This document provides strategies for developing effective presentation skills. It discusses planning the presentation, including researching the topic, understanding the audience, managing time, and structuring the presentation with an introduction, body, and conclusion. It also recommends practicing presentations and presenting with confidence through relaxation, confidence, a strong opening, fluency, specificity, connecting to the audience with "you", and being human. The document concludes with suggestions for going the extra mile such as getting feedback, inspiration from others, joining a public speaking group, and taking a public speaking course.

1. Strategies for Developing
Effective Presentation
Skills
MD. KHAIRUL ALAM
P17

2. What is a Presentation?
A presentation is a means of communication which can be
adapted to various speaking situations, such as talking to a
group, addressing a meeting or briefing a team. To be effective,
step-by-step preparation and the method and means of
presenting the information should be carefully considered.

3. Points to be covered
Plan
◦ Research
◦ Audience
◦ Time Management
◦ Use of Technology
◦ Structure of Presentation
◦ Practice
Present with Confidence
◦ Relax
◦ Confidence
◦ Strong Opening
◦ Fluent
◦ Specific
◦ Power of ‘you’
◦ Be Human
◦ Important Points
◦ Q&A session
◦ Finish Strong
Going Extra Mile
◦ Get Feedback
◦ Get Inspiration
◦ Join a Group
◦ Public Speaking Course

4. Plan Your Presentation

5. Research
• Hit the Internet and library and talk to experts to get
a better idea of your subject
• The more research you do, the more confident you'll
be about giving your presentation.

6. Audience
• Who are they?
• What might interest them?

7. Time Management
• Plan for time limit

8. Use of Technology
• Music
• Animation
• Graph
• Chart

9. Structure of Presentation
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

10. Practice
• Mirror
• Shower
• Close friends
• Family Members
• DO NOT MEMORIZE

11. Present with Confidence

12. Relax
• Take a breather
• Arrive early
• Aim is connection than perfection
• Drink a glass of water before presentation

13. Confidence
• Keep your head high and your spine straight
• Use your hands occasionally to gesture for emphasis
• Be able to laugh at yourself
• Use forceful words and speak as if everything you say
is a fact

14. Strong Opening
• Start with related fact or engaging
anecdote

15. Fluent
• Speak clearly, slowly and loudly

16. Specific
• One or two carefully-chosen facts or statistics
• A story or a statistic can be an effective

17. Power of ‘You’
• The word you is crucial to connecting to your audience during a
presentation

18. Be Human
• Connect through your emotions

19. Important Points
• Repeat your important points

20. Q & A session
• Consider making time for a Q & A
• You should give a time limit for questions
• Make sure you have a conclusion after the question session

21. Finish Strong
• End your presentation on a solid note
• Stay confident up until the very end

22. Going Extra Mile

23. Get Feedback

24. Get Inspired

25. Join a Group

26. Public Speaking Course