1. Presentation Skills Workshop
To: Damelin PMB Campus
Presented By: N. E. Mkhize

2. Presentation Expectations
Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience.
Focus on your Audience's Needs.
Keep it Simple: Concentrate on your Core Message.
Smile and Make Eye Contact with your Audience.
Start Strongly.
Remember the Rule for Slideshows.
Tell Stories.
10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. ... …a PowerPoint presentation should have 20 slides, last minutes, and contain no font smaller than 30 points

3. 20 Best Tips to Improve Your Presentation Skills.
1. Practice! 
2. Transform Nervous Energy Into Enthusiasm. 
3. Attend Other Presentations. 
4. Arrive Early. 
5. Adjust to Your Surroundings. 
6. Meet and Greet. 
7. Use Positive Visualization. 
8. Remember That Most Audiences Are Sympathetic.
9. Take Deep Breaths. 
10. Smile. 

4. …..20 tips…..(continues) 11. Exercise. 12. Work on Your Pauses.
13. Don’t Try to Cover Too Much Material.
14. Actively Engage the Audience.
15. Be Entertaining.
16. Admit You Don’t Have All the Answers.
17. Use a Power Stance. 
18. Drink Water. 
19. Join Toastmasters. 
20. Don't Fight the Fear. 

5. Steps in Preparing a Presentation
Planning Your Presentation:
Step 1: Analyse your audience
Step 2: Select a topic / be based on the topic
Step 3: Define the objective of the presentation
Preparing the Content of Your Presentation:
Step 4: Prepare the body of the presentation
 Step 5: Prepare the introduction and conclusion

6. …Steps in Preparing…(continues)
Practicing and Delivering:
Step 6: Practice delivering the presentation
Speaking from Memory
Speaking from Notes
Speaking from Text
 Using a Combination of Methods

7. Top 10 Effective Presentation Techniques
1. Use visual aids
2. Keep it short and sweet
3. Use the rule of three
4. Rehearse
5. Tell stories
6. Lose the bullet points – don’t put your speaker notes up on the screen
7. Video yourself
8. Know what slide is coming next
9. Have a back-up plan
10. Check out the presentation room

8. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING I HOPE YOU’LL ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION.