MOVING FROM QUALITY TO

EFFECTIVENESS

You and Your Presentations

Presented byVanessa Camilleri

What is there to a

Presentation?

Overcome the fear…

Put yourself at the focus of each presentation

Plan the presentation and present according to plan

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Focus on Yourself…

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(Movie taken from YouTube: Xerox marketing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeq-CmxbgZA )

So how do you start

planning?

Ask yourself the basic questions

Why are you giving the presentation?

What will you present?

Who will you be presenting to?

How will you present?

Where will you be presenting?

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The Purpose

Why are you giving the presentation?

To explain?

To persuade?

To give information?

Be clear, be concise, be discreet but entertain your audience

…if the audience loves you then half the job is done!

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The Content

What will you present?

Create a skeleton of your presentation

Opening; use a sensible introduction

Body; use resources and use yourself as the best resource

Closing; surprise the audience

Progress logically and in an organised manner…make sure you don’t lose your audience along the way

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The Audience

To whom will you be presenting?

Presenting is communicating with the audience.

Understand who your audience are, where they come from and what they want?

Affect your audience’s attitude

Get feedback from your audience (positive, negative or unaffected)

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The Howof

Presenting

How will you present your ideas?

Don’t talk too much

Avoid giving too many numbers and stats

Allow for pauses

Illustrate your ideas – use visuals

Move slowly, deliberately

Be calm but avoid monotones

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The How of Presenting

How will you present your ideas?

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(Guy Kawasaki: YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liQLdRk0Ziw )

Conclusion

So what will happen in the end?

To present is to communicate with people…

be flexible,

be human,

be natural

If you enjoy your own presentation then so will your audience…

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…Thank you for your attentionvanessa.camilleri@um.edu.mt