UNIT 4

Presentation Skills
It doesn't matter what you say, it matters how you say.
Presentation skills are the set of abilities that
enable an individual to :
• Interact with the audience,
• Transmit the messages with clarity,
• Engage the audience in the presentation &
• Interpret and understand the mindsets of the listeners.
The Importance of Oral
Communication/Presentation
• Importance for a professional : Their performance in presentation can
make or mar their career.
• Importance for business : Extremely effective, impressive and holds
more impact when presented well.
• Acts as a marketing tool : Ability to deliver oral presentation is one of
the most effective tools of marketing.
Planning the Presentation
• Know the expectations (type and purpose of presentation)
• Know the environment and audience.
• Know the time allotted for talk.
• Collect material.
• Develop a Theme.
• Identify and arrange issues (prepare education, body and conclusion)
• Preparing and visual aids.
• Rehearse your presentation.
• Prepare for questions.
Presentation Structure

Introduction
• Motivating the
audience to listen
• Familiarising the Main body Conclusion
audience with the
topic.
• To build credibility.
Organizing the Presentation
• Practice before you present.
• Take care of how you dress/look.
• Write down the presentation.
• Deliver the presentation.
Qualities of a Skillful Presenter
A good speaker :
• Is lively, enthusiastic and interested in the topic & also speaks
effectively with enthusiasm.
• Has a sense of responsibility to the audience as well as others in the
programme.
• Has sense of leadership.
• Has Self-control - doesn’t feel nervous.
• Accepts feedback and benefits by it.
Use of Visual aids in Presentations
(Visuals focus audience attention.)
• Posters
• Flip chart
• Overhead projector
• Power-point presentations