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All rights reserved to Ady Scope How to Present - Basic Skills 1

How to Deliveran effective message


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Were living in an interesting

era


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promote ides, share thoughts,

deliver messages


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Knowing how to deliver amessage

=

KEY to YOUR SUCCESS


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Seth Godin. On Standing OutVideo

Example #1


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You can deliver an idea.

on one page


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How to Present - Basic Skills 7


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In 140 characters


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Oh, and in 5 SLIDES!


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Investor PitchExample #2


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Agenda Part I

Planning your presentation

Part II

How to present in front of an audience

Part III PPT Dos and Donts


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Planning Your Presentation

Part I


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Planning Your Presentation

Who is my audience?

What do I want to gain from thepresentation?

What do I wantmy listeners to

remember after the presentation?

TIMING!


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The Beginning


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The Beginning First 3 minutes are key

Rehearse opening and know it by heart

Agenda Slide Recommended openings for grabbing

attention

Visual or video clip

Thought provoking question

Anecdote or personal story

A joke

Or... Just jump up and down while screaming


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The Middle


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The Middle Develop points in logical order

Concentrate on your main subject

Dont lose your audienceAsk them questions

Use analogies and examples

Repetition Frequent breaks in long seminars and large

audience


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The Ending


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The Ending

End with a bang

Go over your key points and your mainmessage

Rehearse your ending

Tell a memorable statement or story

Leave room for questions


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Randy PauschTHE LAST LECTUREVideo

Example #3


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How to present infront of an audience

Part II


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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation

and three-fourths pure theater

Gail Godwin


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What delivery techniques areessential for the quality

presentation?

?


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Getting to the qualitypresentation by

Posture and Movement

Gestures

Eye Contact

Use of Voice

Dress and Appearance

Visual Aids

Humor

Handle Questions


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Posture and Movement Calm, relaxed, in control

Make it through the first 3 minutes!

Natural movement and gestures

You can exaggerate sometimes

Never admit that youre nervous


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Why eye contact? Receive feedback

Create a bond with your audience

Show interest in them and theyll show

it back to you

Shows honesty, sincerity and

enthusiasm


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How should eye contact

be given? Distribute eye contact evenly and

randomly

Look at them all and they will all listen

to you

Dont turn your head away from the

audience


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Pace of delivery Begin on time and maintain a lively

pace

Dont go too fast, your audience willthink youre nervous!

Use pauses

Use B and W when needed to grabattention


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Language Use language the audience will

understand

Avoid jargon, slang and swearing

Try to create pictures with words


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Voice Control your breathing

Maximize variety using pace, pitch,tone, volume and even accent

Speak loudly so the back row will hear

you


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Dress and Appearance Should be appropriate

For your listeners, location and purpose

You must feel comfortable

Check your appearance for anydistractions


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Get your audience involved Use drama, eye communication, movement

and visuals

Interact using questions, anecdotes,demonstrations and gimmicks

Use highlights to keep their level of recall ashigh as possible

Pay attention to this slide

its very important

Make each and every one of them feel youare speaking to them as individuals


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Steve Balmer.Developers!Video

How to Present - Basic Skills

Example #4


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Humor :-) Makes you likeable

Memorable way to deliver a point

Prepare in advance

Keep humor appropriate and relevant Never use offensive humor

Stay away from sex, race, politics andreligion

Use your own personal stories


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Be Natural Be yourself

Develop your own style whilediversifying your techniques

Think of your audience as friends andspeak to them as you would to your

friends


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PPT Dos and Donts

Part III


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Text Tips Use slide to outline your speaking

points Title and number your slides Keep the title in general location

Create brief attention-getting headers

Use one concept per slide Use separator slides for better transition

between subjects


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Text Tips (cont.) Use bullets to separate ideas

Limit each slide to 6 words per line

6 lines per slide

Create empty space and avoid crowding Use one slide per 1-2 minutes of speech


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Slides

Simple

Consistent

Dont overdo it


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Steve Jobs Slides


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Bill Gates Slides


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Which is better???

OR


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Fonts Plain font

Easy to read

Use font size 28pt or larger Small fonts are very difficult to read

italics, bold or font sizes for emphasis

No UPPER CASE


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Background Slide templates

Fancy style for title slides

Plain style for content slides

Consistent background the whole PPT

Limit the color palette to 2-3 colors


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Background Use dark background with light text

5YES 6 NO

This text is lightwith a darkbackground

This text is lightwith a darkbackground


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Skills

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6 NO

Background Example #1


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Background (cont.)Avoid color too close in hue

Like this example

Avoid color too close in contrast

Like this example

Avoid red/green

Dont use reds, the eye will go there

first


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TransitionsAnimation should be consistent and

not over used

5YES 6 NO

This text is appearingusing animation which is

tolerable

This text is appearingusing animation which

isnt good


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Life after death by powerpointVideo

Example #5


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How to succeed in YOURclass presentations

Part IV


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Investor PitchExample #1


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In Conclusion


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What We Learnt

Planning your presentation

How to present in front of an audience

PPT Dos and Donts


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Top 5 to Remember

1. Prepare, prepare and prepare

2. Know your beginning

.3. Spice up your speech!

4. Interact with your audience

5. Dont 4get to summarize


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Barak Obama.YES WECAN!Video (12:45)

Example #6


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