Engaging Your Audience with

Proven Presentation Techniques

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Today’s Moderator

Paula Zdanowicz, MPH Senior Program Manager

School Nutrition Foundation

Today’s Topics Participants will gain a better understanding of techniques to engage your audience. • School nutrition professionals, allied organizations and

advocacy groups will need continuous training to ensure success in these initiatives.

• The training you provide can make or break a participant’s ability to be successful.

• This presentation will breakdown different strategies on how to complement your PowerPoint presentation with engaging activities to optimize the learner’s experience.

Today’s Panelist

Dr. Katie Wilson, SNS Executive Director

National Food Service Management Institute

Death By Power Point You Have Been There

• Too many words?

• Can’t see the chart?

• Bad Color combinations?

• Someone reads to you?

What is to Blame?

• Power point software

• How the software is used

Be Passionate • Communication is the transfer of emotion.

- Seth Godin

Questions to Ask • What is my point?

• Why does it matter?

• What type of learners are they?

Activity Adult Learners

• What are they expecting?

• What do they bring to the table?

• How do they learn?

W. E. L. L.

• Work with a learning partner

• Identify the words to this acronym

Brainstorming

• Use Post Its on the table

• Write 1 thing you know about adult learners on each Post It

Principles of Adult Learners

• Must be actively involved

• Have experience and knowledge

• Are goal-driven

• Are relevancy-oriented

• Are practical

• Need to be shown respect

Training Methods

How will you keep the learner engaged?

Types of Intelligences

Self - Assessment

• Always ways to improve

• Self reflection

• Watching others

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This training is conducted by the

National Food Service Management

Institute

The University of Mississippi

www.nfsmi.org

800-321-3054

Thank You

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