This document provides lessons on improving presentation skills. It discusses three main lessons: 1) Direct audience focus on the presenter rather than the PowerPoint slides by using fewer words and more photos/simpler slides. 2) Clearly define the main purpose of the presentation and choose a style that fits the scenario, such as to inform, entertain, persuade or inspire. 3) Include elements of surprise and managing audience expectations to make the presentation more like a show. Resources for further learning include websites like SlideShare and TED talks, as well as books on presentation skills.

1. Presentation Skill: Lessons Learned Haishuo Lee

2. Haishuo Lee (Highshowly)

8. What will be included?

9. What will NOT be included?

10. To begin with…

11. What’s the best presentation you have ever seen in your life?

12. What’s special in it? Name ONE SINGLE element that made it so memorable to you

13. What can we see from the short discussion?

14. To begin with: Make no mistake

16. First Mistake: Put Every word on the Powerpoint

17. Let’s learn from the best!

18. Slideshare: World’s Best Presentation Contest

19. Here comes the Question!

20. Am I still needed in this very presentation that I had played?

21. Or…

22. Is your audience looking at you or the Powerpoint slides alone?

23. Learn from the best again !

25. What’s the difference between the slides?

26. Lesson One: Direct the focus on you. Not the Powerpoint.

27. The same for Bullet Points

28. Lesson 1 Suggestions: Less words. More Photos. Simpler Slides!

29. Lesson 2: What do you really want to say?

30. My all time favorite Presentation…

32. Question: Slides? Gestures? Vocal Variety?

33. CD of Presentation: C ontent + D elivery

34. Lesson Two: If your story is good enough, the rest is not that important

35. A good story is all that counts

36. But… There are times when lots of information is needed!

37. So you have to: Define Your Main Purpose

38. Lesson: Different Styles in Different scenarios

39. To provide information

40. To Entertain

41. To Persuade

42. To Inspire/ Motivate

43. Lesson 2 Suggestions: Know your purpose clearly to know what you need to do.

44. Lesson 3: Make it like a show

45. The Ultimate Control of Audience Expectation and Surprise is…

46. Magic!

48. Imagine…

50. What we need: surprise The element of expectation

52. Review

53. Lesson 1: Make the audience focus on you.

54. Lesson 2: Make sure what do you really want to say Say it in the right way.

55. Lesson 3: Include the element of surprise

56. Resources

57. Websites to visit

58. Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/

60. TED http://www.ted.com/

62. Presentation Zen www. presentationzen .com/

64. Books to read

71. Organization to visit