1. Great Presentations Great Expectations Heather McDonnell Sarah Lawrence College Scott Atkinson The College at Brockport State University of New York

2. Two, Two, Two Presentations In One

3. “Many are ready to even die in battle, but few can face an assembly without nerves.” -ancient Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar

4. “Most people would prefer to be lying in the casket rather than giving the eulogy.” -Jerry Seinfeld

5. KISS!

6. Keep it Simple! Keep it Short!

7. Gotta Do the Homework Know your numbers Know your statistics Preparation is the foundation to an excellent presentation!

8. Helpful Tip Come Early, Really Early

9. The Audience Primary group H.S. Senior families The Board of Trustees School counselors Hidden Group? (potential applicants)

10. Helpful Tips Know Your Audience Put Yourself in the Audience

11. Select and Organize Remember 7 th grade English? The Beginning The Middle The End

12. Helpful Tips Get Practice Anticipate

13. The Beginning Get their attention Joke Startling statistic Great Story Picture Rhetorical question

14. Helpful Tip Don’t Apologize (Unless you are really wrong)

15. Helpful Tip Speeches are about Stories

16. Your Purpose Describe the outcome of this meeting Introduce yourself Make the meeting personal Explain the benefit

17. The Middle Three to seven critical points only! Process Applications Programs

18. It’s Not Brain Surgery The NY Times is written at a 7 th grade reading level Keep your remarks focused on a 7 th grade listening level

19. Helpful Tip Be Entertaining

20. Diagnose the audience Glazed eyes? Furrowed brow? Sound asleep? No questions? You’re losing them!

21. Helpful Tips Really Listen and Respond to Audience Adjust and Adapt where Necessary

22. Share Yourself Analyze your audience for appropriateness Interject SHORT and PERTINENT personal stories Makes you more believable

23. Helpful Tip Have Fun!

24. About Yourself Dress appropriately Grooming is a must ~ you are the object of their gaze Relax ~ you know your stuff Don’t fidget ~ feet and hands Watch your theatrics

25. Helpful Tips Slow down Eye contact Project your voice Breathe in not out

26. Summarize Often Reinforces the main ideas Emphasizes your purpose and point Enhances listening and hearing The end isn’t so overwhelming

27. The End Close with a

28. The Bang Not Questions (yet) Final grabber ~ the more emotional the better Use powerful words and images

29. The Questions Question? Yes, BUT only if you haven’t been taking questions throughout the session It’s not a great way to end a great presentation.

30. Helpful Tip Make Time to Think  “That’s a good question”  “What would you do?”

31. Say Good Night, Gracie Thank them for their attention Acknowledge your host or facilitator

32. Helpful Tip Consider the Use of:  Handouts  Slides & Other Media

33. Helpful Tip When people attend a presentation, they are not interested in having someone read the slides to them. If that was all there was to learn from the presentation, they could have read the slides themselves and saved a lot of time. One of the most common complaints regarding presentations is that the presenter just read everything from the screen. You have all been there so keep it in mind when preparing your visuals.

34. Creating and Giving Presentations – Step by Step Guide 1.Define Purpose 2.Gather Content and Presentation Ideas 3.Structure the Subject Matter 4.Develop How to Present It

35. Creating and Giving Presentations – Step by Step Guide 5.Prepare Presentation 6.Practice 7.Plan, Experience, Control the Environment 8.‘Dress Rehearsal’ if Warranted

36. KISS