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Great PresentationsHow to write and give great presentations

Graham Jones

What makes a good presenter?Over to YOU......!

What Makes A Good Presenter?

Good Focus on the audience needs Make lots of eye contact Do not have a script Informal Move around Ask questions Involve the audience Stick to time

Bad Focus on the content Turn back on audience Use notes and scripts Formal Static Do not engage with audience Read slides out Run over time

Some common themes

Who do you believe?

Who do you believe?

Who might comment on the scene?

Most believable person / profession?

Next most believable person / profession?

And so on...

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Who do you believe?

Actual results

Medical Professionals

Independent Experts

Eyewitnesses

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Pressure Groups / Safety Charities

Government / Authorities

The Company

Who do you believe?

Who knows most?

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Who knows the most?

Actual results

The Company

Government / Authorities

Pressure Groups / Safety Charities

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Eyewitnesses

Independent Experts

Medical Professionals

Who do you believe?

Belief

1. Medical Professions2. Independent Experts3. Eye Witnesses4. Pressure Groups5. Government / Authorities6. The Company

Knowledge

1. The Company2. Government / Authorities3. Pressure Groups4. Eye Witnesses5. Independent Experts6. Medical Professions

Compare the results

We believe everything that doctors say whilst accepting they know

nothing

Believability in presenting

The best presenters show us they care for us in the audience

What the research tells us

Care

Passion

The best presenters are passionate about their subject and deliver it enthusiastically

The best presentations are focused and do not try to give too much content

Focus

The Four Ps of presentations

PLAN Research your audience Find out about the venue Understand the themes

PREPARE Think about your message Use mind maps or visual notes Construct useful slides

PRACTICE Go through the slides Practice out loud Know your beginning and end

PRESENT Ask questions Involve Keep to time

Fundamentals for every good presentation

Preparing your slides

Emphasise Explain Entertain

You only need slides for three reasons

Consider web sites

Which websites are truly successful?

Successful websites

What do they do?

Focus on the audience

Involve / interact

Single minded

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Up to date

Respond to questions

Know their stuff

Photo courtesy: Jack and Beverly Wilgus

FOCUS ON YOUR AUDIENCE

Some useful tools

Preparing

• iMind Map –thinkbuzan.com

• Presentation Load – presentationload.com

• iStock Photo – istock.com

• SlideShare –slideshare.net

Presenting

• SlideRocket –sliderocket.com

• Skype –skype.com

• AnyMeeting –anymeeting.com

Use these to boost your presentations

Focus on YOUR audience

Content is secondary

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