Presentation Skills

Week 02

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 What is a Presentation
• A presentation is the practice of showing and
explaining the content of a topic to an
audience.

• Presentations are done to

– Inform
– Persuade
– Entertain

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 Why are Presentations
Important
• Important component of university
assessments
• A powerful tool that can be used to convey a
massage
• Commonly used by businesses to deliver
messages and acquire customers

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 Something's we should know
before we start
• No one is born with perfect presentation skills.
Like most things in life we learn the art of
presentation through experience and training.
• The best way to develop your presentation
skills is to present as much as possible.
• Do not be afraid to make mistakes, learn from
them and try to improve.

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 • For the purpose of this study we will divide
our lesson in to two main areas.

Part 01 Part 02

Developing presentation Developing slides and other

skills. supporting material

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 Part 01

Developing Presentation Skills

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 What are presentation skills

• Are those crucial abilities that are required to

deliver an effective presentation.
– Eye contact
– Body movement
– Hand gestures
– Clarity of vocal tones
– Pauses

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 Eye Contact
• Eye contact is an important skill that you need to
maintain throughout your presentation.

• It helps you to keep the focus of the audience and

create an authoritarian environment.

• The audience is more likely to believe you and listen

to you when you maintain eye contact.

• Presenters needs to avoid “Tunnel Vision” and

provide equal attention to all the audience.
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 Body Movement and Hand
Gestures
• Your body movement and hand gestures should be
inline with your presentation also known as matching
the non verbal to your verbal's.

• Do not put your hands inside your pockets or use

them inappropriately .

• Move around the presentation floor as it will make

you more comfortable. But you should always
maintain a line of sight with your audience.
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 Vocal Tones and Pauses
• It is important that you maintain a clear, healthy
vocal tone during the presentation. Also your tone
should change based on the situation. E.g-:
Surprised, tragic, fear, humor etc.

• As a presenter it is equally important to use pauses

to make sure that you allow your listeners time to
absorb the information you have provided.

• But long pauses, repetition of sentences and

stammering will have a negative affect on your
presentation.
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 Exercise

• You are required to make a one minute

presentation about your self using the
theories you have learnt. You may use the
following as a guideline in your presentation.
– Personal info such as name, age, family etc.
– School
– Occupation or previous work experience
– Hobbies
– Future plans ambitions
– The reason for joining ACBT
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