Practice:Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills


Objectives:*To orient students to presenting their ideas effectively Presentation Skills “ It’s your presentation ,but it’s all about them”-Ran Hoff Speak convincingly and confidently. Public speaking should have a purpose. The purpose decides the response. Response from the audience helps you Select better ideas Organizational patterns The language The delivery methods
 * To develop communication skills among them
 * To teach them the three Ps of presentation-Planning, Preparation and Practice

Purpose of your Speech There are three general speech purposes. To inform ,persuade and entertain. Be clear about your purpose. Purpose gives your presentation direction.	Each bit of the material should contribute to the purpose. Specific purpose is the exact nature of response you want from your audience. If the general purpose is to inform the specific purpose could be to understand and create awareness. If the general purpose is to persuade, the specific purpose could be to get something done. If the general purpose is to entertain the specific purpose is to laugh, humor, etc. Write your specific purpose and organize matter directly related to your specific purpose. Various ways of organizing the message - Prepare the core statement. Prepare main and sub points and add observations and experiences. Divide the material into introduction body and conclusion.

Introduction Opening should be an attention getter. Include brief overview of the topic. Never apologize during your opening remarks. This is the heart of your presentation Develop your theme, present your ideas, data and convince the audience. Use Seven Cs of good writing. For informative presentation you could use chronological pattern, Spatial pattern, Causal order, topical pattern. For persuasive speech, the body of the speech is to defend the speaker either to support or oppose it.

Conclusion Summarize. Conclusion should be as strong as the introduction. Never conclude with thank you for your attention.

Support your ideas Listeners require assertions that are backed by proof. Use Statistics, Analogies, Fables, Expert testimony, Anecdotes.

Visual Aids These are tools to remember details. Text visuals No more than six lines Maximum six words per line. Typed in large clear type. Allow time to read. Graphic Visuals Simplify graphics and use headings