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Guide to a Successful Presentation

Guide to a Successful Presentation. Panic, Preparation, Practice, and Panache. What parts of a presentation do you like?. What parts of a presentation do you find boring?. Tips For Dealing With Nervousness. Best way to deal with nervousness is practice.

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Guide to a Successful Presentation

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  1. Guide to a Successful Presentation Panic, Preparation, Practice, and Panache

  2. What parts of a presentation do you like?

  3. What parts of a presentation do you find boring?

  4. Tips For Dealing With Nervousness • Best way to deal with nervousness is practice. • Practice enough that you can do it while on autopilot. • Your lips and body will know what to do even if your mind has checked-out.

  5. Tips For Dealing With Nervousness • Concentrate on breathing slowly • Concentrate on breathing deeply • Not only will you not hyper-ventilate this way, but you will also keep a nice steady supply of oxygen flowing thru your blood stream. • Nervous people have a tendency to take short shallows breaths.

  6. Tips For Dealing With Nervousness • Don't wring your hands like a substitute teacher in the wildest home room. • If you haven't got a good use for them at the time, keep those hands hanging freely at your side.

  7. Tips For Dealing With Nervousness • Put the whole thing into perceptive. • What's there to be afraid of anyway? • Does the state of world peace hang on the result of this one presentation? • Will it even be something that you remember in five years time? • Why are we afraid of public speaking anyway?

  8. Advice For Presentations 1. Tell a story. • You do your research in categories, i.e. key words... • Organize the information to support your overall message.

  9. 2. Present only what the audience needs to be informed. • Don't overwhelm the audience with data just to prove you've done your homework. • Keep it simple and to the point

  10. 3. Be flexible. • Adjusting in midstream proves you are responsive as well as confident.

  11. 4. Never overestimate eyesight. • If the audience can't read the visual, she/he certainly won't get the message. • Slides should support the spoken message, not be the message.

  12. 5. Don't tell what it is; show what it means. • Create conceptual visuals to illustrate major points • Use message heads on graphs and charts • Explain the graphic in terms of the story, not the axis.

  13. 6. Deliver; don't read. The last time someone deliberately read to you, it was your mother, and she was trying to put you to sleep.

  14. 7. Look and listen. • Most of the content of any communication is nonverbal. • Body language, facial expressions and tone of voice may reveal far more than actual words.

  15. 8. Act like a professional. • Your body language counts, too. • Maintain an "up" posture • Use open hand gestures (with elbows away from the body) • Look directly at the audience and show them (through facial expressions, voice, energy) that you feel confident and positive.

  16. 9. Be a person. • Use a conversational tone and spoken (not written) language. • Smile when appropriate and let your natural sense of humor come through.

  17. 10. Plan ahead. • Hard work shows

  18. Introduction • The title of your presentation, including the type of presentation it is (report, PowerPoint, Podcast, etc.) • The motivation for discussing your topic • Thesis Statement • Repeat key phrases from your introduction throughout your presentation.

  19. Body • An elaboration of the background of your topic, such as a creation, advantages, etc. • Development of specific content relevant to the type of report you are giving: citing statistics, displaying relevant graphs, charts, diagrams, photos, etc

  20. A summary statement of your conclusions or recommendations • A request for questions from the audience where that is expected and appropriate

  21. Media Grid Be sure to credit the source, if necessary.

  22. Multimedia Presentation Storyboard • Make a storyboard (map) of the slides/parts pf your presentation. • Use 1 box in the storyboard for each main idea. • Add links from these boxes to additional information.

  23. Panache • No more than 8 words in a bullet • Use bulleted lists to organize your information • Use a font of 20 or more • Select a font that is easy to read

  24. Just Use Your Imagination

  25. Connect with your audience in a dynamic way.

  26. Goal Connect with your audience in a dynamic way.

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