The document provides 10 tips for effective public speaking presentations: [1] Be prepared with knowledge of your audience and resources; [2] Use body language consistently with your words; [3] Maintain eye contact with your audience; [4] Keep your audience engaged with personal examples; [5] Listen to your audience before, during, and after your presentation; [6] Do not simply read your presentation; [7] Focus on substance over style; [8] Use visuals simply; [9] Rehearse for confidence; and [10] Sell yourself and your message to your audience. The document encourages practicing a 60-second presentation in English, Spanish or Portuguese to sell CISV programs.

1. Public Speaking
Practice makes perfection!
Start with the WHY
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4. Face to face communication
• Facial expression
• Visual contact
• Using your hands / posture
• Listen
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5. 10 Tips for Effective Presentations
1. Be prepare
• Know the people in the room / size of audience
• Location - size of room / how it is organized
• Resources available (podium, table, projector, mic)
• Define the objective of the presentation
• Develop key points (3)
• Manage time properly
• Use prompt cards (“Fichas”)
2. Body language
• 55% of your message is in the body language
• Consistence between words and action
• Your posture and gestures will reveal what you feel
about the words you are saying
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6. 3. Eye contact
- Look at your audience in the eye and let them see yours
- In a natural fashion, talk to everyone
- You will get feedback, control and trust
4. Keep them awake
- Make a “user friendly presentation”
- Involve them with personal examples
- Avoid anything monotonous
5. Listen
- Before you arrive
- While you present (eyes and ears)
- As you leave
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7. 6. Do not READ
- do not read from the presentation
- only read when there is a compelling reason
7. Style or substance
- When public speaking 93% of our impact is non verbal
- Do not neglect substance
8. Visuals
- Avoid complicated, difficult or impossible to read images
- Present in bumper stickers or t-shirts
9. Rehearse for confidence (test run)
- Do it!
- Rehearse for content and non verbal factors
- Look natural and “get away” with your objective
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8. 10. Your moment of truth
- When presenting you are always “selling yourself”
- You never know who may be listening
Task for you:
Sell CISV/a program/activity to an audience
60 seconds presentation for tomorrow
Individual
English/Spanish/Portuguese
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9. Did you know?
• If you don’t remember the exact
words, don’t worry, the audience
will not know.
• Doris Allen was a visionary child
psychologist who founded CISV in
1951 was nominated for a Nobel
Peace Prize in 1979.
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