Advanced
Presentation Skills
Presentation skills are the skills you need
in delivering effective and engaging
presentations to a variety of audiences.
List of Presentation Tools
1. Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Prezi
3. Apple Keynote
4. Google Slides
Structuring Your Presentation
1. Purpose
This provides focus for you and the audience on
what they will gain to the presentation.
2. Audience pre-assessment
Identify the characteristics, knowledge, and needs of
your audience so that you are delivering the right
presentation.
Structuring Your Presentation
3. Opening your presentation
Known as the “hook”. It is designed to grab the
audience’s attention and provide them with a reason
to be interested in the presentation.
4. Body of Presentation
Connects directly to your purpose.
Structuring Your Presentation
5. Closing your Presentation
This is the final impression that you will leave
with your audience.
Creating an Effective Presentation
1. Minimize
Minimize the number of slides to keep the
audience attentive to what the speaker is saying.
2. Clarity
Use font style that is easy to read. Make sure the
font size are big enough to be read by the
audience in a distance.
Creating an Effective Presentation
3. Simplicity
Use bullets for short sentences. Summarize the
information.
4. Visuals
Use graphics and images to help get your
audience’s attention but not too many to distract
them.
Creating an Effective Presentation
5. Consistency
Avoid having different font styles and
backgrounds.
6. Contrast
It is easier to read on screen if you will use light
font on bark background and vice versa.
Ribbon
The Ribbon is the primary interface for
accessing tools and commands in
PowerPoint. It consists of the following
components.
Tabs − File, Home, Insert, Design,
Transitions, Animation, Slide Show,
Review, View, and Help menus.
Quick Access Toolbar
This Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable
toolbar that provides quick access to frequently
used commands.
File Tab
This File menu bar performs file related
operations such as creating a new presentation,
opening an existing file, save, save as, printing
the file, and so on.
Title Bar
The header or title bar of the presentation is
located at the top of the window. It presents the
name of the active presentation.
Slide Area
This is the main area of the PowerPoint window
where slides are displayed and edited.
Slide Pane
The Slide thumbnail pane is a column on the left
corner of the PowerPoint window that displays
small images of the slides in the presentation.
You can use the thumbnail pane to quickly
navigate to different slides in the presentation.
Slide Views Buttons
They are the four view buttons on the left of
Zoom control contain a series of icons. It allows
you to change the PowerPoint views.
Normal view − This is the presentation’s normal view, with
the slide sheet on the right and slide thumbnails on the
left. This view allows you to select and rearrange the
working slides.
Slide Sorter view − It shows all of the slides in a tabular
format. Only the slides can be arranged in this view.
Reading View −This window will allow you
to carefully read the slide. You cannot,
however, make any changes.
Slide Show View − This displays all of the
slides, as well as any animations and sounds
you’ve added to the presentation.
Notes Pane
This is a section below the slide area where
you can add notes to accompany each slide.
The notes are not visible during the
presentation, but they can be printed as a
speaker’s guide.
Status Bar
This is the status bar at the bottom of the
screen of the PowerPoint window that
displays information about the current slide,
such as the page number and slide status.
Parts of PowerPoint Presentation
Title Slide: This is the first slide in the
presentation and usually includes the
presentation title, the name of the presenter,
and the date.
Introduction Slides: These slides provide an
overview of the presentation topic, including its
purpose, main points, and structure.
Parts of PowerPoint Presentation
Body Slides: These slides contain the main
content of the presentation and can include
text, images, charts, tables, graphs, and other
visual elements.
Transition Slides: These slides are used to
connect different sections of the presentation
and help to maintain a flow between different
parts of the presentation.
Parts of PowerPoint Presentation
Conclusion Slides: These slides summarize the
key points of the presentation, provide closing
remarks, and can include a call to action.
End Slides: These slides can include a final
thank you message, contact information, or
other closing elements.
Parts of PowerPoint Presentation
Layout Slides: These slides serve as templates
for different types of content and can be
customized to match the overall look and feel
of the presentation.
