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Presentation Skills Dr. Norma Ryan Greatest fears 3,000 surveyed Public speaking (41%) Heights Insects, Financial problems Deep water Illness Death “Public speaking a fate worse than death” Exercise: The good and the bad Overview •Audience Focus •Key Message •Connectedness Audience focus Audience Focus The attention curve Start Conclusion Audience Attention Time Typical attention an audience pays to an average presentation Ideal attention curve Introduction Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Conclusion Audience Attention Intermediate conclusions Time Ideal attention of an audience when the speaker divides the talk in recognisable parts, each summarised by intermediate conclusions Learning styles Doers Thinkers Reflector (feeling) Theorist (thinking) Pragmatist (watching) Activist (doing) Observes & reflects Wants to understand underlying reasons, concepts, relationships Likes to “have a go” try things to see if they work Prefers doing and experiencing The rule of three Friends, Stop, Romans, Look & Countrymen Listen The good, bad & the ugly Engage the brain Bird Picture superiority effect BIRD Remember 72 hours later 10% 65% Window of opportunity 2.5 – 5% of your total communication time Key message Key Message The Four Ps •Plan •Prepare •Practice •Present Make it work • PRESENT Live, visuals • PRACTICE • PREPARE • PLAN Delivery styles Organisation/structure Content (Lisa b. Marshall) Where to start Brainstorm for • Why • Who • What • How • When • Where Plan Prepare Practice Present Plan – the core message Define objective of talk based on: Why? • Reason for presentation • Impact on audience • What action Post-it on side of laptop with objective written on it Guess who’s coming to dinner • Pitch to audience - size - age/gender - knowledge of subject (ratio of experts to non experts) - bias - cultural make-up Talk to your audience rather than at them Shape the talk Introduction Tell’em what you’re gonna tell’em Body Tell’em Summary Tell’em what you told’em Stages to building a presentation Thinking Sketching Scripting Building slides Rehearsing The production Story board Craft the words Emotionally charged event “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” Maya Angelou Connectedness Connectedness Delivery style: don’t ask to be zapped! Communication is three dimensional 38 % 55 % 7% Voice/tone Visual/body language Verbal/words 93% of communication is non verbal Big NO, N0 Visuals Supports not crutches •Flip Charts and White Boards •Overhead Projector •PC & Data Projector •Video/Multimedia •Handouts Tips for effective slides •Keep it simple (6X6 rule) •One idea per slide •Good visuals are visible •10% of men: red/green colour blind •“Life span” of each visual (keyboard B) The art of science communication: using PowerPoint effectively. http://ian.umces.edu/pdfs/science_comm_powerpoint.pdf Dress up numbers 5 GB 1,000 songs in your pocket Q&A pointers •“What questions do you have?” vs “Any questions?” •Most interactive part •Eliminate barriers •Repeat or restate •Respond simply and directly Spot the difference • Thank you • Email: [email protected]