Lunch and learn workshop first delivered to staff at NHS Improvement outlining the ingredients for an amazing presentation for a range of environments, personal and professional.

1. SHINE
Deliver great presentations
mail@abdulg.co.uk

2. ABDUL
GHAFOOR
• Digital Strategist
• Teacher, Trainer & NLP
Practitioner
• Storyteller
DISCLAIMER
These are just
my thoughts.

3. A great presentation can be
life-changing.
People see the world
differently afterward.

4. Neglecting
storytelling
Framing
context
Misjudging
audience

5. Craft your
story
Clear
goal(s)
Know your
crowd

6. 1. Achieve your goal

7. Be clear on your
purpose

8. Begin with
the end
in mind
Action
Feeling
Influence

9. “At the end of the day people
won't remember what you said
or did…
they will remember how you
made them feel.”
- Maya Angelou

10. Plan on paper

11. No, really!

12. 2. The stage is yours.
Attention not guaranteed

13. Earn focus

14. Know your audience

15. Know your audience
Background
Job <tle
Previous
knowledge
Mo-va-on
Agenda
Outcomes /
process
Style
Detail vs concept
What's worked
previously?

16. “but they’re
all looking
at me”

17. Nerves are not a disaster.
Just keep breathing and you’ll be fine.

18. What are you totally confident doing?
Why?

19. 3. Content is not king!
The content owner is.

21. Arresting anectode

22. Basic problem

23. Don’t read off your slidesConcerned listener

24. Dramatic detail
Bring your story to life

25. Examples which the audience can relate to

26. Facts on the other side
Voice the criticism & present your case

27. Goad to action

28. Use of
imagery

29. Why?

30. Example

32. Use quality images

33. Place text here
Rule of thirds

34. Use of
colour

35. Charting chaos

36. Instead, land 1 point clearly

37. Is that
enough?

38. SURPRISE!
Have something up your sleeve

39. My pet hates with
presentations
…

40. Don’t read off your slides

41. Monotony

42. The sound of your voice matters
TWICE as much as the content of
your message.

43. Don’t SWAY.
Keep lower body motionless or walk if its natural

45. Be clear on your PURPOSE
- Plan (on paper) - Whats the ideal outcome?
1. Know your audience
2. Recognise you have been trusted to present and you have value to add.
Breathe!
3. Convey emo<on – the feeling is all that remains. Be visual & memorable.
4. Structure your presenta<on from A-G
- Anecdote - Basic problem
- Concerned listener - Drama<c detail,
- Examples - Facts on the other side
- Goad to ac<on - Hindsight / Conclusion
Hindsight aka Summary

46. Free, high quality images
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47. It’s showtime