Presentation Skills Course Facilitated by Marion Parris Parris King Developing Potential Ltd

Objectives At the end of the 2 day workshop you will be able to: identify what forms of information giving are best suited to a presentation prepare systematically for presentations demonstrate your ability by delivering a short presentation A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course

Asked to do a presentation? You have been asked to deliver a presentation – before you go ahead and start putting time into it – What do you need to know? A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course

Ask yourself the following: What’s the purpose? Inform or persuade? What do I want to happen at the end? What do I want to achieve by delivering it? What action/reaction do I want from the audience? What is the MAIN objective? Are there any sub ones? Defining your objectives A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course

The Purpose of the ‘Hook’ ﻝ To entice the audience to listen ﻝ To motivate those who don’t want to be there ﻝ To encourage focus on the topic early on ﻝ To emphasise the relevance ﻝ To grab attention/create an emotional response to the topic and speaker TEXT A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course

The First 2 Minutes A Structured Introduction INTERESTTITLE TEXT RANGENEEDOBJECTIVE INTRO A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course

The Conclusion THE ROLE OF THE SUMMARY IS:- bring the presentation to a recognisable conclusion restate and reinforce the main points create a positive and lasting impression YOU SHOULD INCLUDE A recap of the main theme A recommendation or proposal Any suggested future actions Positive statements A thank you to the audience An invitation for questions A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course

Why Use Visual Aids?  to support a point that is being made verbally  to convey information which is difficult to explain verbally  to add stimulation for the audience  to help fix information in the audiences mind A sample of 8 slides from a 2 day course