PRESENTATION SKILLS

AND HOW TO DELIVER DARS.

WHAT IS PRESENTATION?

It is a way of communicating ideas & information to a group.

It carries the speaker’s personality & allows immediate interaction.

A GOOD PRESENTATION HAS:

CONTENT:Information that is to be

given to the audience. PACKAGING:It must be well prepared. HUMAN ELEMENT:Presenter should make it

interesting so that it can be remembered.

STRUCTURE:Presentation has to be

well structured i.e it should have a proper start, body and conclusion so that it can be easily followed by the audience.

START \ INTRODUCTION

Follow this pattern: Always start by greeting

people. Introduce yourself Use any Hadith, Ayah or

any relevent incident to grab audience’s attention.

Use the words:

‘lets begin’, ‘can we start’

Introduce the topic Give aims and

objectives of the presentation.

BODY

Your body of presentation should be as follows:

• Content should be limited.

• It should be interesting • Your ideas should be

linked and not written randomly

• Example should be cited.• Summarize the important

points.

CONCLUSION

Should be as follows: Inform the audience

that you are about to close.

Say something that will be remembered and is interesting

Answer the questions.

VOICE

It is the most valuable tool of a presenter.

Volume:• you should be heard

without shouting,• Lower your volume to

draw attention and raise it to make a point.

Pitch:Your pitch should not be

too high or low.Pace:Avoid talking too fast or

too slow.Color:Use your emotions while

presenting.

WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE?:

• Communicating through non- verbal aclions like gestures, etc postures is body language.

Positive body language

Maintain eye contact with audience.

Always smile Stand straight but not too

relaxed Move to indicate the

change of focus Use pen to indicate a part Move forward to

emphasize.

Negative body language

Failure to make eye contact.

Looking at notes\ screen all the time.

Staring into people’s eyes.

Back turned to audience.

NERVES• Tension and fear can ruin

a presentation.• Make dua\ nafal before

presenting.• Tension can be reduced

by adopting following exercises.

• Before the presentation visualize the room, audience and yourself giving presentation.

• During presentation take a moment to yourself by getting a drink of water, take a deep breadth and say to yourself

• ‘ I can do it!’• Keep in mind that even

best presenters make mistakes.

ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

Always keep time at the end of presentation for questions.

When a question is asked repeat it so that everyone can hear it and in the mean time prepare your answer in your mind.

While answering, direct your answers to entire audience and not to the one who asked.

Answer should not be longer then 10-40 seconds.

If you do not know the answer be honest.

GOLDEN RULES FOR PRESENTATION

Font size should be visible

Use capital letters, bold face and underlining to highlight.

Have the slides ready in order

Test the visual to see if people at back can see it.

• Stand at the side of screen facing audience

• Do not read directly from slides.

• Do not wave pointer in air.

• Do not lean on podium for long periods

• Circulate in the room as you speak.

• Vary your techniques ( lecture, debate, disscussion)

• Use 7 lines on each slide and each line should have 7 words.