Presentation Skills Dr Zanete GARANTI http academic akun

Presentation Skills Dr. Zanete GARANTI http: //academic. akun. edu. tr/prelector/zanetegaranti

About the teacher Zanete Garanti Email: zanete. garanti@akun. edu. tr Office: AKUN main building, room 202 Telephone: 227 -3367/8 (113) Mobile phone: 0533 850 5809

About the course This course is designed to help you with a practical presentations skills. In this course you will learn to: Present different types of business presentations, Plan and deliver group presentation, Use multimedia to deliver your presentations.

Assesment Type Midterm: Note Examination – Presentation Weight % 30 Makeup Examination – Presentation Class presentations: In class presentations % 30 No make-up Final: Examination – Presentation % 40 Examination – Presentation

Four key elements of a good presentation Audience where are they coming from? what do they need to know? Message what are the most important things to get across? Presenter how to present with impact? Medium what’s the most effective medium to use? how to control it?

Message - how are you going to structure it? Beginning Middle End outline the content and your angle and grab their attention decide the best message order for logical flow of ideas summarise the main points and restate your angle

…or Tell ’em what you are going to tell ’em Tell ’em what you’ve just told ’em

Delivering your message Generate interest by changing pitch, intonation and speech pattern. Don’t Turn just give lots of information. statements into questions: “We chose gender stereotyping because it occurred in the highest number of situations. ” “So, why do you think we chose gender stereotyping? (PAUSE FOR EFFECT) We chose it because it occurred in the highest number of situations. ”

The presenter How confident are you in: Using your voice (clarity and volume)? Using body language (gestures, facial expression)? Timing (speed, detail, length)? Dealing with nerves? Responding cues)? to audience (eye contact, changing pace given

Feeling tense? What do you do when you are nervous? What strategies can you adopt to overcome them?

Effective Presentation • Know about what you want to say. • Look at people when you speak to them. • Speak clearly and keeping what you say simple and uncomplicated. • Ensure that your words, body language and voice match what you are saying. • Give clarity to what you are communicating by attending to signs of other people’s confusion, resentment or lack of interest. • Summarise and check that people understand you.

Example of presentation assessment sheet Unprofessional approach 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Extremely professional approach Unclear communication 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Communicated extremely clearly Poor planning evident 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Excellent planning evident Poor and/or unclear usage of body language 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Excellent and clear usage of body language Inappropriate methods adopted 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Extremely appropriate methods adopted Meaningless results presented 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Meaningful results presented Poor interpretation of results 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Excellent interpretation of results Presentation poorly structured 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Presentation extremely well structured