Presentation skills *

* don’t be shy, show yourself

① Appear relaxed, confident and in control ② Deliver an impactfulmessage③ Know how to satisfythe ‘needs’ of youraudience④ Command trust andrespect from youraudience

Interact

• Get some

• Manage some

• Difficult?

Deliver

• Arrive

• Open

• Present

Prepare

• Analysis

• Content

• Material

The presentation process

❶ Start with WHY – what is the goal of your presentation?❷ WHAT – is your key message❸ WHO (AUDIENCE) – what do they expect? What do they know?

Preparing – 1. analyze InteractDeliverPrepare

Ideas made to stick

S imple

U nexpected

C oncrete

C redible

E motional

S tories

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die | C & D Heath, 2007

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Message house

Fish bone

Mind map

Preparing – 2. structure InteractDeliverPrepare

Spice it up

① Add value – what would beinteresting for your audience?

② It’s about persuasion, notinformation

③ Call for action !

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Preparing – 4. Slideshow

① Slides are output, not input

② Meant for the audience, not for the

presenter

③ Less is more

④ Graphics ! (charts,tables, ..) : don’t make

me guess

⑤ Visual : 1 picture says more than a 1000 words

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Get under my skin : bring the problem In the room Ice breaker? Only if relevant to the story Story telling Structure : timing – goal – interaction – motivation : sexy and spicy

Why should you listen to me? The problem I’ll solve, the advantage I’ll give

Preparing – 5. Finishing touch

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• Be in time

• Have a coffee

• Check your material (PC, beamer, internet connection)

• Feel at ease, dare to move

• Check visibility of slides

• No clutter – clean room, clean desk

• Flip chart, white bords & writing material?

Starting - arriving InteractDeliverPrepare

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care (John C. Maxwel)

Starting : opening InteractDeliverPrepare

① 90 % message = non

verbal communication

② Be congruent

③ Stress management

④ First impression

management

The presenter

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Interaction

① Push or pull?

② If you have questions, ...

③ Ask questions

④ Use flip chart

⑤ Don’t lean on your PPT

⑥ Be creative : quizz, poll,

assignment, …

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Difficult questions?

❶ Repeat or rephrase

❷ Dig deeper

❸ Answer + argument : clean & crisp

❹ Check

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Stress

① Dry run

② It’s an iceberg

③ Breathe

④ Smile

⑤ Get feedback

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“take it off-line” use the power of silence let the group do the work for you

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And finally

① Strong beginning, strong ending!

② Recap your message (shortly)

③ No new information

④ What’s your call for action?

⑤ Bridge to ‘after the presentation