Improving your presentation style and delivery Chrissie Wright

Improving your presentation style and delivery Chrissie Wright DSC cwright@dsc. org. uk

Essentials of Presentations If you can unscramble these, they are your link to effective presentations • GNINNALP • CRAPTICE • BILITYAREMOM

Communicate to Influence “ Seek first to understand, then be understood”.

Structure • Beginning - Tell them what you’re going to tell them • Middle - Tell them • End - Tell them what you’ve told them

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence • • • Step One: Get Attention Step Two: Establish the Need Step Three: Satisfy the Need Step Four: Visualize the Future Step Five: Inspire Action

Effective Visual Aids • Vibrant • In Time • Seen clearly • Uncomplicated • Appropriate • Learned in advance

Beginnings • Interest/Attention • Never apologise • Take a breath • Relate the message • Overview

Endings • Call to action • Last key message • Open up for Q&A • Summarise • Express Thanks (for action!)

Confidence Cards Introduction 9. 00 1 5 minutes Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears… Materials • Name, background • Purpose of presentation • What’s in it for you • What I’m going to tell you • Questions & Handouts

GETTING YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS • VISUAL body language, 55% • VOCAL 38% tone • VERBAL words 7%

Body Language TED Talks: Amy Cuddy – ‘Your body language shapes who you are. ’

Warming up the Vocals • Eleven benevolent elephants • Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle • Rubber baby buggy bumpers • She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping and amicably welcoming him in. • Six sick slim sycamore saplings.

So … what makes us nervous?

“In organisations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles and positions”. Margaret Wheatley

Final Thoughts… “Amateurs and egotists usually share one fault in common when making a talk. They try to impress rather than express. ” Author unknown