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Ian Osborne
Employability and Graduate Development
University of Exeter
Presentation Skills
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• Why presentation skills are essential
• What makes an effective presentation
• Characteristics of an effective presentation
• How to structure an effective presentation
• Techniques for maintaining audience interest
• Identifying symptoms of nerves
• Techniques for coping with nerves
Session objectives
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How important are
Presentation Skills?
Exercise
What situations may require you to use your
presentations skills, now and in the future?
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Types of Presentations
Academic
• Group / Team – accredited, project report
• Solo – Doctoral and Masters viva, oral examination
Extra-curricular
• Social networking
• Clubs / Societies / Groups – Information, coaching
Career
• Job Interviews
• Reporting to Staff / Team meetings
• Clients pitches / Customer service
• Professional Networking
• Media
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How do you present
yourself?
Many people believe decisions at
job Interviews are made on:
• 55% body language
• 38% voice
• 7% words
First impressions count!
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Who likes giving presentations?
Exercise
Positive feelings about presentation
• What are your fears and reservations about making
presentations?
• What would you like to improve?
– List these individually first
– Discuss and collate a list in groups
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What makes an effective
presentation?
Put your points into themes:
• Content
• Delivery (behaviour / body language / tone
of voice of presenter(s)
• Resources
Group Exercise
Evaluate the following presentation we could find another video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgObza4ek1U
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Presentation preparation
• Clear objectives – what do you want to achieve?
• Tailor your presentation for your audience needs – learning styles and age will effect the format, length and interaction required
• List key messages - information you need to include
• Know your material
• Select your material carefully - pertinent points and supplement with other material if time allows
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Presentation preparation • Structure Your Presentation
– Intro: who you are, purpose of presentation, benefits to audience. IMPACT!
– Middle: key messages, arrange content in themes/sections
– Conclusion /summary: key message/call to action
• Presentation plan with timings – copy of slides with timings and duration of exercise.
• Practice, practice, practice!
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Power Point – what not to do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck
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Tips on Presentation Style
• Positive body language – posture, gestures, eye contact
• Voice – project to back of room, tone and language
• Emphasize key messages in an interesting way
– startling statistic or famous quotation
– image or video clip
– personal stories or anecdotes
• Ask questions - involves, establishes rapport, helps support your arguments, gain feedback
• Watch and learn from other presenters – replicate what they do well
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Plan, Pace, Impact, Interaction
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Who gets nervous giving
Presentations?
• How do nerves manifest
themselves?
• What are the symptoms?
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Coping with nerves
• Control Uncertainty
• Wear comfortable and appropriate clothing
• Arrive early to set up
• Test technical resources and have contingency plan if technology fails (e.g. access Internet)
• Use crib cards with brief notes if you find it difficult to speak to slides
• Prepare responses to anticipated questions
• Practice under pressure. Confidence will grow with practise – with your material and audiences
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Coping with nerves • Adrenalin – channel the energy positively
• Deep breathing - adrenalin causes shallow breathing and voice quivers. Breathing deeply helps your brain get the oxygen it needs. The slower pace will trick your body into believing you’re calmer
• Drink water - a dry mouth can lead to getting tongue-tied
• Meditation and relaxation techniques
• Use visualization techniques – imagine an audience that’s interested, smiling, and reacting positively. Recall this positive image before your presentation
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Coping with nerves
• Smile – natural relaxant, sends positive chemicals through body
• Before you start talking - pause, make eye contact, smile. Moment of peace, relaxes, gives you time to adjust to being the centre of attention.
• Speak slower than you would in a conversation and leave longer pauses between sentences. Slower, calmer, pace - easier to hear at the back of a room
• Move around during your presentation - helps to expend nervous energy
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Presentation practice
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Presentation practice
The BBC has announced an Award for ‘Best Presenter in the World’
Group Exercise:
• Choose a public figure (dead or alive) you admire as a good presenter or public speaker.
• Prepare and deliver a 1 minute presentation to justify why your nomination should win the Award to the rest of your group.
• Decide the winner in your group based on the strength of the presentation NOT the nominee.
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Exercise
Reflect and review your performance
Complete your SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats
www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCS_96.ht
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For your next presentation….
– Be knowledgeable
– Be prepared
– Be well practiced
– Be forearmed with a strategy to manage
your nerves
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Session objectives
• Why presentation skills are essential
• Identifying presentation fears
• Characteristics of an effective presentation
• How to structure an effective presentation
• Techniques for maintaining audience interest
• Identifying symptoms of nerves
• Techniques for coping with nerves
Questions?