The document provides guidance on preparing and delivering an effective presentation, emphasizing the importance of preparation, practice, understanding your audience and purpose, using visual aids to enhance your message without being distracting, maintaining good eye contact and body language, and clearly delivering your verbal message with confidence. Key elements of an effective presentation discussed include rehearsing, using cue cards instead of reading scripts if possible, greeting the audience, introducing yourself and your topic, and concluding by recapping your main points.

1. ME3101 / ME3102
Mechanical Systems Design
Chapter 7
Presentation Skills

2. Presentation Skills
•Anyone can present,
but not everyone can do
a good presentation.
•For a good
presentation to happen,
it takes:
•Preparation
•Practice
and more Preparation.

3. Preparations – Before the Presentation
Ask these questions:
•What is the purpose of this presentation?
•Who is my audience?
•Where/When is my presentation?
•What is the point I want to make?
•Does the location have the equipments I need?
•What attire is appropriate?

4. Preparations – Before the Presentation
•Rehearse!
•Try to keep to your
timings during
practice!
•Avoid reading from
scripts if possible. If
not, cue cards would
be a better choice.
•If time permits, do
the rehearsal on the
presentation grounds
itself to get
familiarized

5. During the Presentation
Remember to do the following
1. Greet the audience
2. Introduce yourself
3. Brief introduction about your
presentation
4. Use visual aids
5. Practice good body language
6. Clear verbal delivery

6. Tips for using visual aids
Microsoft Powerpoint
Prezi
Google Docs Presentation

7. Tips for using visual aids
•Limit the number of slides. If in doubt, 1 slide for
every 2 minutes is a good number to stick to.
•Visuals are meant to enhance your presentation.
Not take over it. Keep the slides uncluttered with
just enough text to illustrate your point.
•Limit transitions and animations. Stay
professional.
•Make sure the slides can be seen clearly from the
audience’s point of view

8. Tips for using visual aids
•Use diagrams to help the audience visualize your ideas.
•Use a video simulator to help the audience see how exactly how your
idea works! (An example of this is under the “Videos” tab on the
website
•Or you could opt to perform an actual simulation with the audience
for them to get an actual feel of it.

9. Tips for using visual aids
3D Autocad
Google Sketchup

10. Body Language
Eye Contact:
•Make eye contact with audience to engage
their attention
•Maintain eye contact for a few seconds at
different attention zones to prevent “fleeting
eyes”
•Be familiarized with content to prevent
constant reference to notes

11. Body Language
Posture
•Stand straight with your shoulders
pulled back.
•Maintain an open body posture.
•Face the audience
•Use gestures to emphasize your point
•Occasionally move about to establish
presence
•Do not fidget.

12. Clear Verbal Delivery
Voice:
•Project your voice to make sure that
you can be heard.
•Deliver your message slowly and
clearly, this might be the first time
the audience heard about your
project. Try to let them understand
on the first delivery.
•Use appropriate pauses.
•Stay calm and be confident about
your content!

13. In Conclusion
The entirety of the project starts from the idea conception to the final
presentation.
No matter how good an idea is, it cannot be actualized if it cannot be sold to
other people.