Presentation Skills in 7 simple steps电子书

Contents

Step 1

PREPARE FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

Profile

Transferable life skills

Knowledge sharing

Networking

Presentation types

1 Information sharing

2 Training

3 Selling

4 Introducing change

Clarifying objectives

1 How much time have you got?

2 What practical details should you check about the audience?

3 What influence does their part of the company have on them?

4 What’s your goal?

Finding a mentor

Learning from the internet

Staying relevant

Quality

Quantity

Processing your material

Being clear

Appearance

Irritators

1 we/ourvs. you/your

2 mustvs. have to

3 Yes, and … / Yes. However, … / No, because …vs. Yes, but …

Presentation friendliness

Attitude

Key take-aways

Step 2

CHOOSE YOUR TOOLS AND STRUCTURE

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

The Classical approach

1 Tell ’em what you’re going to say

2 Tell ’em

3 Tell ’em what you said

The FAB approach

1 Features

2 Advantages

3 Benefits

The Persuasive approach

1 Give your proposed solution

2 Go through the disadvantages of the solution

3 Destroy the disadvantages

4 Go through the advantages

5 Summarise the advantages

6 Call for action

Microsoft PowerPoint

Pros:

Cons:

Prezi

Pros:

Cons:

Flipcharts

Pros:

Cons:

Introductions

Conclusions

Text

Font

Colours

Pictures

Graphs and charts

Do:

Don’t:

Sounding Pro

Key take-aways

Step 3

ASSESS THE VENUE AND EQUIPMENT

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

Room size

Room shape

Furniture

Seating arrangements

Lighting

Electronic equipment

Flipcharts and workshop material

Technical support

Electronic version

Handouts

Flyers

Full documentation

Flipchart photo report

Sounding Pro: A pre-presentation checklist

Key take-aways

Step 4

MAKE AN IMPACT

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

Question tags

Negative questions

1 The amazing fact

2 The challenge

3 The anecdote

Do:

Don’t:

Adjective tripling

Structure

Practice

Stress

Pauses

Intonation

Emphasis

Pace

Volume

Sounding Pro

Key take-aways

Step 5

USE THE RIGHT BODY LANGUAGE

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

The face

Do:

Don’t:

Arms and hands

Legs

Habits to cultivate

Habits to avoid

Positive signals

Negative signals

Taking action

2 Be silent

3 Ask a question

Specific negative signals

2 Rejection

3 Confusion

Key take-aways

Step 6

DEAL WITH NERVES

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

We are not alone

Negative effects

Being prepared for anything

Visualisation

Visualisation lists

Visualisation scripts

Taking a walk

Stretching

Stand stretching

Sit stretching

Clearing the brain

Power poses

Cold hands

Dry mouth or throat

Sweating, blushing, stress rash

Problems with breathing

Rapid heart rate

Nausea and butterflies

Blankness

Key take-aways

Step 7

TURN QUESTIONS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

Five ways to succeed

Five ways to fail

Compliment the questioner

Paraphrase the question

Ask for a repetition

Ask for clarification

Speculate

Pass the question

Always tell the truth

Information-checking questions

Misunderstandings

Irrelevant questions

Technical questions

Political questions

Do:

Don’t:

Question types

1 Kick-off questions

2 Target questions

3 Delayed fuse questions

Sounding Pro

Key take-aways

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