The document discusses the importance of presentation skills in effectively communicating messages across various fields. It outlines key elements of a presentation, including context, audience, message, and method, while providing tips for delivering effective presentations. The tips emphasize clarity, engagement, and preparation to enhance the presenter’s confidence and audience connection.
The document discusses the importance of presentation skills in effectively communicating messages across various fields. It outlines key elements of a presentation, including context, audience, message, and method, while providing tips for delivering effective presentations. The tips emphasize clarity, engagement, and preparation to enhance the presenter’s confidence and audience connection.
The document discusses the importance of presentation skills in effectively communicating messages across various fields. It outlines key elements of a presentation, including context, audience, message, and method, while providing tips for delivering effective presentations. The tips emphasize clarity, engagement, and preparation to enhance the presenter’s confidence and audience connection.
The document discusses the importance of presentation skills in effectively communicating messages across various fields. It outlines key elements of a presentation, including context, audience, message, and method, while providing tips for delivering effective presentations. The tips emphasize clarity, engagement, and preparation to enhance the presenter’s confidence and audience connection.
Presenting information clearly and effectively is a key skill to get your message or opinion across and today presentation skills are required in almost every field. Whether you are a student, administrator or executive, if you wish to start up your own business, apply for a grant or stand for an elected position, you may very well be asked make a presentation. This can be a very daunting prospect. Many people feel terrified when preparation that also lays the groundwork for making an effective presentation. Giving presentations is something most people will need to do at some point in their lives, but many struggle to feel confident in delivering their message effectively. Talking in front of people, whether it be a small group of ten or a crowd of hundreds, takes good preparation and an understanding of how to keep your speech relevant, professional, and most importantly engaging.
WHAT IS PRESENTATION?
• The formal presentation of information is divided into two broad
categories: Presentation Skills and Personal Presentation.
• These two aspects are interwoven and can be described as the preparation, presentation and practice of verbal and non-verbal communication.
63 • A presentation is a means of communication that can be adapted to various speaking situations. Such as talking to a group, addressing a meeting or briefing a team.
• A presentation can also be used as a broad term that encompasses other
‘speaking engagements’ such as making a speech at a wedding, or getting a point across in a video conference.
• To be effective, step-by-step preparation and the method and means of
presenting the information should be carefully considered.
• A presentation requires you to get a message across to the listeners and
will often contain a ‘persuasive’ element.
• It may, employer, or why you should receive additional funding for a
project. It may also be a paper presentation during conference or even in a class.
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A PRESENTATION:
Making a presentation is a way of communicating your thoughts and ideas to an
audience and many of our articles on communication relevant here.
Consider the following key components of a presentation:
Context: ask yourself the following questions to develop a full understanding of
the between a small room with natural light an informal setting, and a huge lecture room, lit with stage lights. The two require quite different presentations, and different techniques.
64 Presenter: The role of the presenter is it communicate with the audience and control the presentation. Remember, though, that this may also include handing over the control to your audience, especially if you want some kind of interaction.
Audience: The audience receives the presenter’s message. However, this
reception will be filtered through and affected by such things as the listener’s own experience, knowledge and personal sense of values.
Message: The messages are delivered by the presenter to the audience. The message is delivered not by just by the spoken word but can be augmented by techniques such as voice projection, body language, gestures, eye contact and visual aids.
Reaction: The audience reaction and therefore the success of the presentation will largely depend upon whether you, as presenter, effectively communicated you message, and whether it met their expectations. As a presenter, you don’t control the audience’s expectations.
Method: How will the presentation be delivered? Presentations are usually
delivered direct to an audience. However, there may be occasions where they are delivered from a distance over the Internet using video conferencing systems, such as Skype. It is also important to remember that if you talk is recorded and posted on the internet, and then people may be able to access it for several years. This will mean that your contemporaneous references should be kept to a minimum.
65 Impediments: Many factors can influence the effectiveness of how your message is communicated to the audience. For example background noise or other distractions, an overly warm or cool room, or the time of day and state of audience alertness can all influence your audience’s level of concentration. As presenter, you have to be prepared to cope with any such problems and try to keep your audience focused on our message.
TIPS TO EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION:
Regardless of your reason for giving a presentation, your main goal is to ensure that the message you seek to convey is presented in a clear, understandable and thought provoking way. For some this may come naturally, but for most public speaking conjures up feelings of insecurity. Whether you are an experienced presenter, or just starting out, there should be ideas to help you to improve.
66 However, all is not lost; the challenge of facilitation great presentations can be overcome (or at least lessened) with these tips.
1. To The Point
2. Stick To Three Points
3. Engage Your Audience
4. Use Visuals
5. Be Honest
6. Move Around
7. Share Stories
8. Be Conversational
9. Consult An Expert
10. Practice Makes Perfect
11. Show Your Passion And Connect With Your Audience
12. Focus On Your Audience’s Needs
13. Keep It Simple
14. Smile And Make Eye Contact With Your Audience 15.Start Strongly
