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Presentation Skills
Mushtakhusen SM | Asst. Professor | Soft Skills Department
Planning: Topic Research
What? Research Mindset

• Audience • Be audience-centric
• The event, venue, other • Be self-aware
constraints • Thorough research
• Presentation Topic eases speaking fear
Content & Plagiarism
• Provide citations and a bibliography:
• Direct quotations
• Paraphrased words & ideas
• Tables & data PLAGIARISM
• Images, Video & audio files
Research Sources
• Peer-reviewed Academic • Dictionaries & other
Journals Reference Books

• Google Scholar • People


• Google Patent Search • Wikipedia
• Newspapers • All other Online Resources
• Magazines & other
Industry Literature
Design

• Guy Kawasaki’s 10-20-30


Rule
• The 6-6-6 Rule
• Be consistent throughout
your slide deck
• Use large fonts
• Choose three sizes at most
Font Types & Points

• Use Sans-Serif fonts • Use large font points


Sans-Serif Serif Slide Elements Size

Tahoma Times Titles/Assertions 44 pt


Arial Georgia Body texts; quotes 36 pt
Verdana Century Tables; labels; annotations 30 pt
Trebuchet Garamond
Gill Sans Book Antiqua
Sequencing Presentation
• Chronological sequence
• Step-by-step sequence
• Spatial sequence
• Paired sequence
• Topical sequence
• Perspective-based sequence
• Sort-by-property sequence

Source: Andrew Dlugan, 13 October 2015


Digital Alternatives
Delivery
Prepare and practice

Breathe deeply

Stand tall

Find a few people to look at

Face the audience, not the screen


Delivery
Do not read a script

Project your voice (150 words/min)

Do not speak too quickly

Use pauses, stress, and intonation

Limit “fillers” in your speech

Use Signposts appropriately


Non-verbal Communication
• Physical appearance
• Smell
• Paralanguage/Vocalics
• Eye contact
• Facial expressions
• Gestures & Posture
• Proximity Image & Icon Source: pixabay & IconBros
Six Thinking Hats

Image Source: focusu.com

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