Presentation

Humor Use of an Anecdote Use of a Quotation Create a real-world situation Trivia, statistics, little-known facts Play some music Give something a way

 Never start LATE Never start with an apology Never start with an unrelated or inappropriate anecdote Never start slowly Never start with equipment failure

How to Grab the

HOOK is anything that grabs

the audiences attention and makes them listen.

Here are a few surefire ways to make your audience listen: Start with a startling statistic. Start with a proactive question. Tell a story about something that recently happened to you Refer to some current newsworthy event.

THE PRISONER
Someone else made the decision for him by sending him to the seminar. You are not responsible for him being in the seminar but youre responsible of what he takes out with him.

THE VACATIONER
The person who volunteers to go to any seminar than staying at work, home or wherever else hed normally be. They like to have fun, and well count on them to help us have a good time.

THE GRADUATE
The person who thinks he doesnt need to be here because he already knows this stuff. This is the place for them to share all their knowledge and wisdom with others.

THE STUDENT
The attentive, hardworking, perfect participant who wants to hear what youve come to say. He is eager to learn and share and, like a sponge, ready to absorb all he can to help him be more effective personally and professionally.

PRISONER VACATIONER GRADUATE STUDENT

Look for crossed-arms, both literally and figuratively. Look for a general good mood combined with an overrelaxed attitude. Look for frown, rolling eyes, smug looks and crossed arms. Look for smiles, enthusiastic nodding and the merciful habit of laughing at your jokes

When the audience is doing everything from writing desperation notes to trooping, one by one, out of the room, YOUas the presentorhave a duty to perform.

Call a
Breaks can be very useful for you as well as nice little rewards for your audience. Breaks give you a chance to take a reading on how youre doing. Taking a break will give you a chance to do something about any nettlesome problems youve notices.

Know How to
GESTURES clarify and support your words
dramatize your ideas lends emphasis and vitality help dissipate nervous tension function as visual aids stimulate audience participation are highly visible

3 MAJOR CATEGORIES OF GESTURES

DESCRIPTIVE GESTURES
Are used to clarify or enhance a verbal message. They help the audience to undestand comparisons and contrast and to visualize the size, shape, movement, location, function and number of objects.

SUGGESTIVE GESTURES
Are symbols of ideas and emotions. They help a speaker to create a desired mood or express a particular thought.

PROMPTING GESTURES
Are used to help evoke a desired response from the audience.

Four simple concepts in

1. 2. 3. 4.

Respond naturally Suit the gesture to the words Make your gestures convincing Make your gestures smooth and well-timed

You are unknown quantity for only 120 seconds. After that everything you say will be heard in the context of the impression from your first two minutes. --David Peoples Presentation Plus

Make the Audience your Partner

Meet as many attendees as possible before the presentation. This begins to build a oneon-one bond that will carry over into the first few of your presentation. Prove you respect them by starting the presentation on time. Ask them what their own expectations are.

Prove that you Respect their time

The room to be set up. The speaker to be well prepared and well groomed. And all manner of things to be in order when they arrive so it doesnt always occur to them how much time and preparation went into getting ready.

USE EYE CONTACT

Nothing builds rapport faster than eye contact.

Start of your first 3 minutes by making solid eye contact

with at least a few members of the audience. Dont scan the audience speak to individual participants and make eye contact while doing it. Even those members of the audience youre not making eye contact with will benefit, because they will be able to see that you are talking to individuals. Eye contact keeps your audience alert and communicates your

interest in them.

Humor used at the proper time can help break the panic cycle that so often accelerates the patients illness or state of mind. Laughter can broaden the focus and diffuse the intensity negative thoughts, thereby aiding the patients ability to gain control. If you are planning to tell a joke, consider:
Is the joke appropriate? Do you have the patience to wait for the listeners to hear the joke, figure out whats funny, and then laugh? Will you be able to make the rest of the presentation if they dont respond well to the joke?

Etting go off stress by laughing it off. Ttitude re-adjustment. P lifting our spirit over depression & hopelessness. Ratifying in sharing laughter with people who appreciate it. Ealing body & mind by strengthening immune system. Olerating the intolerable in family, work, social and the entire lifestyle. Ntertaining people of all walks of life. Ejuvenating the body, mind and spirit for longevity and productivity.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Builds Goodwill Creates Rapport Provides a Breathing Spell Gets serious message across Helps deal with the unexpected / accidents / unpleasant 6. Polarizes / unifies a group 7. Helps persuade people

CONTROL YOUR
Practices makes perfect Make friends, not enemies Memorize the beginning Redirect your thoughts Make cheat sheets Get there one hour early Use presentation aids

Uses headlines Label charts boldly and clearly Make all printing large and bold Highlight key points

Design graphic horizontally Leave margin around the visual Keep visual clear, concise and simple In preparing narrative/text use appropriate vocabulary

A LEARNER learns through his FIVE senses

Therefore, maximize the use of the senses!

When is
The real object is too big or too small or too spread out to be seen effectively. When the object or process is not available The process is too slow moving Human or mechanical movement is too fast that prohibits perception of detail The phenomena is invisible The real object or process is too expensive, dangerous or delicate.

Advantages of Using
Pictures are processed by the mind with very little effort. Pictures act as keys to the memory. Pictures can easily illustrate tasks that words are not suited to. Vibrant visuals provide a common focus for the audience, and any loss of attention to the spoken word will be compensated for by the supporting visual material.

Advantages of Using
Well-designed visuals are signspotsthey allow the audience to see what direction youre going, and what the connection is between the different parts of your presentation. Visuals allow the audience to pause, scan the message, linger for a moment, and then absorb the message more thoroughly. Separate ideas can be linked through such devices as acronym.

Presentation
A FINE CLOSING WILL MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT THEYVE LEARNED, INSPIRE THEM WITH SOMETHING WHICH TO REMEMBER YOU AND YOUR KEY MESSAGE.

CLOSING YOUR

ATTENTION grabbers
Questions that challenge participants and leave them pondering a course of action. Quotations that form the basis for a rhetorical closing question. A personal anecdote that illustrates the points made in the talk. A slice-of-life story that illustrates the ending of your presentation together.

CLOSING KILLERS
Conducting questions and answers at the end of your presentation. Apologizing Admitting something was missed. Skipping the summary Rambling

GREAT IS THE ART OF BEGINNING; BUT GREATER IS THE ART OF ENDING.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW