killer presentation skills tips
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Presentation Skills
SpeakerHarshul Shah
Managing DirectorCrossShore Solutions, India
www.crossshoresolutions.com
Agenda
• Today we will cover
– Preparing the presentation
– Rehearse
– Delivering the presentation
– Common Pitfalls!
– Cheat Sheet
– Q & A
Preparation
Prepare and OrganizePrepare and Organize
Content Preparation
• Understand the topic first
• Study your topic thoroughly
• Decide 3 to 5 Key points
• Align with your audience• What do they need to know?
• Why do they need to know?
Structure
• Keep it crispy and concise
• Start with BANG
– Visual Aid
– Story
– Question
– Humor
• Opening, message, summary
• Close with BANG
Content
• The slides aren’t the Presentation
Slides shouldn’t say everything you will!
Plenty of content leads no where.
Slides Preparation Techniques
• Keep it simple. Minimize the “noise” in your message!
• Use bullet points, not long sentences
• 6 words per line, 6 lines per slide
• Make sure it is readable
• Use visual cues
Rehearse
Rehearse - Practice
• Practice makes perfect
• Inevitably, poor preparation leads to a fumbled opportunity
Plenty of preparation prevents poor performance
Rehearse – How to?
• 4 Times minimum
• At least 1 with family
• Rehearse against Clock
• Use mirror or video recorder
Delivering...
My Stall – My Space
Before you begin, organize your stall.
Delivering the presentation
• Speak aloud, clear pronunciation
• Modulate the speed
• Put down your slides neatly
• Use Pointer
• Pause… silence is long only for you
• Show enthusiasm… If you are not why should the audience be?
• Use humor
Timing
Always stick to allocated time
Leave time for Questions
Body Language
• Where do I put my hands
• Erect posture
• Maintain eye contact
• Smile
• Congruence
• Use your space
Engage
• Engage audience every 3-4 minutes
• Ask a Question
• Help make a Connection
• Take a Poll
• Use Pen, Paper, Board
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/jhaustin/presentation-tips
Attention & Pacing
• Average 1 minute maximum per slide
• Better to rotate 2 – 3 slides per minute
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/jhaustin/presentation-tips
Length of Presentation
Minimum Slides Optimum Slides
30 Minutes 20 Slides 60 – 90 Slides
60 Minutes 45 Slides 150 – 180 Slides
2 Hours 90 Slides 300 – 460 Slides
Handling Questions
• Straight answers
• Relay
• Ricochet
• Reverse
Are You Nervous?
• If you are not nervous, there’s something wrong!
• Stand up! Head up! Speak up!
• Smile
• Be a light house
The only way to minimize nervousness is to be thoroughly prepared.
Common Pitfalls!
Teleprompting
People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy and boring. You will loss your audience's attention before you even reach the bottom of your...
Teleprompting
Continued) ... First slide
Attack Jargons with Revenge
1st Form (42 words) Results from a survey show that two teachers out of ten have a working knowledge of how to operate the Hewlett Packard computer and inject printer. The same number of teachers has knowledge about available computer software for teaching written language skills.
2nd Form (16 words) 20% of teacher surveyed
can:
•- Operate HP computers & Printers
•- Use software to teach writing skills
Publication Format
Presentation Format
Spelling Mistakes
Many people do not run spel cheek before there presentation –
BIG MISTAK!!!
Nothing makes you lok stupder than speling erors
Bullet Points
• Avoid
• Excessive
• Bullet-Pointing.
• Only
• Bullet
• Key
• Points.
• Too
• Many
• Bullet-Points
• And
• Your
• Key
• Messages
• Will
• Not
• Stand
• Out.
Too Many Levels
• What it is worst
– Too many bullet point levels are shown
• Type size gets smaller and smaller– Until it is utterly unreadable
» Made it difficult to read even for audience from first row.
Color Scheme Gone Wrong
Clashing color scheme can lead to
Distraction
Confusion
Is Less More?
Your audience will retain more information and use it more effectively if you reduce extraneous text and information
Cheet Sheet
• Prepare worthy content
• Rehearse well – Practice more
• Deliver effectively
• Deliver in time
• Less is more
• Be consistent
• Make your point
Final Message!
Burning desire to share is more important than skills of
presentation!
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Questions!