Oral Presentation

Week: 3
Contents
▪ Oral Presentation Skills
▪ Components of a Presentation
▪ Importance □ Content
□ Speaker
▪ Type and Purpose
□ Some tips….

▪ Audience Recognition

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What are Oral Presentation Skills

▪ Roughly known as the

Presentation skills in which
the speaker informs/instructs
or brief about something
through verbal
communication by using
different visuals and audios.

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Importance
▪ Professional growth
▪ Tailor-made content
▪ Persuasive Speaking
▪ Visual Analysis
▪ Predictions
▪ Action Oriented

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 Type Purpose
▪ Briefing/ Teaching a Skill ▪ To instruct
▪ New Policy/New Software ▪ To inform
▪ Performance Analysis ▪ To show an end result
▪ Dealing with Experts ▪ To argue logically
▪ Business Strategy/ Closing a deal ▪ To plan out something

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Audience Recognition
▪ Context ▪ Inclusive Attitude

▪ Knowledge ▪ Asking for Feedback

▪ Expert Level ▪ Asking Questions

▪ Educational Background. ▪ Taking their views

▪ Why are they here? ▪ Political Correctness

▪ Why should they care? ▪ Remain Neutral (if the situation

allows).
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Components (Key Areas)

▪ The Content
□ Tailor-made
□ Easy to read
□ Interesting
□ Informative
□ Use of Visuals
□ Research focused
□ To the point

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Contd..
▪ The Speaker
▪ The Speaker
□ Body Language
□ Gestures
□ Facial Expressions
□ Formal Dressing
□ Confident
□ Accommodating
□ Knows his content
□ Establishing Credibility
□ Calm
□ Should not take things
personally
□ Knows how to buy time
□ Does the required homework
□ Move around
□ Speak loudly and clear
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Tips on how to buy time

▪ “Thank you for your question sir/madam but can you please repeat what you just

said?”

▪ “I am afraid, its too early to predict anything.”

▪ “So, you are saying that (repeat their question)…..”

▪ Come again please.

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▪ Can you please simplify your question?
How to Ace your Presentation

▪ Understand the “Spotlight Effect”.

▪ Practice, practice and practice.

▪ Greet and thank your audience.

▪ Tell a story.

▪ Start with a question.

▪ Keep it concise and simple.

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Contd..
▪ Remain composed and confident.

▪ Don’t make it sound like a speech.

▪ Know what you are saying and why.

▪ Avoid Speech Fillers.

▪ Use some flash cards

▪ Know why you are the best person for this job

▪ Thank the audience again

▪ Drink some water.

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How to Design/Make the slides

• List of Contents

• 1 section/ topic per slide

• Don’t stuff the slides

• Avoid flashy visuals and backgrounds

• Be mindful of the fonts

Contd..

• Bold/ Italicize the text where necessary

• Know the time limit

• Always give references

• Use Infographics/ Charts and Visuals

• Keep it simple , as always

You can also split your
content
White
Is the color of milk and fresh snow, the
color produced by the combination of all
the colors of the visible spectrum.
Black
Is the color of ebony and of outer space.
It has been the symbolic color of
elegance, solemnity and authority.
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Want big impact?
Use big image.

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 Gray

Use charts to
explain your White Black

ideas
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And tables to compare
data
A B C

Yellow 10 20 7

Blue 30 15 10

Orange 5 24 16

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3000

2000

1000

You can insert graphs from Excel or Google Sheets

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Thanks!
Any questions?
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