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MAKING PRESENTATIONS
CedarView SeminarUNILAG Education Auditorium, Yaba, Lagos, NIGERIA
June 15th, 2003. 4:00 p.m
‘Gbenga SesanNigeria’s Information Technology Youth Ambassador
www.gbengasesan.com | [email protected]
CEDARView and This Presentation
When the purpose of a thing is not known, the abuse is inevitable. Why CEDARView?
Why did YOU join CEDARView? What we’ll discuss today:
Who is presenting? What are you presenting? How should you present? Preparing for an effective presentation How do you know a good presentation?
Who is presenting?
The personality of the presenter drives the presentation – e.g. if Wole Soyinka makes a grammatical mistake, not even the queen will notice
Sharpening the person will automatically increase the probability of making a good presentation
Be sure you want to go ahead with the presentation and be sure you know what you’re talking about
What are you presenting?
Content is as important as the entire process of making a presentation
Apply the 80/20 Principle by spending 80% of your presentation time on 20% of the content which forms the core of your points
Never accept an undefined presentation, except you’re given a “free hand” to speak on your core competence
Make sure your content fits the context of the “environment”
How should you present?
There are no hard and fast rules – only unique styles - but a few tips apply across board:
Know your audienceBe conscious of “audience psychology”Know, and keep within your time allocationKnow what conditions you’ll be presenting
under – multimedia support, equipment, software tools, delivery medium, etc
How should you present?
Preparing for an effective presentation
Research is the key to unique presentations
Choose your words, tenses, materials, pictures and title (if you’re not given one) appropriately
Employ the powers of IT, as much as you can (layout, delivery mode, tools, etc)
Never rush into any presentationYou may like my rule, “’Gbenga Sesan,
prepare as if you’re speaking to the UN”
How to know a good presentation
You have the audience’s full attentionPresentation prompts responses or
questionsPresentation is smooth – timely and fully
deliveredWhen you say “thank you” and drop the
microphone, you feel like patting yourself on the back
The original purpose of the presentation is achieved on the long term
MAKING PRESENTATIONS
THANK YOU
‘Gbenga SesanNigeria’s Information Technology Youth Ambassador
www.gbengasesan.com | [email protected]