PRESENTATION SKILLS The Art of Effective Communication Facilitator

PRESENTATION SKILLS The Art of Effective Communication Facilitator: Professor Pandeli M Glavanis Associate Director, CLT

ORAL COMMUNICATION CANNOT BE TAUGHT PRACTICE IS ESSENTIAL

CRITICAL ELEMENTS MATERIAL VISUAL AIDS VOICE BODY LANGUAGE APPEARANCE

ISSUES TO CONSIDER PREPARATION PRESENTATION DELIVERY MODE VISUAL AIDS University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

PREPARATION WRITE THE SCRIPT OBJECTIVES MAIN POINTS

PRESENTATION 1 GREET THE AUDIENCE TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE TELL THEM WHY YOU ARE HERE TELL THEM WHY THEY ARE HERE

PRESENTATION 2 WHAT YOU WILL TELL THEM WHAT YOU TOLD THEM

PRESENTATION 3 STICK TO THE PLAN 5 MINUTES MAXIMUM PER SLIDE LEAVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION

DELIVERY MODE 1 SPEAK CLEAR & SLOW PAUSE AT KEY POINTS USE HANDS LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE AT THE BACK NEVER FACE THE SCREEN

DELIVERY MODE 2 THE PRESENTER CAN KILL THE PRESENTATION OR ENHANCE IT 100 TIMES

DELIVERY MODE 3 THE EYES THE VOICE FACIAL EXPRESSION APPEARANCE THE STANCE

VISUAL AIDS 1 VARIETY TO CHOSE FROM: OHP 35 mm SLIDES POWERPOINT VIDEO & FILM REAL OBJECTS FLIP CHART

VISUAL AIDS 2 TWO GENERIC STYLES: BALLROOM CONFERENCE Andrew V Abela, 2005

VISUAL AIDS 3 NEVER MIX THE TWO

BALLROOM EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

CONFERENCE EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

EXAMPLE 1 Joint Task Force IV – IRAQ

EXAMPLE 1 Power. Point slides are VISUAL AIDS NOT The Entire Subject to be Discussed

EXAMPLE 1 Power. Point slides are NOT SELF EVIDENT

EXAMPLE 1 Power. Point slides CONTINUOUSLY CHANGE

EXAMPLE 2

EXAMPLE 2 Actual decline in consumption was 8% BUT Chart shows 90%

EXAMPLE 2 Audio perception is responsible for 11% of the information that is fed to our brains; Smell, touch and taste account for another 6%. The vast majority, 83%, is gathered by our eyes.

EXAMPLE 2 IS IT ETHICAL

USEFUL RESOURCE POWERPOINT TEMPLATES BEST PRACTICAL RESOURCE

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