This presentation talks about making an effective formal presentation. It discusses pre-lecture, lecture and post lecture phases of presentation.

1. Making An Effective
Presentation
Anup K Singh, PhD

2. Introduction
• Planning
• Preparation
• Practice
• Presentation

3. Planning
• Understand your audience
– Knowledge
– Experience
– Needs
– Goals

4. Preparation
• Getting Ready Mentally
– Value your message
– Visualize yourself succeeding
– Organise and outline the speech
– Realise that some anxiety is natural
– Write punch lines, anecdotes, important
information or examples

5. Preparation
• Prepare a memorable Close
– Dramatize your ideas
– Throw down a challenge
– Use a motivating statement
– Restate the key benefit
– Deliver a convincing summary

6. Practice
• Review your visuals for
– Clarity
– Relevancy
– Eye-appeal
– Visibility
– Quality
– Memorability

7. Presentation
• Body language
– Establish eye-contact
– Display poised, confident body language
– Be relaxed
– Don’t use mannerism
– Know your typical postures
– Proper use of hands

8. Presentation
• Delivery aspects
– Voice
– Volume
– Pitch
– Speed of delivery
– Accent

9. Presentation
• Hold the attention of the audience
– Be enthusiastic
– Express yourself clearly
and concisely
– Tell a story
– Have an upbeat voice
– Have proper body animation
– Have a sense of homour

10. Presentation
• Strive for continuous improvement
– Measure the success of your talk
– Identify the strengths as well as
areas to improve
– Decide how you will improve
the next talk