After completing this chapter, students will be able to overcome nervousness when doing powerpoint presentation. The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: winners of world’s best presentation contest, best presentation secrets, developing the attitude of a successful public speaker, main elements in ıntroduction,...
Recap • How to Overcome Nervousness When Doing PowerPoint Presentation? Lecture 31 Sample Presentations Winners of World’s Best Presentation Contest • • You will see, the use of: – pictures and graphics – big fonts, and – minimal text is common These great designs will give you some inspiration for your power point presentations Sample Best Presentation Secrets 1) What is the one big idea you want to leave with your audience? It should be short, memorable, sequence and in subject-verb-object Best Presentation Secrets 2) Identify why you're excited about this topic/company/product/feature, etc Best Presentation Secrets 3) Write out the three messages you want the audience to receive, and develop metaphors and analogies in support Best Presentation Secrets 4) Include a demonstration if your product topic lends itself to such E.g pocket if pull the product out of your it is 'pocket-sized.' Best Presentation Secrets 5) Invite partners and customers to participate Best Presentation Secrets 6) Include video clips if helpful, but limit to three minutes or less Developing The Attitude of a Successful Public Speaker II • Remember that the stage fright is normal, and be open about it • Practice your presentation, pilot tests • Get the audience to participate • • Establish a rapport by using names & eye contact Establish & check the equipment Developing The Attitude of a Successful Public Speaker III • • Research your audience, get acquainted with at least one or two audience Relax, breathe deeply, visualize yourself successfuly • Dress comfortably and appropriately • Use your own style Do not imitate anyone • Use audiovisual aids, for a visual impact Planning The most critical step in preparation is understanding the purpose • • • Why am I giving this presentation? What I want the audience know or to at the end of the presentation? How I want the audience to feel? Know your audience • Why should they listen to you? • How does what you say affect them? • What is in it for them to listen to you? • Why is it important for the audience to hear what you have to say? Collect information about what the audience expect to hear Sections of a Presentation There are sections of a presentation Introduction Main Body Conclusion Introduction • • • • For taking the attention and convincing them to listen to you Never apologize for anything wrong Make your audience think that they are going to be informed, entertained or enlightened Start your spech with power Main elements in Introduction I Begin your talk with an attention getter • With an interesting story or a question • • Next, tell what is in it for them: Let them know that your information is relevant to their needs Increase your credibility by relating something about your background and expertise Main elements in Introduction II • Present yor agenda: the outline “Tell them what you are going to tell them, Tell them, and Tell them what you just told them” • What you expect of the audience Inform them on question-answer session etc Main Body I • • Deliver what you promised in the shortest and most interesting way Keep in mind in structuring your message that Attention cycle & Pacing • Use repetition for remembering Main Body II • • • Use stories and examples for connection & association Use intensity by tone of your voice, colors and bolds are for visual intensity Use visuals, hands, graphics, statistics, group participation etc Conclusion • Repeat your main idea or begin with “Let’s review the main points we’ve covered” • Last opportunity to emphasize main points • Must be strong and persuasive • You call for and encourage appropriate action To Do in Visuals • Check equipment • Present one idea per slide • Use dark background and light lettering • Use maximum lines per slide • Use maximum words per slide • Keep slides simple Avoid in Visuals • Crowd information • Turn your back to audience • Just reading lines like notes • Go back in slides for repeating • Turn off the lights any longer than necessary Watch this video References • http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/win • http://presentinenglish.com/returning-to-one-of ... point presentations Sample Best Presentation Secrets 1) What is the one big idea you want to leave with your audience? It should be short, memorable, sequence and in subject-verb-object Best Presentation. . .Lecture 31 Sample Presentations Winners of World’s Best Presentation Contest • • You will see, the use of: – pictures and graphics... 'pocket-sized.' Best Presentation Secrets 5) Invite partners and customers to participate Best Presentation Secrets 6) Include video clips if helpful, but limit to three minutes or less Best Presentation