Presentation Skills are crucial to business and personal success and it is essential that you are able to convey your knowledge and passion to the audience. Professional speaker and presentation skills expert Gilda Bonanno provides tips for projecting a powerful, engaging and persuasive presence while presenting. (from 2010 Project Management Conference)

1. Presenting with Power and Passion Presented by Gilda Bonanno, PMP SNEC-PMI Conference April 30, 2010

2. As a project manager, what opportunities do you have to present?

3. Knowledge + Communication Success ™

4. Goal: Be Powerful, Passionate, Present & Persuasive BE POWERFUL PASSIONATE PERSUASIVE GOAL

5. Why don’t we achieve this goal consistently? Motivation Time Knowledge

6. Good Projects Don’t Just “Happen”… Neither Do Good Presentations

7. 1. Focus on Your Audience

9. 2. Organize Your Material Around Your Message

10. Balance Message Time

11. What’s the story of your presentation?

12. 3. Practice Your Delivery

13. Dress Rehearsal

14. 4. Use Non-Verbals Effectively

15. Thanks for coming to my presentation Hint: Non-verbals should match your words

16. Components of Non-Verbal Communications Eye Contact Voice Facial Expressions Gestures Posture Movement

17. 5. Manage Your Anxiety

18. Replace the negative “Joy-Sucker” voice in your head with your positive mantra

19. 1. Focus on Audience 2. Organize Message 3. Practice Delivery 4. Use Non-Verbals Effectively 5. Manage Anxiety

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21. Contact info for Gilda Bonanno, PMP: Website: www.gildabonanno.com Email: [email_address] Blog: www.gildabonanno.blogspot.com Phone: 203-979-5117