1. Preparing and Delivering a Presentation
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Preparing and Delivering a Presentation OR
How not to be a nervous wreck!
Delivering a Presentation. OR
How not to be a nervous wreck! GO

2. What is the purpose of your presentation?
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What is the purpose of your presentation?
What are you hoping to achieve with your presentation?
Is the presentation to inform, train, persuade, entertain, or demonstrate?
What is the purpose of your presentation?
What are you hoping to achieve with your presentation?
Is the presentation to inform, train, persuade, entertain, or demonstrate?

3. Purpose
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If the presentation is to inform or explain, it helps to have a logical order and to use examples and comparisons
If the presentation is to persuade - it helps to be convincing, use evidence and show enthusiasm
Purpose.
If the presentation is to inform or explain, it helps to have a logical order and to use examples and comparisons.
If the presentation is to persuade - it helps to be convincing, use evidence and show enthusiasm.

4. Consider the Audience Level of knowledge Degree of formality
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Level of knowledge
Degree of formality
Type of language used
Once you've looked at these points you can now begin to choose what you will say and show in your presentation, knowing that it will be of interest or benefit to most of your audience.
Consider the Audience.
Level of knowledge.
Degree of formality.
Type of language used.
Once you've looked at these points you can now begin to choose what you will say and show in your presentation, knowing that it will be of interest or benefit to most of your audience.

5. Knowledge What do members of the audience do? Who do they work for?
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What do members of the audience do?
Who do they work for?
What do they already know about the subject that you are going to talk to them about?
What information will be new to them?
Knowledge.
What do members of the audience do?
Who do they work for?
What do they already know about the subject that you are going to talk to them about?
What information will be new to them?

6. Degree of Formality Will your audience consist of: Fellow students
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Will your audience consist of:
Fellow students
Lecturers
Examiners
They will determine the degree of formality
- sit and chat
- stand & talk
- stand & deliver
Will your audience consist of:
Fellow students
Lecturers
Examiners
They will determine the degree of formality
- sit and chat
- stand & talk
- stand & deliver

7. Language What type of language will you use? No I don’t mean French!
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What type of language will you use?
No I don’t mean French!
Will you use
-everyday language
-your telephone voice
-BBC newsreader voice
Language
What type of language will you use?
No I don’t mean French!
Will you use
-everyday language
-your telephone voice
-BBC newsreader voice

8. Presentation Structure
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Start
Middle
End
Presentation Structure.
Start.
Middle.
End.

9. Start of Your Presentation
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Tell them what the presentation is about (it helps to have a title slide at this point)
Tell them what your objectives are
Tell them who you are (perhaps put your details on the title slide)
Tell them why you are giving this presentation
Tell them what's in it for them (benefits)
Grab their attention
Set their expectations (when you'll finish, whether there will be time for questions afterwards, whether there will be handouts, etc.)
Start of Your Presentation.
Tell them what the presentation is about (it helps to have a title slide at this point).
Tell them what your objectives are.
Tell them who you are (perhaps put your details on the title slide).
Tell them why you are giving this presentation.
Tell them what's in it for them (benefits).
Grab their attention.
Set their expectations (when you'll finish, whether there will be time for questions afterwards, whether there will be handouts, etc.).

10. What’s in the Middle? Tell them about your subject in detail
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Tell them about your subject in detail
Tell them logically
Tell them in a language they understand
Use stories and real examples to highlight your points
Tell them how this information applies to them
What’s in the Middle?
Tell them about your subject in detail.
Tell them logically.
Tell them in a language they understand.
Use stories and real examples to highlight your points.
Tell them how this information applies to them.

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Ahhh the End
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Summarise - briefly tell them about the most important points of your presentation
Tell them what you want them to do next (if appropriate)
Tell them the benefits that your solution, options, conclusions etc. will bring to them
Ask for questions & answer questions where appropriate
End with a bang and not a whimper
Try and finish on a "high" - but avoid finishing with the words "That's it"!
Ahhh the End.
Summarise - briefly tell them about the most important points of your presentation
Tell them what you want them to do next (if appropriate)
Tell them the benefits that your solution, options, conclusions etc. will bring to them
Ask for questions & answer questions where appropriate
End with a bang and not a whimper
Try and finish on a "high" - but avoid finishing with the words "That's it"!

12. Delivering a Presentation
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Delivering a Presentation
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Research has shown that people make up their minds what they think about you within the first minute
If you accidentally give the wrong impression at first, you will have to work really hard to overcome this
Much rests on image, body language, style of dress, tone of voice and initial impact rather than the words you speak.
Delivering a Presentation.
Research has shown that people make up their minds what they think about you within the first minute.
If you accidentally give the wrong impression at first you will have to work really hard to overcome this.
Much rests on image, body language, style of dress, tone of voice and initial impact rather than the words you speak.

13. What Do I Do? Stance Expression Eye contact Speed Space Gestures
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Stance
Expression
Eye contact
Speed
Space
Gestures
What Do I Do?
Stance
Expression
Eye contact
Speed
Space
Gestures

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Stance
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When we are nervous we tend to "guard" ourselves, keeping our upper arms tight against our chest, or hunching our shoulders; this is a perfectly natural thing to do, but it makes us look apologetic. Straighten your back, look the world in the eye, and think tall.
Stance
When we are nervous we tend to "guard" ourselves, keeping our upper arms tight against our chest, or hunching our shoulders; this is a perfectly natural thing to do, but it makes us look apologetic. Straighten your back, look the world in the eye, and think tall.

15. Expression
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Start with a smile but there's no need to smile all the time. A nod or a thoughtful expression will pay far greater dividends than an ever-ready smile.
Expression.
Start with a smile but there's no need to smile all the time. A nod or a thoughtful expression will pay far greater dividends than an ever-ready smile.

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Eye Contact
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This is one of the most significant indicators of status and competence. Try to keep your eye contact up - people will trust you more, believe you more and know that you are interested in them. But don't stare!
Eye Contact.
This is one of the most significant indicators of status and competence. Try to keep your eye contact up - people will trust you more, believe you more and know that you are interested in them. But don't stare!

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Speed
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If you want to be taken seriously, don't hurry. If you go too fast you'll look as if you're hurrying to catch up, rather than as though you're doing the job competently. If you slow yourself down, you will also give yourself time to think, always useful when time is short.
Speed.
If you want to be taken seriously, don't hurry. If you go too fast you'll look as if you're hurrying to catch up, rather than as though you're doing the job competently. If you slow yourself down, you will also give yourself time to think, always useful when time is short.

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Space
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The way you handle your personal space tells people a great deal about how you feel about yourself. Feelings of self-consciousness or shyness are shown by small, inward-moving gestures - usually with the palms of the hands hidden. Self-confidence and well-being are characterised by an outgoing body image with expansive, outward-moving,
open-handed gestures.
Space.
The way you handle your personal space tells people a great deal about how you feel about yourself. Feelings of self-consciousness or shyness are shown by small, inward-moving gestures - usually with the palms of the hands hidden. Self-confidence and well-being are characterised by an outgoing body image with expansive, outward-moving, open-handed gestures.

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Gestures
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The best way to make a good presentation is to be yourself; if you are not a person who makes a lot of gestures then it is unwise suddenly to start making them in a presentation. Most people are nervous at the start of a presentation, but it is almost guaranteed that after you have been speaking for a few minutes, you will loosen up and look more natural
Gestures.
The best way to make a good presentation is to be yourself; if you are not a person who makes a lot of gestures then it is unwise suddenly to start making them in a presentation. Most people are nervous at the start of a presentation, but it is almost guaranteed that after you have been speaking for a few minutes, you will loosen up and look more natural.

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What Not To Do!
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Presenter mannerisms that irritate most people in an audience include:
Lack of eye contact
Turning your back on the audience
Pointing or stabbing a pointer at an audience
Hiding behind the flip chart or screen
Fidgeting with a presentation pointer
Not being able to find the right slides
Standing perfectly still
Looking only at a script or prompt cards, not at the audience
What Not To Do!
Presenter mannerisms that irritate most people in an audience include:
Lack of eye contact.
Turning your back on the audience.
Pointing or stabbing a pointer at an audience.
Hiding behind the flip chart or screen.
Fidgeting with a presentation pointer.
Not being able to find the right slides.
Standing perfectly still.
Looking only at a script or prompt cards, not at the audience.

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Test Your Knowledge
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You have covered lots of points, hints and tips in this lesson
Why not make sure you have remembered some of them
Try the quiz
Or the exercise
Test Your Knowledge.
You have covered lots of points, hints and tips in this lesson.
Why not make sure you have remembered some of them.
Try the quiz.

22. That’s It! You have now prepared for your presentation
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That’s It!
You have now prepared for your presentation
Use the information you have just read to help you deliver a wonderful presentation
Be yourself
Good Luck
That’s It!
You have now prepared for your presentation.
Use the information you have just read to help you deliver a wonderful presentation.
Be yourself!
Good Luck.
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