on the slide should add value to your presentation or summarize it Ensure that any charts, graphs or tables you include are very simple and easy to read.

Deliver Confidently Use pleasant color schemes, high contrast, simple fonts, and bold and italic to add meaning to words. Don't use fly-ins, fade-ins or outs or other animations unless absolutely necessary to really emphasize a point. Use images (clip art and photos) sparingly and make sure the image means something and isn't just there to fill up space.

Deliver Confidently Use gestures for meaning, not for comfort. Pause for effect after main points or after you present a visual aid. Step out from behind the podium and connect with your audience

Deliver Confidently Talk loudly enough for people at the back to hear, or use a microphone. Be natural – don't try to be a comedian if you're not.

Deliver Confidently Make eye contact and hold it for 3 to 5 seconds. Be passionate – show your audience that you care about what you are saying. Consider putting up a blank or low-content screen between slides – this puts the attention where it should be: on you! Change your pace and style from time to time. Finish early rather than late.

Control the Environment Practice, practice, practice Keep the lights on Always have back-ups and a back-up plan Dress appropriately for the situatio Finish on time, every time