Effective Presentations
Delivering effective presentations just does not happen. Few people are natural public speakers and those who make it look natural do so because they have worked at it. One of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to making presentations is no, poor or inadequate preparation and rehearsal. All effective presenters prepare well for any presentation that they deliver. Preparation involves engaging the brain before the mouth.
Another common error that people make is believing that their PowerPoint slides are their presentation. Your PowerPoint slides are Not your presentation. They are merely a visual aid. However, when they are used poorly they become a visual distraction. Your PowerPoint slides should be one of the last steps of making a presentation before you deliver it. However, many people make the mistake of preparing PowerPoint slides first. The presenter then becomes controlled by the slides and ends up talking but not achieving very much. This results in a huge amount of wasted time. And not just on the part of the presenter but also on the part of the listeners.
Making effective presentations, public speaking, presenting with confidence takes preparation and practice. Give the time to the preparation and practice that it deserves. Your presentation might be the difference between a sales contract being won or lost, that promotion of new job that you wanted, your idea or strategy being taken on board, increased finance for a project, bringing about the change and getting everyone on board. If the presentation is worth doing then it is worth doing well.
The following steps can help you make effective presentations and improve your public speaking:
- Determine your overall goal – what do you want your audience to do, think, feel, know or understand as a result of attending your presentation? In other words start at the end.
- Understand the audience’s needs, points of view, what they want to hear. What are their thoughts on the topic? What are the potential benefits to them? What need are you addressing?
- Determine how best to put your message across based on your goal and the audience’s needs. Prioritise the information. Keep it to around three main points. You can’t give all the information in a 20 minute or less presentation.
- Research your topic. Know your subject area. Use examples, stories, analogies, visuals to illustrate your points and aid understanding and recall.
- Plan your visuals to support your message. Learning is reinforced by visualistion. The proper visuals can really add strength to a presentation. Poor visuals will weaken it.
- Prepare for questions.
- Rehearse, rehearse and rehearse
Giving a successful or effective presentation is a skill that can be developed through knowing the right tools, techniques and approaches. The above steps will help you deliver an effective presentation.
A full article on Steps to Effective Presentations has been published on Ezines.com and can be found on Resources page of this web site.
Presentation Skills Training Course
We offer a number of different presentation skills training courses based on your need and experience.
The presentation skills training course will provide you with guidelines on how to speak in public with confidence, provide you with presentation tips and presentation ideas.
We can help you work on existing presentations or develop new presentations.
Typical content of our presentation skills training courses includes:
How to prepare for your presentation
How to develop the content, examples, stories slides for your audience
How to keep your audience engaged and interested
Deliver skills using your body lnaguage and voice effectively
How to handle questions and the unexpected
Both group and one-to-one presentation training can be organised.
Participant's Comments and Testimonials
I found Dymphna's approach and coaching style with regards presentation skills excellent. I personally habve a terrible habit of speaking too fast. Dymphna was able to show me lots of tricks that subtly solved the problem for me. Her method of recording practice runs and redoing on a 1 to 1 basis I found suited me particulary well. Being new to the worls of presenting within a startup environment I was not sure what to expect but now feel I have a strong foundation and a person whom I can call on for advice going forward. I would not hesitate to recommend her to other start-ups. Graham Barker, Founder, Software Development Company: Big Learner. graham.barker@biglearner.com
For more information on Effective Presentations Skills Training and Public Speaking please contact us on
087 8285002 or 091 583208 or email: info@dymphnaormond.com.
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Ennis Innovate provides support to start-up companies from business idea stage to commercialisation. We have used the services of Ormond Coaching and Training for Presentation Skills Training. I am very happy with the quality of training provided by Dymphna. Her style is very engaging, she actively works to include all participants, ensure that the information is understood and that the participants have ample time and feedback to develop their skills. I will definitely use Dymphna for
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