The document outlines a two-day training on presentation skills for research awards and medals. Day one covers introducing objectives, visionary speakers, crafting presentations, preparing stay-behind documents, and a case study exercise. Day two focuses on rehearsing presentations, building principles for effective presentations through video critique, presentation style guides, and wrapping up. Key topics discussed include structuring content, using visual aids, engaging audiences, handling challenges, and practicing. The training aims to help participants improve their public speaking and ability to convey their research in an impactful way.

1. GDNet AWARDS AND MEDALS
PRESENTATION SKILLS TRAINING 2013

3. DAY ONE MONDAY JUNE 17TH 2013
09.00-10.00
INTRODUCTION AND
OBJECTIVES
Introduction of workshop objectives.
Participants introducing each other and discussing their successes, skills and
shared ambitions of the two days
Reflection on last year's winners
10.00-11.00
VISIONARY SPEAKERS -
TOP TIPS AND TRICKS
OF THE TRADE
Participants identify and analyse what makes research 'travel'
Requirements for GDN Presentations
Individuals work to understand their own distinct tone of voice and
presentational style required for Ceremony.
11.00-11.30 TEA AND COFFEE BREAK
11.30-13.00 CRAFTING
PRESENTATIONS:
Headline messages
and core scripts
Presentation of theory
Iidentify key messages and core scripts (groups)
Identify issues and principles of effective messaging
13.00-14.00 LUNCH BREAK
14.00-16.00 PREPARING
PRESENTATIONS AND
STAY-BEHIND
DOCUMENTS
Develop an outline 'stay behind' handout
Presenting research summaries to support presentations
Resource People will be assigned and on-hand to help (e.g. with
visualisation PowerPoint, data visualisation, etc…)
16.00-16.30 TEA AND COFFEE BREAK
16.30-18.00 MOST SIGNIFICANT
CASES EXERCISE
The aim of this exercise is to identify, select and validate a number of
robust, representative and meaningful ‘cases’ where development
research from the Global South has informed policy processes.

4. DAY TWO TUESDAY JUNE 18TH 2013
09.00-09.30 RECAP AND PROJECT Consolidation of learning from previous day
09.30-11.00 FIRST REHEARSAL
TO
PARTNERS
Peer critiquing of research presentations and finalisation of script
Production of ‘Stay Behind’ handout to support your presentation
11.00-11.30 TEA AND COFFEE BREAK
11.30-12.00 BUILDING PRINCIPLES FOR
EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Using feedback from paired sessions to build up profile of
strengths/weaknesses and principles of effective public speaking
Managing Effective Question and Answer sessions: tactics and
troubleshooting
12.00-13.30 VIDEO CRITIQUE: ONE-TO- ONE
ANALYSIS OF PRESENTATIONS
Everyone presents five minutes of presentation in large classroom,
which will be captured on video. Analysis with Resource Person to
critique and provide comment on style of delivery.
13.30-14.30 LUNCH BREAK
14.30 – 15.30
VIDEO ANALYSIS AND
PRESENTATIONAL STYLE GUIDE
Overview of styles of presentations
Co-creation of Style Guide for presenters
Capture Talking Heads
15.30 – 16.00 TEA AND COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – 17.00 WRAP-UP AND CALL TO ARMS
Reflection of workshop learning and outputs
Researchers complete workshop evaluation and share one ‘key
learning’ and one ‘could be improved’

5. GROUND RULES
• TIMING
• PHONES
• EMAIL
• RIGHT HAND/LEFT HAND
• BE BRIEF
• ALLOW EVERYONE TO TALK
• CHANGE THE PLACE YOU’RE SITTING ON DAY TWO
• ?
ALL PRESENTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A SHARED
WORKSPACE FOR YOU TO USE AFTERWARDS

6. INTRODUCTIONS
1. Introduce yourselves – find a partner you don’t know
o Name, position, organisation
o Your research/project (one headline ambition – no detailed info!)
o What difference would it make to win for you/organisation/project
o One thing about yourself nobody else knows
Present your partner – ONE MINUTE MAXIMUM!

8. Organise your ideas logically. Help the audience to follow you: make sure you
bridge your ideas to make the presentation flow.
Pace yourself. Give the majority of the time to the most important things you have to
say in your presentation.
Stick to what you know. Don't stray into the unknown: be disciplined about keeping
to topics that you have the confidence and track record to deliver well.
Use visual aids to compliment your message. Visual aids should aid the
message: make sure they do not steal the audience’s attention.
Connect with your audience. Make eye contact. Interact with them by asking
questions, seek volunteers, and maintain a conversational style. Q+As are ways of
letting people get involved.
Display confidence and poise. You may feel very nervous, but if you can display
confidence, the audience will be confident in what you have to say.
SECRETS OF A GOOD PRESENTATION: STRUCTURE

9. "Less is more on a slide show. Too much information on a single slide becomes unreadable, especially when it is
projected on a big screen for a large audience.
Delhi-based Ajay Jain, CEO, TCP Media
Use quotations, facts, and statistics. These can be used to both compliment and reinforce your
ideas.
Make use of metaphors. Metaphors can enhance the meaning of your message in a way that direct
language cannot.
Tell a story. Everyone loves a story. This will make your presentation more memorable and less dull.
Have a strong start and finish. Audiences tend to remember what you begin your presentation with
and what you finish on. If they remember anything from the middle this is a sign that you are being an
effective presenter!
Use humour. But carefully: think about your audience.
Pick the key ideas from your research and draft your presentation around them.
Use strong visual images that serve a purpose - irrelevant pictures distract and detract
SECRETS OF A GOOD PRESENTATION: ORGANISING CONTENT

10. 1. Choose a font that is easy to read (e.g. Ariel or Helvetica)
2. Use a large font size (18-24pt)
3. No more than four to five bulleted points per slide
4. Use short sentences: <6 words per line
5. Highlight important text in a larger font size or in bold
6. Use animations but don’t go crazy with them
7. Consider
SECRETS OF A GOOD PRESENTATION: LAYOUT

11. Dress appropriately for the day of your speech.
Make sure your clothing is comfortable and that you can move about freely.
Use gestures and utilize the space around you. Gestures should complement
your words, don't just stand still and read from your notes.
Vary your vocal pace and tone. However fascinating your content, if your
voice is monotonous and your delivery is stiff, you will lose the audience’s
attention.
Try to relax and enjoy yourself! This will show your enthusiasm towards your
subject.
SECRETS OF A GOOD PRESENTATION: HOW YOU LOOK AND FEEL

12. 1. You forget everything and go blank
 take a deep breath – oxygen helps!
 Appeal to audience’s humanity: be truthful about what’s happening
 use humour to deflect the stress
2. The technology doesn't work
 Make sure you test everything beforehand
 Prepare a Plan B (e.g. speaking without slides for first 3)
 Have a ‘Points Man/Woman’ who will deal with it!
3. You are fired with difficult questions from the audience
 keep Q&A at the end
 Acknowledge the tricky and complex questions
 if you don't know the answer, be honest, say you'll get back later
4. You run out of time
 DON’T! (practice practice practice) and don’t get side-tracked
 Ask for two minute warning and prepare wrap-up lasting 2 mins
1. You are challenged/found to be factually incorrect
WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN….?

14. A good PowerPoint presentation limits text usage and lends a hand to the speaker.
Too many people use their PowerPoint slides as a script.

15. It would be great to include:
A map or illustration of the region your research is centres on
Images of the people involved in your research
Illustrated graphs and charts of statistics included in your presentation (but keep these
simple and easy to follow)
Video: Dynamic content, such as a brief video that illustrates an important point, is a
great way to engage your audience, make sure its directly related to your content.
If you have any talking heads of surrounding your research then these can be
embedded into a PowerPoint slideshow. We can also shoot and edit some footage in
preparation for your presentation.
Audio: Using audio that helps convey your message can also help you keep your slides
clean and approachable. Adding recorded narration to slides when sending your
presentation to others to view on their own.
If you have any recordings of interviews or statements by people involved in your
research these can be added over still images.

16. Principles of effective presentations
• What makes great speakers and memorable
presentations?
• We build together the core principles in terms of:
• Delivery - confidence, passion, style
• Audience engagement - read the sign from the
audience and react to that
• Content
• Practice

17. • be sure if your ideas, facts and authoritative
• presentations must be simple, in content and language
• clarity and flow, coherent message, building the story
• tailor message to your audience
• stick to time
• be exited and enthusiastic
• appeal to the emotions of the audience
• make it memorable - sound-bites
• eye contact with audience
• frankness and honesty, confidence

18. • precision
• know the attitude of your audience
• confidence, simplicity, consistency
• effective bridging of the different areas you are covering
• be customer oriented - tell audience what they wanna
know, not what you know
• diverse visual aids to bring it to life
• what's the value added for the audience
• making it yours
• vision and perspective, what's the significance of your
work, the context and the difference your research will
make - need to answer the "so what" question
• humour
• relate to one person at the time
• credibility of your work
• Optimism