The Manager's Guide to Presentations: Ace your presentations and make your mark as a rising star in your organization
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Bursting with exercises, step by step instructions and templates, “The New Manager’s Guide to Giving Your First Presentation” is designed to coach you in mastering the presentation skills that will help you make your mark as a first time manager.
If you have recently been promoted to a managerial or leadership position and are facing the first presentation required of you in your new role, then “The New Manager’s Guide to Giving Your First Presentation” is for you.
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The Manager's Guide to Presentations - Lauren M. Hug
Table of Contents
The Manager's Guide to Presentations
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
What this book covers
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Piracy
1. Planning Your Presentation
The presentation planning process
Beginning with you
Addressing your concerns
Setting your own personal goal
Identifying your strengths
Assessing your personal brand
Leveraging your management skills
Knowing your team, knowing your audience
Understanding your boss
Connecting with your team
Getting to know the rest of the organization
Setting your presentation goal
What do you want the audience to do?
Brainstorming your goal
Refining your purpose
Presentation parameters
Length
Preparation time
Location
Technology
Audience size
Context
Summary
2. Developing Your Presentation
What should you say in your presentation?
What does the audience need to know?
Think like your audience
Adapt to your audience
Why should your audience care?
Why should your audience act?
Why do you care?
Organizing your presentation
Opening
Appealing to the audience
Points (informing and persuading)
Call to action
Fleshing out your presentation
Types of content
A note about slides
Including the audience in your presentation
Introducing interaction
Summary
3. Practicing Your Presentation
Speaking with authority
Posture
Gestures
Movement
Face
Eye contact
Voice
Rehearsing your presentation
Evaluating your rehearsal
Interactive rehearsal strategies
Coffee conversation
Section run-through
Executive summary presentation
Independent rehearsal strategies
Mirror run-through
Audio run-through
Video run-through
Preparing for Q&A sessions
Summary
4. Giving Your Presentation
Before – Managing anxiety
Visualizing success
Visualizing worst-case scenarios
Pre-presentation checklist
During – Connecting with your audience
Relax
Greet
Smile
Make eye contact
Move
Interact
Be honest
After – Obtaining feedback
Discuss
Follow up
Evaluate
Summary
The Manager's Guide to Presentations
The Manager's Guide to Presentations
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First published: December 2013
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Credits
Author
Lauren M. Hug, J.D., LL.M.
Copy Editors
Jalasha D'costa
Maria Gould
Paul Hindle
Indexer
Monica Ajmera Mehta
Reviewers
Karole Campbell
Erin Feldman
Project Coordinators
Anurag Banerjee
Venitha Cutinho
Production Coordinator
Melwyn D'sa
Commissioning Editors
Stephanie Moss
Danielle Rosen
Proofreaders
Maria Gould
Paul Hindle
Cover Work
Melwyn D'sa
Foreword
I remember my first official job interview like it was yesterday. Trying to find employment for any young kid just out of law school is tough, but it gets even tougher when you are seeking employment in the shadow of New York City. As I left to venture out into the great unknown, my grandmother looked at my suit and tie and politely told me that you dress to impress.
Taking the hint, I meekly returned to my bedroom, changed suits and ties and got the seal of approval. I did get the job, but I would like to think that it was on merit and not color coordination.
The world has changed since my grandparents were players in the business world, but the principles of success have not. You have to know your audience, define your goals, and sell your product, which, in this case, is yourself. This book provides all individuals—young and old, tired and true—with a blueprint of success.
The one thing that