Presentation Skills

SHIVNATH PANDEY
KBS

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 Presentation Skills

Planning
Preparation
Practice
Performance
Questions
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 Planning
 Who is your audience?
 What do you want to present (content)?
 Why do you want to present (purpose)?
 Where will you be presenting (place)?
 How do you want to present (words to be used
or not, slides to be used)

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 Preparation

 Outline and sketch slides

 Prepare slides
 Proof read
 Prepare notes -
Brief keywords and phrases, except
maybe first couple of paragraphs.

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 Preparation - Outline

1 - 2 minutes per slide

Generic 15 min Conference Presentation

 Title Slide (1) Title, author, affiliation, acknowledgements

 Rationale (1-2) Why this is interesting
 Methods (1-2) What you did
 Results (2-4) What did you find and what does it mean
 Summary (1) One thing you want them to remember

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Preparation - Slides
 Use Images & Graphics
 Minimise text & numbers
 Light text on dark background
 Avoid distracting backgrounds
 Use large sans serif fonts
 Mixture upper and lower case
 Use colour to highlight text
 Keep figures simple
 Thick lines and large symbols

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Preparation - Slides
Use Images & Graphics
Minimise text & numbers
Light text on dark background
Avoid distracting backgrounds

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 Practice

Practice, practice, practice

Get feedback, and use it.
Be ruthless - delete unnecessary information

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 Performance
Don’t Apologise
Speak loudly & clearly
Use short simple sentences
Avoid jargon & abbrev.
Vary pitch, tone, volume, speed and pauses.

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 Performance

Avoid distracting mannerisms

Relax, be enthusiastic
Make eye contact
Keep an eye on the time remaining

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 Performance
 Explain figures, and Point to
important aspects

 Give a clear and concise summary,

then stop.
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Don’t go overtime. Ever.

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Things Not to Do

 Use jargon
 Overwhelm with detail
 Go over time
 Use text that can’t be read
 Stand in the way of your visuals
 Say: Ummmmm, ahhhhhh
 Stare at one point

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Presentation Skills

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