1. PRESENTATION SKILLS

2. Presentation  A visual and aural event intended to communicate, for the purposes of providing information, helping to understand, gaining agreement, and/or motivating to act.

3. 3 essential ingredients  The audience  You - the presenter  The presentation itself

4. CDD in Presentation  Content  Research and organization of materials  Design  Slides and graphical enhancements  Delivery  Voice the message

5. The situation  Four P’s  Purpose  People  Point/objective  Place

6. Before starting the research  What do I want my audience to gain?  What might they already know about my topic?  What is the objective of the presentation?

7. Starting the research InformationSourceTime

8. Preparing your content  Managing your information (need-to-know vs nice- to-know)  Keep your audience in mind  Researching a known topic  Researching a unknown topic  Going from learning to presenting  Converting your research into an outline

9. 3 steps in creating an outline  Determine the outline style  Group your raw data  Arrange into outline format

10. Sample outline

11. Converting the content into a slide presentation  From outline to bullets  Use one concept per slide  Use key words and phrases  Stay within the 8 x 8 rule  Make your bullet points consistent in structure  Capitalize properly.

12. Converting the content into a slide presentation  Enhancing the bullets  Determine the number of slides  Create proper titles  Ensure transfer of knowledge  Agenda and recap slides  Transition using title slides  Using graphics Making data into charts and tables Adding graphs to emphasize bullets

13. 3 keys to setting up a great presentation  Key 1: Layout  Setting up your slide master  Setting up your title master  Setting up yours slide  Key 2: Consistency  Consistent placement of texts and images  Consistent fonts  Consistent background  Consistent design of charts, graphs  Key 3: Color

14. Delivering your presentation with energy and composer  Engaging your audience  Putting energy to work  Movement  Gestures and postures (posture- erected but relaxed)  Eye contact  Question and answering techniques  Encourage audience to ask questions  Listening attentively to questions  Answering questions Prepare for questions – appreciate Clarify

15. Delivering your presentation with energy and composer  Answering  Maintain your style  Be honest  Involve the whole audience in your answer  Employ 25%-75% rule  Keep answer to the point  Dealing with hostile questions  Acknowledge feeling, fact or both  Respond with information

16. Delivering your presentation with energy and composer  Pace - average conversational rate of speech 125 words per min.  Pausing

17. Self assessment  Structure of the presentation  Organization  Logic  Interest to the audience  Presentation of benefits  Positive start  Powerful ending  Good, concrete examples  Length  Balance between theory and reality

18. Self assessment…  Stance and posture  Confidence  Gestures  Eye contact with the audience  Personal appearance  Use of the presentation area

19. Self assessment…  Visual aids  Clarity  Interest  Number of slides  Added value  Equipment handling

20. Finally…  Do not think one presentation is final in your life.  Unless you make a mistake, you do not have a chance to learn.

21. References  Bradbury, Andrew, 2006, Successful Presentation Skills, London: Kogan Page.  Mandel, Steve, 2000, Effective Presentation Skills: A Practical Guide to Better Speaking, Boston: Course Technology, Thomson Learning.  Rotondo, Jennifer and Mike Rotondo, Presentation Skills for Managers. New York: McGraw-Hill  Thody, Angela. (2006). Writing and Presenting Research. London: SAGE Publications.