Presentation Skills

TRAP14 Riga

Federico Pisanu, Herve Tunga, Tomasz Szreder

Failing to preparePrepare to fail

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Structuring the message• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Visuals• Closure

2000 2007

BORING

NOBEL

WHAT IFwe start making

good presentations?

YES we can!

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Exercise #1:Introduce yourself

3 min preparation1 min presentation

PanicPanic

Why?Why?

What?What?

Who?Who?

AnalysisUnderstandingDemographicsInterestEnvironment NeedsCustomized Expectations

How?How?

Where?Where?

Debrief exercise #1

Exercise #2:Most amazing personal experience

2 presenters5 min preparation2 min presentation

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Coffee Break• Structuring the message• Lunch

VoiceVoice

Eye contactEye contact

Facial expressionFacial expression

GesturesGestures

Posture&

Body orientation

Posture&

Body orientation

MovementMovement

Debrief exercise #2

Exercise #3:Impromptu Speech

2 presenters10 min preparation3 min presentation

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Coffee Break• Structuring the message• Lunch

15 min

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Coffee Break• Structuring the message• Lunch

Take needed timeTake needed time

Go analogGo analog

BrainstormingBrainstorming

ClusterCluster

Create your outlineCreate your outline

Introduction: “Tell them what you’re going to tell them”

1 argument

2 argument

3 argument

Body: “Tell them”

Closure: “Tell them what you’ve told them”

Example

Example

Debrief exercise #3

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Coffee Break• Structuring the message• Lunch

LUNCH

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Structuring the message• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Visuals• Closure

Exercise #4:Books’ reviews

1 presenter1 Flipchart

10 min preparation3 min presentation

Schedule

• Wrap up• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Coffee Break• Visuals• Closure

Schedule

• Wrap up• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Coffee Break• Visuals• Closure

Make the message stickMake the message stick

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motional

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Find the core

SimpleSimple

Raise interestHold attention

UnexpectedUnexpected

Our mission is to become the international leader in space industry thanks to the innovations of our teams and some specific and strategic aerospace initiatives.

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ConcreteConcrete

First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

‘‘’’John F. Kennedy 1961

ConcreteConcrete

ConcreteConcrete

Help peopleUnderstand

AndRemember

A bag of popcorn has 37 grams of saturated fat.‘‘

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CredibleCredible

37 grams of saturated fat

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+ +

CredibleCredible

EmotionalEmotional

StoriesStories

TELL people how to act

GIVE people ENERGY to act

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Debrief exercise #4

Exercise #5:Stage performance

3/4 presenters5 min preparation3 min presentation

Schedule

• Wrap up• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Coffee Break• Visuals• Closure

Master Stage PresenceMaster Stage Presence

Wear Appropriate CostumesWear Appropriate Costumes

Timing is everythingTiming is everything

Make it look EffortlessMake it look Effortless

Have FUNHave FUN

Exercise #6:Collaborative Work

2 presenters3 ppt slides

10 min preparation5 min presentation

Schedule

• Wrap up• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Coffee Break• Visuals• Closure

15 min

Schedule

• Wrap up• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Coffee Break• Visuals• Closure

Visuals are useful to ...Visuals are useful to ...

Support your message

Visualise ideas

Structure your presentation

PowerPoint is not ...PowerPoint is not ...

prompter

PowerPoint is not ...PowerPoint is not ...

handout

Text

PowerPoint is rather ...PowerPoint is rather ...

5 principles to create slides5 principles to create slides

One idea/slide

Usually it is recommended not to write everything on your slide. Otherwise the presenter (me) just reads his slide (often in a boring way), looks at the screen instead of the audience. He also loses contact and interactivity with the audience. Because of that, the presenter is not useful anymore, he should rather send his PowerPoint slides by email to the audience. Last but not least, his slide becomes overloaded.

High Signal/Noise

ratio

HOPELESS

Picture superiority

Before / After

Bring stats to life

Contrast

Make it big or make it small.

Make it BIGor make it ...

small.

Repetition

Repetition ...Repetition ...

allows ...allows ...

coherence !coherence !

Visuals for WHO?Visuals for WHO?

Schedule

• Wrap up• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Coffee Break• Visuals• Closure

We opened the doors for you…

Schedule

• Introduction• Constructive Feedback• Podium panic• Body Language• Structure of the presentation• Make your message sticky• Stage performance• Visuals• Closure

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