Presentation Skills
Presentation Skills
Presentation Skills
SKILLS
By Prof. Bong Bue
PERFORMANCE AREAS
• Establish and maintain rapport with participants;
• Create a non-threatening atmosphere;
• Open and close the session with impact;
• Establish consistency/congruency between content and
feeling;
• Express self in a persuasive manner;
• Deliver in confidence;
• Present in a clear, logical and organized manner;
• Master the subject matter;
• Use effectively his/her voice and gestures, including facial
expressions
How to make opening a little
more interesting
• Relate to human interest;
• Use exhibits;
• Ask a rhetorical question;
• Use quotations or an appropriate story;
• Use shocking facts;
• Show how the topic is an immediate need
How to make closing a little
more interesting
• Summarize points you have made. Show
how they relate to each other to support
your purpose;
• Have a definite appeal for action, with
supporting material to motivate;
• Use a story, quotation, or example that
illustrate your message
10 Tips for Powerful
Presentations
1. Begin 6. Never read;
dramatically; 7. Take charge;
2. Be brief; 8. Be sincere;
3. Be organized; 9. Consider
4. Use Humor; conditions;
5. Keep it simple; 10.Tell stories
Tips for Making Effective
Presentations
• Check the room and materials ahead of time
• Make sure that your appearance is appropriate
• Start promptly
• Remember that the first 5 minutes sets the tone
• Greet people as they enter
• Speak confidently and with respect
• Look for a friendly face
Tips for Making Effective
Presentations
• Become aware of distracting mannerisms
• Use a podium or a pointer appropriately
• Be willing to change your approach or material to
meet the needs of participants
• Affirm participants’ responses
• Plan introductions of other presenters
• Don’t make excuses
Audience Analysis
• Have you considered what motives your listeners have that
are relevant to your topic in this situation?
• Have you considered what interests your listeners have and
ways those interests will make them attentive or
inattentive to your talk?
• Have you considered how the opinions and policies of
your listeners relate to your talk?
• Have you considered what images your listeners might be
trying to maintain?
• Have you thought about what beliefs, values, and plans
your listeners hold?
Audience Analysis
• Have you thought about external (objective) data and
internal (subjective) characteristics that your audience is
sensitive to?
• Have you considered what social rewards or punishments
your listeners are sensitive to?
• Have you thought about the roles of your ego and that your
listeners in overcoming barriers to good communication?
• Are you sincerely and respectfully attempting to emphasize
with your listeners and their demographic, personality, and
belief differences and similarities?