Presenting your Message with Confidence & Impact
Presentation by Joyce Maru, Susan MacMillan, Muthoni Njiru, Tezira Lore, Albert Mwangi
ILRI Graduate Fellows skills training
Nairobi 30th September 2013

How do we make our presentations………..
Memorable Compelling
Effective body language and voice
Visual
Confidence Engaging

Why effective presentation skills?
“As soon as you move one step from the
bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability
to reach others through the spoken and written
word” Peter Drucker

What may have led to this?

Impactful Presentations - Tips
• Why does it matter?
• How do I grab their attention? E.g. tell a story, Joke
• How does it relate to the audience (WIIFM)
significance
• Convincing
• Memorable
• Scalable
Structure
• Use visuals whenever possible
• 1 point per slide
• Few matching colors and fonts
Simplicity
• Present it loud
• Get feedback
• Check room and equipment
Rehearsal

Significance
Can’t find meaning or
Have no passion for it?
Don’t Present

Structure
How you place the
building blocks
of your story
Ensure its Convincing, memorable, scalable

Structure
• Tell them
what you are
going to tell
them
Memorable
opening
• Tell them
Body
• Tell them
what you
have told
them
Conclusion

Simplicity

Is it that simple to be simple?

Simplicity
Inform me with less text more imagery/Visuals

Rehearsal
Presentation
As I said
blah, blah
blah………..
Slow
down!
Practice isn’t the thing
you do once you’re
good. It’s the thing you
do that makes you
good.

Presenters Impact
Body
Language, 55%
Tone of Voice, 38%
Words, 7%

Body Language Tips
Postures &
Gestures
Orientation/
Positioning
Proximity
Looks/
Appearance
Eye
Contact
Expressions
of Emotion
Voice

Overcoming nerves during presentations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbDipVRt5aE

Could you tell a story instead?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/njgpsug884kha7v/MS
LGROUP%20Storytelling%20%28High%29.flv
5 minutes mini session by Susan Macmillan

The use of visuals and Multimedia
Taster 5 minutes session by Muthoni Njiru

Resources you can use to enhance your
presentation
www.slideshare.net
• Upload presentations publicly or privately
• Download presentations on any topic and reuse or remix
• Embed on blogs, websites, company intranets
• Share on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

www.prezi.com – cloud based presentation software

https://docs.google.com/templates?type=presentations

http://www.ted.com/talks
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions.html

http://www.pechakucha.org/
20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you
talk along to the images.

http://igniteshow.com/
At the events Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides
that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of just five minutes.

http://www.toastmasters.org/
Practice your public speaking skills

http://www.flickr.com/
Download and share images

http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii
Google images

And finally…………..one more thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ntLGOyHw4

Preparation: Consider……….
1. How much time do I have?
2. What’s the venue like?
3. Who is the audience? What’s their background?
4. What do they expect of me?
5. What’s the fundamental purpose of my talk? What
is my key message?
6. What visual medium is most appropriate for this
particular situation and this audience?

Practice Makes Perfect !
Panelists: Susan MacMillan, Joyce Maru, Muthoni Njiru, Tezira
Lore, Albert Mwangi
ILRI Graduate Fellows
Toastmasters Session