A PPT guide on the do's and don'ts of a good presentation

1. Chanella Cubbins

2. Preliminary Question
 How do you feel about presenting?

3. Outline
 Effective presentations
 Pre presentation
 During the presentation
 Post presentation

4. What do you think of this?

7. Effective presentations
 Principles of effective presentations
 Characteristics of good presenters
 Keys to facilitating groups

8. Effective presentation questions
 Consider a successful presentation you
have attended.
 What made it successful?
 How did it affect you?

9. Keys to facilitation
 Small group/ pair work
 Clarity of instructions
 Observe, listen and intervene
 Allow leaders, spokespersons to emerge
naturally

10. Pre presentation questions
 What you need to do?
 A while before the presentation
 At a time nearer to the commencement of
the presentation
 Immediately before the presentation

11. Planning considerations
 Purpose
 Audience
 Subject matter
 Venue
 Duration

12. Purpose
 Have a clear purpose. Explain at the
onset what you hope to achieve with the
presentation
 What the audience will have achieved

13. Audience
 Who are they?
 Why are they attending?
 What ideas might be of interest to them?
 What prior knowledge do they have?
 What terminology is appropriate?
 What is their general attitude towards
the topic of your presentation?

14. Subject matter
 Based on your audience analysis what
matter do you need to present?
 How do you present to ensure
 Interest is sustained?
 The audience is involved?
 Time constraints are adhered to

15. Duration
 Have you allowed time for audience
involvement?
 As a presenter you must control the use
of time
 Monitor audience reaction
 Incorporate flexibility

16. Venue
 Consider the size and configuration of
your room
 Check to ensure equipment works
 Set up the chairs as per your
convenience – to allow for pair/ group
work

17. Practice
 Prepare an outline and check
 Topic is clearly stated
 Key points are included
 Sequence is logical
 Time frame is realistic

18. Overcoming fear
 What are your greatest fears about
presenting?
 Are these fears realistic?
 How can they be overcome?

19. Overcoming fear
 Know your material well
 Involve audience
 Maintain eye contact
 Prepare possible responses to probable/
problem questions
 Check facilities
 Use prompts
 Practice…practice…practice!

20. During the presentation
 Relax
 Introduce yourself
 State your purpose clearly
 Provide an overview of your
presentation
 Make eye contact with audience
 Remember to smile every once in a
while 

21. During the presentation
 Use visual material in conjunction with
verbal
 Involve your audience: An old American
Indian proverb says –
 “Tell me,…I’ll forget
 Show me, … I’ll understand
 Involve me, … I’ll remember”

22. Involving your audience
 Remember attention diminishes after 20
minutes so actively engage audience
 Ask questions,
 Invite comments, responses, questions
 Pose open ended questions
 Invite anecdotes or experiences

23. Non verbal communication
 Use hand gestures
 Maintain the right body language
 Eye contact
 Move around

24. Non verbal communication
 What do these figures convey about the
speakers?

25. Managing dynamics
 Restate questions asked by the audience
 Check that response is satisfactory (if not
suggest further discussion at a later time)
 Divert questions back to audience
 Admit when you don’t know an answer – you
aren’t God after all
 React positively to all questions

26. Ending your presentation
 Alert audience when you near the end
 Summarize main points
 Acknowledge audience input
 State follow up actions

27. Problem participants
 You are bound to come across:
 Shy participants
 Argumentative participants
 Complainers
 Angry/Hostile participants
 The classic classroom clown

28. After the presentation
 Evaluate learning derived from the
presentation
 Constructive feedback
 Extend positive feedback
 Rework negative aspects

29. References
 http://www.google.co.id/search?q=images+of+bad
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30. Additional sites to look up
 http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/presentation
mistakes/tp/080722_presentation_mistakes.htm
 http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/firststeps/p/lo
se_audience.htm
 http://www.virtualstudio.tv/blog/post/21-10-worst-
habits-of-the-bad-business-presenter