Delivering a Presentation By Graham Young
Delivering a Presentation
By Graham Young
Arrive Early
Doors Open10.30 am
In case there is a problem
Tidy the RoomStrategy
To minimise the distractions
Check all the EquipmentScreen
saverOff ?
Screen saver & WIFI turned off? Mobile on silent?
OK
Ink in the pens? Screen lined up
Nervous?
• It is OK• Being Nervous is
Normal• Don’t worry
about it
Dry Mouth?
Suck a mint Don’t drink the water
Boost your Self Confidence
Repeat aloud after me: “I am poised, prepared,
persuasive, positive and powerful.”
“I feel composed, confident, convincing, commanding and compelling.”
Give the MC an Intro Card
Please give a warm welcome to ……….
He/she has a great deal of experience
in today’s subject as
He/she has recently completed …….
The Delivery
Stand up
Take a deep Breath
Oxygenates your blood and calms you down
Establish Eye Contact
Look your audience in the eye
Eye Contact
Look at the happy faces to begin with
… the grumpy onesneed more
eye contactoverall
Look at a different person while you say each phrase or sentence
When they are all listening
Start talking
Never let them get ahead
If your audience knows what you aregoing to say next, they will stop listening
Take them on a journeyDon’t let them see
the end from the start
Build in some mystery
Make it interactive – make it memorable
Confucius
I hear - I forget
I see - I remember
I do - I understand
Make your audience do things, if only in their heads
Put some emotion in to itTell a story
Dry facts are boring
Remember to finish
With a call to action that
enforces your objective
The more detailed and explicit the
better
Then …
Stand still and feel the warm glow of a
standing ovation
Afterwards
• Check that your audience meets your objective
• Run a post presentation review– What worked well– What didn’t work
• Do it even better next time
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