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23rd Annual Scientific Conference | May 26-29, 2014 | Phoenix, AZ

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Enhancing Your Podium Presentation

Jeannette Zerpa, MSN, ARNP, PCPNP-BCNurse Practitioner

Miami Children’s Hospital, AMT

Disclosure InformationSpeaker: Jeannette Zerpa

I am employed by AMT but this presentation has no relation to AMT or their products.

Accreditation StatementAPSNA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by NAPNAP. The NAPNAP contact hours is accepted by ANCC.

Objectives

• Name two key points for a successful podium presentation

• Describe the three basic sections of a well-organized presentation and the characteristics of each.

• List three techniques for decreasing performance anxiety during a podium presentation.



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Dr. Charles LankauIn Memoriam

Is this you?

• Follow two general rules:

– Do not try to talk like anyone else

– Do not give a presentation without preparing

Successful speakers



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Successful speakers

• Be yourself– Do not imitate

– Talk with the listeners, not at them

– Be informal

• Never speak without preparing– Eight steps for preparation

Preparing to speak

1. Select the subject2. Gather ideas and information3. Organize the material4. Plan the beginning5. Plan the ending6. Practice7. Control stage fright8. Present

1. Select the subject

• Pick something that YOU love

• Pick an “expert” area

• Choose a topic and BECOME knowledgeable



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2. Gather ideas and information

• Left brain– Logical– Linear– Sequential– Organized – Planned

• Right brain– Creative– Artistic– Spontaneous– Intuitive– Ideas

Left brain, right brain

3. Organize the material



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4. Plan the beginning

• Grab the audience’s attention– Ask a question– Give a SINCERE compliment– Tell a story– Cite amazing statistics– Read a relevant quote or passage– Display a visual– Avoid telling jokes (unless the joke is on

you!)

5. Plan the ending

• Tell the audience that you are concluding – Summarize

– Repeat the main points

– Point to the future

– Call for action

– Do not apologize

– Do not add in forgotten points

6. Practice

“Does practice make perfect?

No, PERFECT practice makes perfect!”

Sensei Luis Fernandez, 1993



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6. Practice

• Practice mentally, not aloud ***

• Use note cards (power point) not a script

• Go through the whole presentation

• Do not over practice (3-6 times)

• Do not practice in front of a mirror

• Timing is everything (PPT timer)

6. Practice

• Practice ideas NOT words

• Worst choice of practice: memorization– Difficult to deliver with sincerity and

warmth

– Miss a word and stumble

• Do not read from a script– Difficult to sound convincing

7. Control stage fright

• Can be paralyzing

• Can be controlled

• You are NOT alone

• You appear more confident than you are



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• Its not about you

• Send your message to the audience– Inform

– Teach

– Inspire

– Entertain

• You are not a victim


• Experience reduces stage fright

• Your audience wants you to succeed, not fail

• Remember: WHAT you say, not HOW you say it


• Relaxation techniques

– Talk about it…..or not

– Breathing and stretching exercises

– Pacing

– Allow yourself to be nervous



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• Use the podium

• Plant feet firmly

• Do not shift weight

• Consider a duet or group presentation

• Start with small audiences

8. Present

• “Winging” is unacceptable• Use the DART method

– Design the presentation with a beginning, middle, and end

– Align yourself with the audience– Refine your presentation by practice– Time needed for a polished

presentationLipton, 2008

Tips for presentation



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• Be yourself

• Dress for success

• Step up with confidence

• Get set before you start

• Establish contact with the audience

• Begin without referring to your notes

• Talk with not at your listeners


• Avoid grunts…uh

• Maintain good posture

• Gesture

• Don’t squirm

• Hide errors

• Use the pointer effectively


• Maintain eye contact

• Use the “clock” method of eye contact

• Avoid reading…..breaks eye contact

• Make a point with specific eye contact

• Speak loudly

• Finish with confidence

• Enjoy!



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The microphone

• Any trouble with the mic is BIG trouble

• Avoid making unpleasant sounds

• Do not say ANYTHING confidential near the mic

• Do not be the “great voice” that does not need the mic

Answering questions

• Listen to the question– Catch the intent

– Not all questions are what they seem

• Repeat the question– Helps everyone in the audience

– Prevents interruptions

• Define terms– By this, I mean…..



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Answering questions

• Divide a question that has several parts– “That sounds like four questions to me”

– Clarify for everyone

• Present facts briefly

• Support opinions with evidence

• Relate answers to your presentation

Answering questions

• Answer argumentative questions directly– Keep your viewpoint

– Avoid arguments

• Admit when you do not know the answer– Offer to find out

– Be frank and honest

PowerPoint

• Used properly can be– Effective – Creative– Enhancing– Organized

• OR– Unnecessary narrator– Crutch– Eye candy



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PowerPoint

• One concept per slide

• Logical progression

• Approximately 6 lines of text

• Upper and lower case

• Font 32-44

• Clear, simple typeface

• Check capitals and periods

PowerPoint

• Avoid bullets with complete sentences

• Use key words or phrases

• Limit fonts and colors

• Use reveal

• Avoid showing off

• Not for all presentations

PowerPoint

• Feelings evoked with color

– Black: Heavy, formal, high tech

– Brown: Earth, simplicity, outdoors

– Blue: Peace, trust, confidence

– Purple: Royalty, wisdom, spirituality

– Green: Nature, health, insects



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PowerPoint

• Feelings evoked with color

– Gray: Conservative, practical, staid

– Red: Passion, love, intensity

– Orange: Warmth, flamboyant, expansive

– Yellow: Optimism, idealism, happiness

– White: Purity, simplicity, cleanliness

PowerPoint

• Use same 8 rules of presentation in PowerPoint

• Rehearse Timings (PPT slideshow)

• Presenter View (PPT slideshow)

• Remember YOU are the show, not the slides

Extra help?

• Toastmasters International– Non-profit

– Dedicated to improving public speaking

– Safe and supportive practice place

• www.toastmasters.org



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Extra help?

• National Speaker’s Association– Professional speakers

• Provide resources and education

• www.nsaspeaker.org

Extra help?

• American Society for Training and Development– Improving performance in the workplace

– HR issues

– Development and training

Conclusion

• Tell them what you are going to tell them

• Tell them

• Tell them what you told them



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Conclusion

• Be yourself

• Hook the audience at the beginning

• Know your stuff

Conclusion

• Leave a challenge

• A message

• A statement

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