Steps for good presentation

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1. “ “A Good Presentation”A Good Presentation”
By MaazBy Maaz
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2. Why A Good Presentation?
•You want people to:
Understand your work
Be INTERESTED in your work
Think you’re great!
What happens if you give a bad one?
Few pay attention
They may fall asleep
Might think your work is not important

3. Mark Twain said…
“It usually takes me more than three
weeks to prepare a good presentation”.
According Psychologists:
“A good lecture is 25% content and 75%
theater”.

4. Take-Home Messages
Don’t wait until the last minute.
Plan ahead
Practice
Keep it simple
Have fun!

5. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse-enough times that
you are completely comfortable with the material
Practice the set up of equipment
Go to the presentation room (before presentation)
and familiarize your self with the surroundings.
On being Confident

6. The Day of Presentation
Arrive early.
Check the room and the set-up
Be rested
Dress professionally but comfortably
Be understandable
Avoid:
•Over stimulation
•Booooring

7. Know Your Self
Are you INTERESTED in your topic?
If no, get a different one!
If yes, ACT LIKE IT
If YOU aren’t excited…
Can’t expect OTHER people to be!

8. Know Your Audience
What detail should you get?
Do they have a background like yours?
How much motivation for your work?
Things that can affect this:
•Topic, topic depth
•Attitude
•Manner.

9. Keep your eyes on the audience, NOT the
equipment
Have command on yours Voice tone
Don’t hide behind the podium
Gestures – Don’t be nervous/ keep nervousness to
a minimum
Posture –Keep control on your behavior
You are the Message

10. Gain the audience's attention
Keep your audience interested
Bring them closure
Convey the necessary information
Don’t just talk faster
Don’t be offensive while argumenting.
The Power of persuasion

11. Maintaining Attention
Refocus the audience:
»Key points
»Summaries
Interact with the audience:
»Pose a question
»Voting
Insert active exercise:
»Written exercise
»Brainstorming

12. •Color can create excitement, add emphasis,
contribute to reliability
•Stay with the same color scheme
•keep them flowing with your template
•DO NOT use too many colors or fonts.
Using Text & Graphics

13. Bad-Background
•Avoid backgrounds that are difficult to read from.
•Always be consistent with the background that you
use.

14. Good Presentation
InterestingI understood
this one!
I wonder if this
technique would
work for my problem
Let’s talk to them
at the break
I never thought
of that!
Interesting topic
explained at audience’s level
Slides are understandable and easy to see
Good presentations reflect well on speaker!

15. Bad Presentation
•Audience won’t see your work is great
•But will make fun of you from back row.
zzz
What does that
slide say?
It’s booooring
Those are some
unpleasant colors…
Hey – it
matches my tie.
Please let it
be OVER…