The effective presentation skills of design and outline are concerned selecting the appropriate means of delivery and organizing of the presentation. This is how you will achieve your purpose and keep the audience interested.
The steps involved in the design and outline are:-
1. Selecting the idea or topic to support the purpose
2. Gathering information - researching material to include the speech
3. Outlining the presentation - determining the main points of the speech,
4. Organizing the presentation - deciding on the best order, what to put in and what to leave out
5. Deciding on the visual aids to use including PowerPoint slides
It is with these effective presentation skills that a successful presentation takes step. The clearer the purpose is, and the better the knowledge of the audience the more effective the presentation skills of design and outline are.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Friday, 4 December 2009
Effective Presentation Skills - It's Not About You
An audience expects worthwhile content that is interesting. They are not interested in great oratory. Each audience is different. An effective business presentation is probably different to a presentation that would given to a school.
The next of the effective presentation skills related to objective is - Know Your Audience. This covers understanding your audience's expectations of why they are there, the level of experience, the age, their knowledge of your topic etc. The more you know about them the easier it is to develop an effective presentation.
If you do not know your audience it can be difficult to develop a presentation that they consider interesting and worthwhile. It will make it more difficult to achieve the purpose of the presentation.
The 2 effective presentation skills of purpose setting and know your audience make it much easier to design and prepare an effective presentation.
The next of the effective presentation skills related to objective is - Know Your Audience. This covers understanding your audience's expectations of why they are there, the level of experience, the age, their knowledge of your topic etc. The more you know about them the easier it is to develop an effective presentation.
If you do not know your audience it can be difficult to develop a presentation that they consider interesting and worthwhile. It will make it more difficult to achieve the purpose of the presentation.
The 2 effective presentation skills of purpose setting and know your audience make it much easier to design and prepare an effective presentation.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Effective Presentation Skills Planning
The first of the effective presentation skills is objective setting. Before you start to prepare your presentation it is important to know why it is to be given. There are 2 parts to objective setting:-
1. What is your reason for presenting?
2. Who is your audience?
A presentation without a purpose is of little use to the audience or the presenter. It is a waste of every-one's time. The clearer you are on the purpose the more effective the presentation. The general purpose for the presenter is "tell" or "sell" or entertain the audience while keeping the audience interested.
For example if you were presenting at a charity fundraiser, the purpose could be to convince (sell) the audience to make donations.
Knowing your purpose for presenting is is one of the most important of the effective presentation skills because without it the presentation will meander and the audience will wonder what it was about.
1. What is your reason for presenting?
2. Who is your audience?
A presentation without a purpose is of little use to the audience or the presenter. It is a waste of every-one's time. The clearer you are on the purpose the more effective the presentation. The general purpose for the presenter is "tell" or "sell" or entertain the audience while keeping the audience interested.
For example if you were presenting at a charity fundraiser, the purpose could be to convince (sell) the audience to make donations.
Knowing your purpose for presenting is is one of the most important of the effective presentation skills because without it the presentation will meander and the audience will wonder what it was about.
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