This document provides tips for improving presentation skills. It discusses opening a presentation with a hook to engage the audience, using a 30 second message to state the main purpose, and identifying different presenter types such as avoiders, resisters, acceptors and seekers. It also emphasizes the importance of non-verbal communication like eye contact, body language and voice quality. Specific tips include ending strongly, handling questions professionally, and effectively using visual aids and equipment. The overall message is that an effective presentation requires preparation, understanding the audience and clear delivery.

1. Presentation Skills

2. B(Giving Presentation

3. Giving Presentation
 skilled presenter can persuade, influence
others.
 Getting your points in a structured and
interesting manner

4. Opening Presentation

5. Opening the Presentation
Search for
 What is the most unusual aspect of your
subject?
 What is the most dramatic element?
 What is the most humorous element?
 What is the most exciting aspect

6. Hooking your Audience
Start your presentation with a hook such as:
 A joke (be careful)
 A question
 A shocking statement

7. second message 30
 Once you have hooked the audience you
can then state your main purpose by
delivering a '30 second message'
 That will keep their attention also at the
end of presentation

8. :Learn How to
 Identify what type of speaker you are
 Structure and develop presentation
materials
 Improve your personal presentation
delivery skills

9. :Learn How to
 Manage visual aids
 Start and finish presentations effectively
 Keep the audience's attention
 Manage a questions session effectively

10.  In order to be successful in giving
presentations you will need to be
convincing when you present your ideas.
 You should be concise, clear and
emphatic in the way you present.

11. What sort of presenter
??are you

12. Presenter Types
 AVOIDER
 RESISTER
 ACCEPTER
 SEEKER

13. ?

14. (Avoider(1
 By doing presentations and forgetting the
pain of failure
 Set a target of say, one short presentation
per month
 Take a few risks - copy other people's
techniques that you think work

15. (Avoider(2
 Use a flipchart and practice managing it
 Don't use an overhead projector until
you're more confident
 Do a joint presentation with a colleague

16. Resister
 Practice Often
 Don't set too high standards
 Pick issues you care about to present

17. Accepter
 Seeking feedback on the quality of
presentation.
 Seeking advice from better presenters
 Identifying weaknesses
 Using more advanced techniques in
presentation

18. (Seeker(1
 He is generally a good, and confident
presenter.
 there may be a lack of care in preparation

19. (Seeker(2
 He may need some rectifications such:
 Check overconfidence
 Have a strong strategic purpose for your
presentation
 Don't rely on his skills only - follow checklists

20. Remember
overconfident Seeker is more likely to
upset the audience than a presenter
with less skills.

21. Communication & Presentation

22. non-verbal communication
 non-verbal communication makes about
50% of your presentation success.
 It conveys enthusiasm and commitment
for a topic you present

23. non-verbal communication
 Eye contact
 Body Control
 Voice Quality

24. (A( Eye contact (1
 Eye contact is vital for improving your
contact with the audience
 Eye Contact will make The audience feel
more engaged and more confident in the
presenter.

25. (Eye contact (2
Lack of eye contact will:
 Distance you from your audience
 Increase your fear and nervousness
 Make your audience seem large and
impersonal

26. (Eye contact (3
Good Eye Contact will:
 Make the audience feel more interested
 Allow the presenter to become more fluent
 Allow the presenter to get some feedback,
e.g. nods, smiles

27. B( Body Control
 Body Language is The visual impact you
make when you present.
 Some presenters actually LOOK boring
before they have even said a word.
 You can also convey nervousness very
easily by the way you stand.

28. ??How can you Look
 Lifting your shoulders
 Slightly dropping your shoulders
 Thrusting your shoulders back

29. Avoid Annoying Habits
 Hands in pockets
 Constant pointing
 Playing with a pen
 Twiddling with a tie

30. Avoid Annoying Habits
 Touching your nose
 Tweaking your ear
 Scratching your head
 Pushing your hair back repeatedly
 Turning a ring on your finger

31. Practice
Get a friend to video you whilst practicing
part of a presentation and you find out what
habits you've got

32. Advices
 Hands should be used actively to reinforce
your points
 manage the movement of your shoulders,
body, head and hands. if you are in
lectern
 Lean forward when making a point.

33. Advices
 Open your hands by your side when
explaining issues
 When use overhead projector you must
move around to handle the transparencies.
 With Flipchart you must move to and from it.

34. C(Voice Quality

35. C( Voice Quality
 38% of your impact in presentation comes
from the quality of voice
 Good presenters learn to use the infinite
variety of their voices to add emphasis
and impact to their presentations

36. C( Voice Quality
 It is important that you are heard
comfortably from the back
 practice in an empty room with a
colleague at the back (Note when room
full of people)

37. C( Voice Quality
 Variation in volume is also important
 You should speak more loudly when you
make key points.
 speak more emphatically than in normal
conversation

38. C( Voice Quality
 Pause significantly whenever you have
made a key point
 Pause when you have finished covering a
step of the argument
 Add a bit of eye contact to allow the
audience to absorb the points you have
made

39. C( Voice Quality
Range and Pitch
 Avoid Monotone
 record yourself and keep trying until it
sounds scary or exciting.
 The biggest problem is reading from a
script

40. General Tips
 Train yourself to use :
Notes , Prompt cards, Overhead projector
slides, Pre-prepared flipchart and
Pre-prepared computer presentation
screens.

41. General Tips
 Make sure you end words and sentences
clearly, pausing between sentences
 Make sure you emphasize the correct
words
 Make it Memorable

42. General Tips
 Managing Your Environment
 Moving in the room
 Using equipments(Make sure that the image is
square)
 Test Voice
 Talk to audience not to visual aids

43. With Projector
 Touch
 Turn
 Talk

44.  Touch: the part of the visual aid you
want the audience to focus on
 TURN (or raise your head and eyes)
to make contact with the audience
 TALK to your audience

45. Equipment
 An inexperienced presenter can often create
distractions by managing the equipment
badly.
 Train equipments to:
 position the equipment correctly
 concentrate on what you are saying

46. Equipment
 A common mistake is to start talking
to the visual aid rather than to the
audience.
 The audience won't be able to hear
you properly

48. Handling Questions
 Questions used to correct
misinterpretations and to give additional
information .
 an opportunity to reinforce your
presentation

49. Handling Questions
 showing a positive approach in your
answers and keeping control of the
session
 Allow enough time for questions

50. 7Steps
1-Select a person who has a question
2. Listen attentively
3. Break eye contact
4. Rephrase or neutralize the question

51. 5-Answer the question
6. Link back to the thrust of the presentation
7. Move on

52. Finishing Presentation

53. Finishing Presentation
 Try to finish your presentation
attractively as started
 Use flag for finishing like:
 "The last thing I'd like to say……
 Finally…..

54. Finishing Presentation
Keep audience interest by improving your
personal delivery skills, When finishing,
make sure 'finally' really means finally.

55. Finishing Presentation
 summaries what you have said
 The presenter should ask the audience if
they have any questions.
 Tell how long you are allowing.

56. Effective Presentation is a complete unit
good preparation , understanding your
audience and driving your presentation
well.