Delivering Powerful Presentations:

How To Empower Your Audience!

David K. Miller, RN, BSN, MS Ed, CDE

OBJECTIVES

• Discuss two key areas of powerful presentations.

• Compare and contrast the elements of strong presentations.

• Formulate an action plan to improve the participant’s presentation skills.

What We Fear…

1. Speaking before a group

2. Heights

3. Insects

4. Financial problems

5. Deep water

6. Sickness, death (tie)The Book of Lists, Wallace and Wallechinski

Key Areas

Message Content Delivery

Skills

Quality Standards

Message Content

• Clear Purpose

• Well Organized

• Supporting Evidence

• Good intro/conclusion

• Audience-oriented

Delivery Skills

• Confident

• Enthusiastic

• Good eye contact

• Effective gestures

• Use and design of visuals

Know Your Audience…

• How long is the normal attention span?

• How long is the maximum attention span?

Know Your Audience…

• How long is the normal attention span?

Five to Ten Seconds

• How long is the maximum attention span?

Thirty Seconds

Know Your Audience…

• Listening– Active Listening _____%– Looking Ahead ______%– Reminiscing ______%– Other thoughts ______%

American Psychological Association

Know Your Audience…

• Listening– Active Listening _20__%– Looking Ahead _ 20__%– Reminiscing _40__%– Other thoughts _20__%

American Psychological Association

Assess The Situation

• Time

• Setting

• Other Influences

Assess The Audience

• Who?

• What are their needs?

• What is their knowledge?

• Bias?

• Questions?

• Actions?

Assess The Purpose

• Do

• Know

• Feel

Brainstorming

Rules– Don’t judge ideas

– Write quickly

– Don’t worry about accuracy

– Don’t organize your ideas

– Write down everything

Techniques– Key Words

– Paper Slips

– Project Mapping

– Free-Writing

– White Pages

Activity # 1

Directions:

In 30 seconds, memorize as many words from your list as you can.

Formula For Success

• Proclaim

• Affirm

• Recap

Using PAR

• Body should be 80% of your allotted time

• Use 3-5 key ideas• Key ideas should

clarify your purpose, help your audience understand, and provide evidence

Options to support ideas:– Definition– Explanation– Example– Testimony– Statistics– Facts– Comparison– Analogy

Activity #2

• Select one of the following topics:– Describe your favorite season – Why someone should visit French Lick

• Brainstorm

• Identify one key point

• Use PAR

Activity # 3

• Listen to the following list of words

• Write down as many as you can remember

• What do you notice?

Introduction

• 10% of your allotted time

• Should gain attention

• Proclaim your purpose

• Preview your main points

Ideas for gaining attention:– Illustrations– Humor– Quotations– Stories– Shocking statements

of facts– Challenges

Conclusion

• 10% of your allotted time

• Recap your points without detail

• Reaffirm your purpose

• Close with POWER

Ways to close with power:– The personal “I”– The communal “We”– Optimism, uplift,

challenge– A reference to the

future

Delivery Skills

• Eye contact – Direct– Sweep the room– Maintain for five seconds– Must master this one first!

• Facial expressions – Smile– Most people unaware of expressions– Conveys that you are approachable

Delivery Skills

• Gestures – Natural and expansive– Honor zone– Watch tools in your hands– Gains attention

• Movement – Purposeful– Maintains attention– Be conscious of personal space (3 feet)

Delivery Skills

• Appearance – Professional– Dress better than your audience– What not to wear

• Voice – Variety– Projection, rate, pitch, diction – Pauses– Watch non-words

Questions and Answers

• Timing• Don’t end with question and answer• Don’t say “Good question”• What if I don’t know the answer?• Remember your pauses!

Choosing Visuals

Choosing Visuals

Recap

• Assess the situation

• Proclaim, Affirm, Recap!

• 3-5 key points

• Practice delivery skills

• Choose visuals wisely

Contact Information

• David K. Miller – Health Education and Life Promotion (HELP)

• www.help-stat.com

• david@help-stat.com

• 812-546-0592

Reference

• American Psychological Association (2004). Retrieved on April 8, 2005 from http://apa.org Covey, S. (1999). Presentation Advantage: Facilitator Manual. Salt Lake City,UT: Franklin Covey Co.

• Wallace, A. & Wallechinski, D. (1986). The Book of Lists.