PRESENTATION SKILLS & PUBLIC SPEAKING 1.5

PRESENTATION SKILLS &  PUBLIC SPEAKING 1.5

“To inform, inspire, entertain, demonstrate, prove and to persuade, that is an objective of a good presentation.”

Presentation Guidelines Part: I

A good presentation is a “POPTA” presentation. What does POPTA stand for?

Purpose

• You need to define your purpose for giving the presentation.
• Often your goal is a high level overview, even for a technical presentation.
• Don’t tell them everything you did, you’ll bore them

Organization

• Always have an outline.
• Tell them what you’re going to tell them, then tell them, what you told them. Hint: I am doing this for this presentatio.
• Problem then solution. Not just “data then solution” or “solution then problem”

Preparation

• An unprepared presenter loses the audience before even starting.
• Practice makes perfect and builds confidence.
• Arrive early, make sure everything is set up.
• Dress appropriately.
• Slides should be done well in advance.

Time

• Be sure you know how much time you have while preparing the presentation.
• It is better to end early than to go over.
• Always have a watch or clock in view.
• You’ll never have enough time to tell everything so stick to the most important

Audience

• Be sure you know your audience well.
• Tailor presentation to your audience.
• Failure to do this is probably the biggest mistake people make.
• Are there multiple audiences?
• If so, direct different slides to different audiences.
• Watch the audience for clues

[to be continued...]