Presentation Skills

 Types

 Elements to anticipate

Outline  Process

 Overcoming fear

 Seven Factors to Remember

 “There are always three speeches for every one you
Dale Carnegie actually gave: the one you practiced, the one you
gave, and the one you wished you gave.”
  Memorized

 Manuscripts
Types
 Extemporaneous

 Impromptu
  The audience
 The location
 The time
Elements
 The occasion
 The organiser
 Other speakers
 Preparing/
Delivering
Process Planning
writing
completion
  Determine your objective

Plan  Analyse the audience

 Make a framework
  Main idea or content

 Limit your scope

Prepare  Select your approach

 Prepare an outline

 Develop your presentation

  Verbally

Delivery  Nonverbally

 Primacy-recency effect
  Breathe deeply

 Manage your hands and move well

Feeling nervous?  Look at the audience and talk steadily

 Compose and relax yourself

 Project forward to the applause

  Unique New York

 Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry

Tongue  Rubber buggy baby bumpers

Twisters  Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers

 She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells that she
sells are sea shells I’m sure.
 The audience is invariably on your side
Remember! But
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail
What matters the most is how you see yourself!
 1. The start
2. Audience Mood
3. Your Voice
Seven ‘Must’ 4. Body Language
Factors
5. Your Visual Aids
6. Timing
7. Conclusion
 “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of
Tip! preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Gen. Colin L. Powell
Thank you! Any Questions?
  Adair, J. (2003). Adair on Communication and Presentation
Skills. Thorogood: London. pp. 36-41
 A Student’s Guide to Presentations: Making Your
Presentation Count by Barbara Chivers and Michael
References Schoolbred. 2007. London: SAGE Publications
 DK Guide to Public Speaking by Lisa A. Ford. 2012. Boston:
Pearson
 The Art of Public Speaking by Stephen E. Lucas. 10th Edition
2008. New York: McGraw-Hill