Good Presentation

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"It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time."
-- Wayne Burgraff

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A good oral presentation is well structured; this makes it
easier for the listener to follow.
Basically there are three parts to a typical presentation: the
beginning, the middle and the end (or introduction, body and
conclusion).

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The Nine Presentation SinsAnd how you can avoid them
Presentation Sin 1: Wasting time
Start on time and finish on time.
 
Presentation Sin 2: Boring your audience
Give them key points that they can digest. Don’t read your speech. Package the information with your voice, body language and style to make it interesting.
 
Presentation Sin 3: Lacking passion
Believe in your message and let them know how much you believe in it. Passion is captivating, contagious and more convincing than logic.
 
Presentation Sin 4: Confusing your audience
Keep your message clear. Eliminate unnecessary information and conflicting messages. Use words that they understand. Repeat your message three times.
 
Presentation Sin 5: Insulting your audience
Talk to them and with them - but not down to them. Don’t make jokes about the audience. Don’t assume that you know what they think, know or have done.
Presentation Sin 6: Not clear about your purpose/message
Ask yourself why you are giving this speech. Be able to state your message in one short clear phrase. Then build your presentation around that. If you can’t – don’t.
 
Presentation Sin 7: Information overload
Give them what they need to know to do what you want them to do. Don’t overload them with too much information.
 
Presentation Sin 8: Stuck in your rut of delivery – unable to flex to the audience
Be prepared to alter your presentation to reach the audience in the way that is best for them. It is not about you. You must reach them with your message.
 
Presentation Sin 9: Using slides that are boring, irrelevant, or confusing
Only use visual aids that reinforce your message. PowerPoint will never rescue you from poor presentation skills. You are you best messenger.

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The 13 PowerPoint Sins you must avoid
Speaker reading what is on the screen word by word
 
· Hoping for the PowerPoint slide show to cover your lack of preparation
 
· Too much on the slide
 
· We cannot read your slide
 
· Too many colors and graphics
 
· Too much motion on the screen
 
· No apparent reason for using the PowerPoint slides
Items displayed on slide with no clear relationship to each other
 
· Using the standard clipart that everyone uses
 
· Printing in all caps or other hard to read fonts
 
· Printing the standard slides on the PowerPoint handouts
 
· Displaying lots of numbers
 
· Displaying too much detail

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"The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going."
-- Philip Crosby

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"No one ever complains about a speech being too short!"
-- Ira Hayes

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Guidelines to be a good Audience

Besides being a good presenter you should be a good audience too. Because the presenter will become the audience next time and vice versa & if you want other hear then you have to hear them. So, what are the characteristics of a GOOD AUDIENCE?

1.   Be an attentive listener
2.   Try to understand the message of the presenter.
3.   Keep silence during the presentation (no whispering, gossiping & discussion with other audiences)
4.   Have a reading about the topic if you are not acquainted with the presented one.
5.   Make relative queries if the concept is not clear or/and if you have differing opinion but not to make the presenter embarrassed. Queries should come at the question answer session but not during the presentation.

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How Presentation Skills Affect Careers

One skill that will make a big difference in a person's career is how well she communicates. When considering the traits of the most prolific leaders in business, politics or any other discipline, we can quickly distinguish them from others in the way they communicate. Because of the way in which they relay information, these people are viewed as dynamic, charismatic and highly informed. Thus, learning to deliver a polished presentation that demonstrates expertise and professionalism is one way to cultivate this all-important skill.

[Rozina Akter]

Nice sharing