It is a way of communicating ideas & information to a group. It carries the speaker’s personality & allows immediate interaction.

 CONTENT: Information that is to be given to the audience.  PACKAGING: It must be well prepared.  HUMAN ELEMENT: Presenter should make it interesting so that it can be remembered.

 STRUCTURE : Presentation has to be well structured i.e. it should have a proper start, body and conclusion so that it can be easily followed by the audience.

Follow this pattern: Always start by greeting people Introduce yourself Use any Hadith, Ayah or any relevant incident to grab audience’s attention.

Use the words: ‘ Lets Begin ’, ‘ Can we Start ’ Introduce the topic Give aims and objectives of the presentation.

Your body of presentation should be as follows: Content should be limited. It should be interesting Your ideas should be linked and not written randomly Example should be cited. Summarize the important points.

VOLUME: You should be heard without shouting Lower your volume to draw attention Raise it to make a point. The Speech of Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w) was very clear, whoever heard him could understand him (clearly) [Abu Dawood] Aisha (r.a)

Pitch: Your pitch should not be too high or low. Pace: Avoid talking too fast or too slow. Color: Use your emotions while presenting.

Communicating through non- verbal actions like gestures & postures is body language.

Maintain Eye Contact with audience Always Smile Stand straight but not too relaxed Move to indicate the change of focus Use pen to indicate a part Move forward to emphasize

Failure to make eye contact. Looking at notes or screen all the time. Staring into people’s eyes. Back turned to audience.

Tension and fear can ruin a presentation. Make du’a & pray Nafl Prayer before presenting. Before the presentation visualize the room, audience and yourself giving presentation.

During presentation take a moment to yourself by getting a drink of water, take a deep breath and say to yourself ‘ I can do it!’ Keep in mind that even best presenters make mistakes.

Should be as follows: Inform the audience that you are about to close Say something that will be remembered and is interesting Answer the questions.

Always keep time at the end of presentation for questions. When a question is asked repeat it so that everyone can hear it and in the mean time prepare your answer in your mind. When you don’t know the answer – its better to say that you don’t know then guessing and lying

While answering, direct your answers to entire audience and not to the one who asked. Answer should not be longer than seconds. If you do not know the answer be honest.

 Font size should be visible  Use capital letters, bold face and underlining to highlight.  Have the slides ready in order  Test the visual to see if people at back can see it.

Stand at the side of screen facing audience Do not read directly from slides. Do not wave pointer in air. Do not lean on podium for long periods

Circulate in the room as you speak. Vary your techniques ( lecture, debate, discussion) Use no more than 7 lines on each slide and each line should have no more than 7 words.

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ "O Allah, You are pure, I praise You and testify that there is none worthy of worship besides You. I seek forgiveness and pardon from You".