Presentation Skills

Usually we use verbal communication or non verbal communication in order to convey the message from receiver to sender.Hence in order to improve this process a simple tool is necessary that is called Presentation skills.

It simply means presenting the content/topic to the audience by using visual aids, graphics, drawings, pictures etc. It is mostly used in power point file containing all the slides for a given speech.

Steps for Effective Presentation:

For delivering an effective presentation, we need to take the following steps.

• Planning
• Preparation
• Delivering

Planning:

• What is the purpose of your presentation?
• Who will be your audience?
• What are you trying to achieve through presentation?
• Design your message.
• Organize your material.
• Design the look of your presentation.
• Create the slides.

Preparation:

• Decide your message in advance.
• Have a strong conviction on what you want to talk.
• What you say at the beginning?
• What you deal in the middle?
• How to close?
• Practice makes a man perfect.
• Try to overcome your nervousness.
• Concentrate on topic not on audience.

Delivering:

• Maintain Eye to eye contact.
• Set the frequency of the tone while starting the conversation.
• Always provide positive expressions.
• Smile in order to make the audience comfortable.
• Capture your audience attention.
• Look of “your” Presentation.
• Follow “KISS” rule i.e. keep it short and simple.
• Use short words and short phrases.
• Follow the 6*7 rules:Not more than 7 words per line, Not more than 6 lines per slide.

Tips and Techniques for Effective Presentation:

• Use Phrases.
• Don’t read your Presentation.
• Don’t stand between the audience and the slides.
• Use stories, question,clips,examples etc.
• Always go for interactive sessions.
• Vary your speaking volume.
• Speak clearly and loudly.
• Circulate around the room as you speak.
• Speak to the audience, not to the visuals.
• Discuss your objectives at the beginning of the presentation.

Signs to detect when the audience are not Listening:

• Looks down when communicating.
• Touch or rub the hair, hand, or face.
• Yawning.
• Whispering.
• Tap their feet.

Final words:

• Try to maintain the flow.
• Text to support the presentation.
• Pictures to simplify complex concepts.
• Visuals to support, not to disturb.