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Presentation skills
Giving Effective Presentations
• Presentations should influence people.• Presentations should be prepared very
well.• Effective presentations depend on a
number of criteria. The most important of which are presented next:
Influencing feelings and attitudes
Body lang. & facialexp.
Voice inflection
What one saysBody lang. 53 %
Info 7%
Voice 40%
• Body language accounts for 53% of the success of your presentation.• The clarity of your voice accounts for 40% of the success of your
presentation.• What you actually say accounts for 7% of the success of your
presentation.
Presentation Skills Include:
• Non Verbal Skills
• Verbal Skills
• Techniques
• Speech Structure
I. Nonverbal skills
1. Appearance
• Be formal & decent.
• Focus on the
message not the
outfit.
2. Posture
• Stand straight.
• Appear confident.
• Be relaxed.
• No hands in pockets.
Gestures
• Use Gestures. They
increase the audience
understanding.
• Make your movements
meaningful.
• Avoid exaggeration.
4. Eye contact
• Address all the audience.
• Maintain eye contact with
everybody.
• Don’t stare at others
more than 5 seconds.
5. Facial ExpressionsFacial expressions are important because
they:
• Mirror emotions.
• Set tone and mood.
• Make the audience feel comfortable.
• Example: A speaker without any
expression on his / her face makes the
audience worried and unwilling to
participate in any conversation.
II. verbal skills
1. Voice
• Vary the pitch.
Don’t always speak in low
voice, so it becomes boring, nor
in high voice, so it becomes
disturbing.
• Stress important words.
• Vary the pace.
Speak neither too fast nor too
slow.
• Don’t lose clarity.
Don’t speak in such a low voice
that no body can hear you.
2. Waffling Waffling is speaking in an unclear way.
• Avoid using too many non words: um,
er, uh, ….., etc.
• Avoid using too many connectors: and,
but, so…etc.
• Avoid using too many nonworking
words: ok, well, you know.
III. Techniques
1. Audience Involvement
• Use Names.
• Invite Participation.
• Ask Questions.
2. Humor
• Tell amusing stories
• Avoid long jokes
• Make humor deliver
the message.
3. Visual Aids Use your visual aids
effectively.
• Show pictures, movies, interviews or charts that are related to your topics
Choose the most convenient aid for you presentation.
Tips for PowerPoint presentations
• You should have at most 6 lines per page and 6
words per line.
• Too many words distract the attention of the audience.
• Make each point that you discuss appear separately.
• Don’t write long paragraphs on the slides. Use key
phrases.
• Be consistent in using the font, colors, and background.
Tips for PowerPoint presentations
• Use pictures that are relevant to your topic.
• Use contrasting colors for text and background.
• Don’t overuse the effects and the slide transitions.
• Observe your time. Prepare a presentation that fits the time
you are allowed.
• Limit the number of your slides. One slide per minute.
IV. Speech
1. Introduction • Announce your topic.
• Give a starting
statement.
• Ask a provocative
question.
• Tell a story, quotation,
joke, etc.
2. Body
• Define the major points.
• Organize your ideas.
• Provide as much
evidence as you can.
3. Conclusion
• Conclude your ideas.
• Leave an impression.
• State clearly what you
want the audience to
take with them.
Answer the audience’s Questions
Thank Your Audience
List of suggested readings:
• http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/dept/Tips/present/comms.htm• http://www.effective-public-speaking.com/starting/menu.p
hp• http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/Essential_Presentati
on_skills.htm• http://ergonomics.uq.edu.au/download/presentation.ppt• http://kinesiology.boisestate.edu/kines442/tips_for_makin
g_effective_powerp.htm• http://www.iasted.org/conferences/formatting/Presentatio
ns-Tips.ppt
Good Luck