This document provides tips for delivering an effective presentation. It discusses what constitutes a presentation and notes that presentations involve speaking in front of a group. The document indicates that voice accounts for 55% of what makes a presenter appealing, with contents at 35% and performance at 10%. It also discusses common symptoms of stage fright such as a pounding heart and dry mouth. Tips are provided for managing stage fright, such as being well prepared and focusing one's energy positively. The document concludes by offering best practices for verbal and non-verbal communication during a presentation, including maintaining eye contact, smiling, and thanking the audience.

1. How to deliver
a catching
presentation?

2. What is a presentation?
• Speech in front of a group
• Speech / performance on
camera
• Face to face
• Sitting at a table / standing
• Supervisor / subordinate
• Business partners / clients
We present constantly

3. What makes a presenter appealing?
Contents
Voice
Performance
- words -
• gestures
• facial expression
• body-language
10%
35%
55%

4. Stage fright!
•
We have to step out from a crowd and
speak in front of all those people
when presenting …
… and the reaction is
FEAR, ANXIETY, DISTRESS
•
Fluttering / pounding heart, tremor in hands
and legs, facial nerve tics, dry mouth, tremble
voice, diarrhea …
I want to quit this place!!!
•
Turn the negative energy into positive
Stage fright = type of energy

5. Stage fright?
Sources of stage fright
• Doubts whether the audience
will appreciate my presentation
• Fear of infamy / disclosure of
imperfections and weaknesses
How to manage it
• Everyone suffers from stage fright
• Getting ready / well prepared
• “I perfectly know what I am going
to talk about.”
• “I’ll forget what to say…”
• Make stage fright work for you
• “I’ll lose the thread…”
• Stage fright does not last forever
• Depression
• Love your audience in advance

6. Verbal communication
Speech and voice
 Pace and speed
 Intelligibility
 Clear articulation
 Pauses, interludes
 Speak (sufficiently) loudly
 Change the volume
 Repeat the most important
messages

7. Non-verbal communication
Posture
 Open stance
 Balanced (weight on both legs)
 Facing your audience
 Changing position
Hands!

8. Non-verbal communication
Eye contact
 2 - 3 seconds, one sentence / thought
 “Fair distribution” of eye contacts
Dress
 Conform with your audience
 Your ideas - not clothes - are to be
remembered
Timing
 Plan the length of your presentation
 Be punctual
Positive attitude, cogency, smile

9. Entering the stage
• Are you ready? Don’t wait, start.
No need to be too formal
• Take position in front of your
audience – not aside
• Start your presentation while
you have the eye contact
• Can you see everyone? Can
everybody see you?

10. Entering the stage
• You don’t have to start talking
immediately
• Open your presentation with
something „catchy“
• Pay special attention to your
body-language
• SMILE
• Presenting in a foreign language

11. Closing remarks
• Sum up main messages
• Stress advantages that your solution brings to
your clients
• Provide contact info and encourage the
audience to get in touch with you
• Never forget to thank

12. Thank you for your attention!
Dušan Kulka
Managing Partner
Na Květnici 25, 140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Tel. +420261226666, +420602358800, fax +420261221753
e-mail: kulka@bermangroup.cz, http://www.bermangroup.cz