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Presentation skills in it lecture 1
This document provides guidance on developing strong presentation skills. It discusses that presenting information clearly is an important skill across many fields. It also notes that public speaking is one of people's biggest fears. The document then gives tips for effective presentations, such as preparing and practicing, maintaining audience attention for 6-8 minutes, using visual aids appropriately, and following a step-by-step process for creating and delivering presentations. Effective presentation is portrayed as relying on preparation, knowledge, and confidence.
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- 2. PRESENTATION SKILLS Presentinginformation clearly and effectively is a key skill to get your message or opinion across and, today, presentation skills are required in almost every field.
- 4. Presenting orspeaking to an audience regularly tops the list in surveys of people’s fears – more than heights, flying or dying
- 5. PRESENTATION SKILLS Oral Multimedia Power point presentations Short impromptu presentations Long planned presentations
- 6. Presentation Theory Successful presentation= Preparation + Knowledge + Confidence + Control
- 7. Get Started Youhave 4-7 seconds to make a positive impact and good opening impression In the 30 second margin Don’t start with a joke or make an off-hand comment Smile! Jokes are high risk Don’t apologize for anything
- 9. Get Started 6-8minutes = average attention span of a listener Memorize a couple a good quotations and credit the source Be daring, and bold, and have fun Create analogies and themes
- 10. Sample “Spice” Stories Questions Pictures, cartoons, and video clips Sound-clips Straw polls Audience participation exercise Quotations Props Examples and Analogies Your body language, and the changing tone and pitch of your voice
- 11. Longer Presentations Breakever 45 minutes Get up and stretch Do not speak all the time
- 12. Font Rule San SerifFonts for computers and LCD Serif Fonts for printed visual aids
- 13. Font Rule Useno more than two different fonts No more than two size/bold/italic 14-16 font size for the body Avoid upper case in the body Use notes, prompts, or cue cards
- 14. Creating and GivingPresentation Step-by-step guide 1. Define purpose 2. Gather content and presentation ideas 3. Structure the subject matter 4. Develop how to present it 5. Prepare presentation 6. Practice 7. Plan, experience, control the environment 8. Dress rehearsal if warranted