Winning%20Presentation%20Skills

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Winning Presentation Skills
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Our journey

• Great presenters
• Visual aids
• Overcoming nerves
• Presentation skills
• Stories

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Why presentation skills?
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What makes a great presenter?
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Top turnoffs

• Poor visuals
• Poor structure
• Repetitive habits
• Monotone/reading
• Disorganized
• Pacing

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Target your audience

• Its not about you
• Its about

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The magic of 3

• 3 new things
• 3 tell thems
• 3 parts

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Structuring your presentation
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Our journey

• Great presenters
• Visual aids
• Overcoming nerves
• Presentation skills
• Stories

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Why use visuals?
Without visuals With visuals
3 day retention 10 50
Goal achievement 33 67
Reaching consensus 58 79
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Why use visuals?

• Wharton School of Business found
• Increased learning by up to 200
• Increased retention by up to 38
• Decreased time taken for complex explanations by
  25 40

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Design principles

• Simple
• Organised
• Aim for understanding and retention
• Take up whole screen
• Always check for miztakes

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Text

• Avoid paragraphs. They take a long time to read,
  are confusing for the eye and contain many words
  that could be eliminated. Keep it to key points
  only and use bullet points. Always delete
  unnecessary words.
• 6 words per line
• 6 lines per slide

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Capitals, font and underscore

• You are wonderful
• You are amazing
• You are stupendous
• You are awesome
• You are inspirational
• You are wonderful
• You are amazing
• You are stupendous
• You are awesome
• You are inspirational

• YOU ARE WONDERFUL
• YOU ARE AMAZING
• YOU ARE STUPENDOUS
• YOU ARE AWESOME
• YOU ARE INSPIRATIONAL
• YOU ARE WONDERFUL
• YOU ARE AMAZING
• YOU ARE STUPENDOUS
• YOU ARE AWESOME
• YOU ARE INSPIRATIONAL

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Font sizes

• This is 14 point font
• This is 16 point font
• This is 18 point font
• This is 20 point font
• This is 22 point font
• This is 24 point font
• This is 26 point font
• This is 28 point font
• This is 32 point font

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Graphics

• What do you notice first?

I like you
Your smile is great
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Colour combinations
Remember colour deficiencies Very readable and palatable
Very readable and palatable Conveys sense of finality
Invigorating Do not use
Conveys energy, passion, spirit or competition Sky to earth graphing lighter at top to darker at bottom
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Our journey

• Great presenters
• Structure
• Visual aids
• Overcoming nerves
• Presentation skills
• Stories
• Remembering
• Questions

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Overcoming nerves
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Our journey

• Great presenters
• Visual aids
• Overcoming nerves
• Presentation skills
• Stories

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Rapport
55 Physiology Posture Facial expression Blinking Gesture Breathing
38 Tonality Voice Tone Tempo Timbre Volume
7 Words Language indicators Keywords phrases Common experiences Content chunks
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Verbal

• Intentional
• Talk with not at audience
• Avoid jargon
• Use first person, ie I, we
• Unintentional
• Perceived as lack of knowledge
• Talk in ideas not words to decrease

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The ums and aahs

1. How engineers test bridges to work out the load
   limit
2. The patterns snow flakes make as they fall down
3. How kettles know to turn themselves off when the
   water boils
4. Things Eskimos do in igloos during snowstorms
5. What to do if you accidentally step in a
   crocodile nest
6. How designers work out how big to make seats in
   sports stadiums

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Ways different people learn and communicate

• See
• Hear
• Feel
• Self talk (in your head)

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See - Hear - Feel

1. Your first day at school
2. The best time you have ever had at the beach
3. The best birthday party you have had or been to
4. Sailing around the world on a yacht
5. Riding a push bike down hill without brakes
6. Going on a ride at a theme park, school fete or
   Ekka
7. Ice skating or snow skiing for the first time

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Charismatic arms

1. Your favourite place in the world
2. The best time you have ever had at the beach
3. The best birthday party you have had or been to
4. The best holiday you ever had
5. Riding a push bike down hill without brakes
6. Going on a ride at a theme park, school fete or
   Ekka
7. Someone who inspires you
8. Bungee jumping
9. Being caught in a hail storm

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Become The Topic ... You are ...

1. A shopping trolley that has been converted into a
   go cart for downhill racing
2. A sock worn on a wilderness trek for 4 days
3. A pair of missing pyjamas that have been under
   the bed for 2 years
4. A ping pong ball in a tournament
5. A tennis ball in the Wimbledon finals
6. A camera owned by a wildlife photographer
7. A fish being chased by a shark

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Use Emotion

1. Christmas shopping
2. Playing in the finals for your favourite sport
3. You are a spy talking your way out of being
   caught in a high security nuclear plant
4. You are explaining to your mum why it would be a
   good idea to have a pet toad
5. Telling your parents that you deserve an iPhone
   for Christmas
6. Convincing your parents to take you with them
   when they go on an overseas holiday (even though
   you will miss some school)

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Questions
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Our journey

• Great presenters
• Visual aids
• Overcoming nerves
• Presentation skills
• Stories

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I have a dream
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Tell A Story

• People remember it (and you)
• You remember where you are up to
• It is more interesting

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Our journey

• Great presenters
• Visual aids
• Overcoming nerves
• Presentation skills
• Stories

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Thank you

• May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be
  always at your back. May the sun shine warm on
  your face. May the rains fall soft upon your
  fields and until we meet again
• may Life hold you softly in the palm of Her
  hand.
• Old Gaelic Blessing
• Extollo Pty LtdGPO Box 783BRISBANE QLD 4001
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• www.extollo.com
• www.LifeSkiller.com