USAID Sustainable Local Development Project November 2013

1. How to deliver
a catching
presentation?

2. What is a presentation?
• Speech in front of a group
• Speech / performance on
camera
• Face to face
• Sitting at a table / standing
• Supervisor / subordinate
• Business partners / clients
We present constantly

3. What makes a presenter appealing?
Contents
Voice
Performance
- words -
• gestures
• facial expression
• body-language
10%
35%
55%

4. Stage fright!
•
We have to step out from a crowd and
speak in front of all those people
when presenting …
… and the reaction is
FEAR, ANXIETY, DISTRESS
•
Fluttering / pounding heart, tremor in hands
and legs, facial nerve tics, dry mouth, tremble
voice, diarrhea …
I want to quit this place!!!
•
Turn the negative energy into positive
Stage fright = type of energy

5. Stage fright?
Sources of stage fright
• Doubts whether the audience
will appreciate my presentation
• Fear of infamy / disclosure of
imperfections and weaknesses
How to manage it
• Everyone suffers from stage fright
• Getting ready / well prepared
• “I perfectly know what I am going
to talk about.”
• “I’ll forget what to say…”
• Make stage fright work for you
• “I’ll lose the thread…”
• Stage fright does not last forever
• Depression
• Love your audience in advance

6. Verbal communication
Speech and voice
 Pace and speed
 Intelligibility
 Clear articulation
 Pauses, interludes
 Speak (sufficiently) loudly
 Change the volume
 Repeat the most important
messages

7. Non-verbal communication
Posture
 Open stance
 Balanced (weight on both legs)
 Facing your audience
 Changing position
Hands!

8. Non-verbal communication
Eye contact
 2 - 3 seconds, one sentence / thought
 “Fair distribution” of eye contacts
Dress
 Conform with your audience
 Your ideas - not clothes - are to be
remembered
Timing
 Plan the length of your presentation
 Be punctual
Positive attitude, cogency, smile

9. Entering the stage
• Are you ready? Don’t wait, start.
No need to be too formal
• Take position in front of your
audience – not aside
• Start your presentation while
you have the eye contact
• Can you see everyone? Can
everybody see you?

10. Entering the stage
• You don’t have to start talking
immediately
• Open your presentation with
something „catchy“
• Pay special attention to your
body-language
• SMILE
• Presenting in a foreign language

11. Closing remarks
• Sum up main messages
• Stress advantages that your solution brings to
your clients
• Provide contact info and encourage the
audience to get in touch with you
• Never forget to thank

12. Thank you for your attention!
Dušan Kulka
Managing Partner
Na Květnici 25, 140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Tel. +420261226666, +420602358800, fax +420261221753
e-mail: kulka@bermangroup.cz, http://www.bermangroup.cz