“After violent death, most people

fear public speaking more than

anything else in life”

People Management
PRESENTATION
SKILL
 PURPOSE

What you'll learn :

✓ Create a business presentation

✓ Create sophisticated and well-organized
presentations
✓ Feel more confident when delivering presentations
to management
 What is your
biggest challenge?
Presenting confidently
❑ Plan your presentation
❑ Practise -‐video yourself and Time it!
❑ Breathing techniques
❑ Confident body language / Enthusiasm
❑ Use cue cards
❑ Arrive early
❑ Bring water
❑ Use visual aids/ handouts
❑ Prepare points for discussion
PLANNING

Structuring and Planning Key questions to consider:

1. Who are your
audience?

2. What’s the purpose

of your
presentation?

3. What is the MAIN

MESSAGE you want
them to take away?
Structuring and planning: Brainstorm ideas

Think of Threes

Tell people what you’re going to say

Tell them

Tell them what you’ve said

Presentation Techniques

● Pace of delivery
● Vary style
● Move about
● Vary pitch
● Use notes
● Avoid annoying habits
● Use props, but don‘t overdo it
 10
Effective Presentation
Limit your slides to 10.

20
Use your 20 minutes to
explain and present

30
Extra 10minutes Q&A
Teaching techniques

● Flip chart for diagrams,

pictures, key points

● OHPs/powerpoint - serve the

same purpose (more
permanent, better for a large
audience)

● Powerpoint – pros and cons

on next slide

● Demonstration - get your

audience involved

Advantages
● Quick, easy & simple
● Prepare in advance
● Good for large audience
● Can include pictures & graphics
easily
● Something to look at
PowerPoint
Disadvantages
● Can be tedious
● Not very dynamic
● Easy to overload with information
● Be careful with animations
● Tendency to read word for word
Remember

● Most of it will go according to plan

● But, you must actually plan unless you are very
experienced
● You have the support of your audience
● Most common mistakes are avoidable
● The world won’t end if it does go wrong – just
correct yourself and carry on
✓ Do’s

●
●
●
Take a deep breath
Speak clearly
Make small cards to remind yourself of topics (number
them!)
● Be aware of where your audience is - are you facing all
of them?
● Smile, have fun
● Be yourself and project your personality
● Remember - no-one knows how you feel or what you
think
● Remember - The audience is on your side!
 Don’ts

● Rush what you’re trying to say –

SLOW DOWN
● Read off a sheet of paper word for
word
● Fiddle with things - its irritating!
● Use inappropriate language for
your audience
● Panic
Deep Breathing
In (1-‐2-‐3-‐4)

Hold (1-‐2-‐3-‐4)

Out (1-‐2-‐3-‐4)
Keep It Short and Simple

It may be tempting to format your presentation in a

decorative and intricate fashion. However, the key to
effective formatting is to keep it simple, even if your
document's subject matter is humongous and
complex.

Simple formatting allows the content itself to be the

focal point while making your document easy to
read and navigate. After all, if the formatting is
taking focus away from the content, it's not doing its
job.
 LEE LACOCCA

You can have brilliant

ideas, but if you can't get
them across, your ideas
won't get you anywhere.
Your individual challenge -‐Action Plan:

Identify 3 goals for your next

presentation

How/when will you achieve

these?