ST' JAMES LANGUAGE CENTER PRESENTATION SKILLS featuring Cherie Quaintance

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ST. JAMES LANGUAGE CENTERPRESENTATION
SKILLSfeaturingCherie Quaintance
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Getting Attention

• Give your audience a problem to solve
• Give them a surprising fact
• Give them a story or a personal anecdote

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A Presentation is AlwaysThree Presentations

• The Presentation You Planned
• The Presentation You Gave
• The Presentation You Wish You Gave

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Preparation

• Set Objectives
• Whats my goal or purpose?
• Whats my core message?
• How will I communicate it?

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Preparation

• Recommendations
• Use a theme
• Create an executive summary
• Use sticky notes to brainstorm organize

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Preparation

• Building Confidence
• Use the structure and language suggested
• Practice alone and with an English speaker
• Use short sentences and familiar words
• Memorize the first two minutes

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Getting Started

• State the purpose of your presentation
• Give your audience an outline

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Organizing Your Information

• Link your ideas
• Guide the audience with simple transitions
• Recapture audience attention
• Prepare them for important points

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Getting Keeping Attention

• Connecting with your audience
• Use the words we (all), us, our
• Use question tags
• Use negative questions
• Use casual words and phrases

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Basic Guidelines

• Effective Delivery
• Speaking voice
• Eye Contact
• Using notes
• Pausing and Intonation

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Getting Keeping Attention

• Power Language
• Use emphasis and intensifiers
• Use repetition and doubling
• Use Tripling

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Getting Keeping Attention

• Softening
• Use language to
• Soften impact
• Politely restate comments or questions

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Using Visuals

• Talk about change and development
• General tips for effective slides
• Markets and Trends
• Graphs and Charts

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When Things Go Wrong

• Survival language and tactics
• Language to smooth over mistakes
• What to do when you forget

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Closing

• Review and summarize
• Final thoughts

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Handling Questions

• Anticipate
• Comment
• Clarify
• Control

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Handling Questions

• Types of Questions
• Good questions
• Unnecessary or irrelevant questions
• Difficult questions

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• THANK YOU