Presentation skills - Very important in academia and Business

1. Presentation skills

2. Four P’s of Presentation skills
• Plan
• Prepare
• Practice
• Perform

3. Four corner stones of making memorable
presentations
• Purpose
• Audience
• Content
• The Best Medium

4. Research
 Who are they and what do I know about them?
 Who can help me find out more information about them?
 What should be presented and how should I present and Why?
 What shouldn't be said? Can any information be shortened, changed, omitted?

5. Improve Your Presentation Openings &
Closings
• Get Comfortable With Your Opening
• Tell a story
• Use a quote
• Ask a question
• Relate a personal experience

6. Other effective openings can be to:
• Summarize the main points of your presentation.
• Ask a rhetorical question.
• Make a dramatic statement or give a startling statistic

7. Prepare Your Ending
• Don’t just let it happen! The mark of professional presenters is that
they end on time (even when they have to start late) and make it
sound as if the audience got the entire message with a planned close.

8. Prepare Your Ending
• Tie it back to the opening.
• Use a quote.
• Summarize what you have said
• Use a personal experience
• Call people to action

9. Visual + Vocal + Verbal = Believable
• The Visual is your body language. Occupy more space
when you're up in front of the room. Have larger
gestures and facial expressions. The Vocal is your
voice. Introduce variety into your voice in the areas of
loudness, speed and pitch. The Verbal is the words.
Use shorter sentences. Metaphors and analogies will
contribute to making your presentation memorable.