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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