Successful Presentation Skills

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Overview

How would you feel if someone suddenly told you that you had to give a presentation next week?

Would you instinctively start planning for the event, or start planning how to delegate the task to someone else?

Effective communication skills are an essential part of business success - and life in general. From training new employees to building rapport with potential clients, the ability to deliver information clearly and with impact is a skill that all business people need, yet many find difficult to master. Successful Presentation Skills makes it a whole lot easier to develop those ...

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Overview

How would you feel if someone suddenly told you that you had to give a presentation next week?

Would you instinctively start planning for the event, or start planning how to delegate the task to someone else?

Effective communication skills are an essential part of business success - and life in general. From training new employees to building rapport with potential clients, the ability to deliver information clearly and with impact is a skill that all business people need, yet many find difficult to master. Successful Presentation Skills makes it a whole lot easier to develop those skills.

This new, updated edition takes the reader through the basic presentation skills, from the initial planning, through structuring and script writing to the actual delivery, from introduction to wrap-up, including sections on:

building confidence

being concise

understanding body language

designing and using visual aids effectively

A good presentation involves effective communication and is essential for business success. This guide addresses the common problems people face--overcoming nerves, handling visual aids, and shaping the presentation itself.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780749460334
  • Publisher: Kogan Page, Ltd.
  • Publication date: 3/28/2010
  • Edition description: Fourth Edition
  • Edition number: 4
  • Pages: 160
  • Sales rank: 752,801
  • Series: Creating Success Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Andrew Bradbury is a social psychologist with over 20 years of experience of designing and delivering training courses. He is the author of Successful Presentation Skills and Develop Your NLP Skills.

Table of Contents

1 Where do you want to go? 1

The secret of perfect presentations 1

What is a presentation? 2

Ten steps to success 3

2 2, 4, 6, 8-how do you communicate? 5

It's not what you say - is it? 5

It's the way that you say it 7

I'm really pleased to be here - maybe 7

3 What you feel the fear... 11

Panic now - and avoid the rush 11

Your 'performing edge' 16

Winning ways 17

It must be seen to be believed 19

Pictures and images 21

4 Confidence matters 23

You're never alone in a presentation -it just feels like that 23

That certain look 26

Ready, willing and able 28

A sense of perspective 28

The look, the feel, the sound 29

Hand signals should be observed 29

Turning theory into practice 30

How to create confidence 32

5 The main objective 37

Is this really necessary? 37

And the point is? 39

Lend me your brains 40

I have a dream 41

Roll up, roll up! 41

No problem too great 42

Now hear this 44

Cutting your cloth 45

6 Know your audience 47

Putting the customer first 47

Will they hear what you mean? 48

Vague and precise language 51

Three learning/convincing styles 52

Audiences have feelings, too 54

7 Words, words, words 55

The sweet KISS of success 55

On confronting a blank sheet of paper 58

Creating a structure 60

All the truth that's fit to present 61

Think ahead - plan ahead 62

Script, notes or cue cards? 62

8 When you come to the end - stop 67

The into and the outro 67

What was it all about? 67

Closing comments 68

Know when to stop 70

Beware the red light 73

9 Curtain up! 75

On your marks, get set... 75

The moment you walk in the joint... 77

Maps and shoehorns 82

Setting a mood 83

Creating motivation 84

Establishing credibility 85

Are batteries included? 85

Making and breaking expectations 85

Providing a framework 86

Times and events 87

Never say not! 87

10 Selecting and using visual aids 89

Just for effect? 89

Horses for courses 90

11 Designing effective visual aids 97

Planning screen and flipchart displays 97

Points that make a point 98

A chart (or graph) for all reasons 100

Using colour 104

PowerPoint - the next generation 107

Last word on graphics 109

Handouts 110

12 Setting the scene 113

Anyone for tennis? 113

Please be seated 114

So many switches - so few hands 119

The little things that count 121

And then the lights went out 122

13 Question and answer sessions 125

Why? 125

When? 125

Taking control of audience questions 126

The three basic secrets of handling questions 127

What to do when you don't know the answer 128

An excuse is a loaded gun 128

The football fan 129

Dr Heckle 129

Mr Jibe 130

Beware the 'early bird' 131

Bones of contention 132

The Phantom 133

Happy Wanderers 134

The good, the bad and the ugly 135

In the seats of power 138

14 Personal presentation 141

Here I stand 141

You've got to hand it to them 142

Just one look 144

Four keys to success 145

Style of speaking 146

Taking care of your voice 146

Rehearsals 147

Can you hear me at the back? 148

Night and day, you are the one 149

Don't take it personally 150

Limbering up 151

Desert mouth syndrome 152

A 'mighty, rushing wind' 153

15 Presentation checklist 155

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