The recipes below are all drawn from the experiences of expert presentations on the world. 'm sure they will help you to improve and enhance presentation skills, making presentations become more attractive and efficient.
Nothing can replace the practice. Fact, the majority of those presentations good not due to talent available, which is thanks to the positive learning, training does not stop by itself.
Let's drill it comes to becoming a speaker talented. Just want to be proficient presentation skills to serve the good for work. We also still need to actively learn training does not stop it.
You see! Work holding pens capital takes place in quietly, silently, only with a friend of the writer that also requires a lot of effort. That work presentation in front of many audience. A lot of people are listening, observing you and rate you. I think that you are under relatively much pressure that. But let's believe that the effort you put in will not in vain.
1. Create a connection with the listener and let them feel the heat your blood
The presenter best for that factor important to have a presentation, the primary effect is the link between you and the listener. How to create the “rope” that is, let them see the passion and enthusiasm of you.
Besides, smile and use eye contact to connect with your audience. When smiling and looking someone in the eye, you will attract their focus on you and what you are saying. This action also causes you to reduce anxiety because it makes you feel like you are presentations for one person, rather than a large crowd.
2. Focus on what the audience need to know
When preparing the presentation, you think about what the audience need to know or want to know, not what you can present.
When presenting, you also need to maintain focus and respond to the reactions of the audience. A successful presentation is always trying to present stars for easy to understand.
3. Simple rules: Let's focus on the message the error
When planning a presentation, give yourself the question:
“The core for people to remember in this presentation is what?”.
For with the message “the key” this, please present it in simple and concise as possible.
Some experts recommend that you should not take more than 15 words to interpret the “keywords” key. If what you say is not related to the main message, please comb remove them.
4. Know how to use powperpoint, photos
Presentations will be more attractive if you know how to combine powerpoint presentations, videos, photos logical. Powerpoint should not let too many letters that should only be the main focus and presented by the font look. Slide effect should use the simple effect, avoid effects disturbing the eye of the viewer. With images or videos need to be related to the content that we presented, if used properly will create the attention of people to hear more.
5. Always remember the formula 10-20-30 when preparing presentation materials
Here is a little tip from Expert Guy Kawasaki – Who contribute to the success of Apple. He said that the slides on the computer (slide) should be prepared as follows:
Should not be prepared more than 10 slides
No longer than 20 minutes
Using letters from size 30 and above
The last thing is the most important. Because follow this will help you avoid cramming too much information on 1 slide.
Actually, the purpose of the document presentation also pointed to support for the presentation only. A material good is when it becomes useless if the interpretations. Always make sure that you've prepared yourself for the piece of paper to remind the palm of the hand to the room when “forget this”. However, don't lose points when you look at it.
If you need additional important information, you should prepare the little pieces of paper and play for people.
6. Be the storytelling fun
Stories help attract attention and easy to remember. If you can integrate the story into the presentation, the audience will feel empathy and remember the main problem better then.
7. Don't forget voice
Compared with other factors, the voice is little factor influence the most. Therefore, you need the support from many different sources. However, a clear voice and will make listeners more receptive.
While presentations, press okay and adjust speaking speed, the sound of you in the important points that the audience should remember.
8. Take advantage of body language
Body language is also a “vehicle” to help the efficient transmission of your message to the listener. When presenting, please present yourself a human, open and confident. You should move slowly around the stage and between the listener to increase the interaction.
You absolutely don't cross your arms in front of chest, arms, back, or for your hand in your pocket... for all this action are accidentally “denounce” you are a conservative, timid and lack confidence in your presentation.
9. Relax, breathe deeply and enjoy
If always “threatened” his mind “Presentation, it's hard”, so you won't be able to calm down and relax is.
Let's know how to create smart stops: When you worry, your heart rate will rise, speaking speed, and the sound of your voice also changed. This will cause you trouble in the accents as well as expression. At this time, 1 ad stay in a few seconds or a few minutes will help you more comfortable before continuing the theme of his presentation.
Another effective way is to focus on breathing when presented. Let's breathe deeply, evenly and slowly. Don't forget to maintain the rhythm of breathing steadily throughout the period presentation.
10. Don't try to show people you can answer all the questions
Very few people when presenting or presentations can openly admit that they really don't know the answer for 1 question that. Because this makes them feel the authority or influence of his may be impaired. However, as we all know that no one can know everything about everything. Therefore, sometimes you admit you are not ready reply for 1 problem, that doing this can improve your credibility. If someone ask 1 question that you do not know, you get answers you don't know.
11. Know refused skillfully
To the effective presentation, you should refuse to answer a number of things in nature “taboo” in the first meeting or in the workshop people. Such as the question about the cost of finance in general. You should know how to “drive” these questions, or to refuse gentle, polite.
For example: “I'm afraid we mentioned this issue a little early,” or “I myself also not received a decision on any specific...”
12. Some mistakes to avoid when giving presentations
- Abuse slide
- The style, the pose, not dignified, dress sloppy
- The message is not directed at the audience
- Lack of energy
- Content tangles
- Not inspired
- Evasive eyes of the audience
- Ramble
- Stand still like statues
- Do not create the atmosphere of excitement
There are many ways to improve presentation skills and speaking of you. But the important thing is you need to have a progressive spirit, overcoming the disadvantages of his. That's the important factors to become a professional speaker. Presentation in front of a crowd is not something too difficult. Be calm, take a deep breath, recalling the process of practicing his presentation, I believe your presentations will effectively infinity. SureHCS wish you success!
