HOW TO GIVE A GREAT Presenter : Kourosh Daniel Seifi

PRESENTATION
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT:

10 Tips for Effective Presentations

Top 5 Tools used for a good
Presentation
Problems we may face while giving a
presentation and how to solve them
10 TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE
PRESENTATIONS:
Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience
Focus on your Audience’s Needs
Keep it Simple: Concentrate on your Core Message
Smile and Make Eye Contact with your Audience
Start Strongly
Remember the 10-20-30 Rule for Slideshows
Tell Stories
Use your Voice Effectively
Use your Body Too
Relax, Breathe and Enjoy
1. SHOW YOUR PASSION AND CONNECT
WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

It’s hard to be relaxed and be yourself

when you’re nervous.
But time and again, the great presenters
say that the most important thing is to
connect with your audience, and the best
way to do that is to let your passion for
the subject shine through.
Be honest with the audience about what
is important to you and why it matters.
Be enthusiastic and honest, and the
audience will respond.
2. FOCUS ON YOUR
AUDIENCE’S NEEDS
Your presentation needs to be built around
what your audience is going to get out of
the presentation.
As you prepare the presentation, you
always need to bear in mind what the
audience needs and wants to know, not
what you can tell them.
While you’re giving the presentation, you
also need to remain focused on your
audience’s response, and react to that.
You need to make it easy for your audience
to understand and respond.
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE:
CONCENTRATE ON YOUR
CORE MESSAGE
When planning your presentation, you should always
keep in mind the question:
 What is the key message (or three key points) for
my audience to take away?

You should be able to communicate that key message

very briefly.
Some experts recommend a 30-second ‘elevator
summary’, others that you can write it on the back of a
business card, or say it in no more than 15 words.
Whichever rule you choose, the important thing is to
keep your core message focused and brief.
And if what you are planning to say doesn’t contribute
to that core message, don’t say it.
4. SMILE AND MAKE EYE
CONTACT WITH YOUR
AUDIENCE
This sounds very easy, but a surprisingly large
number of presenters fail to do it.

If you smile and make eye contact, you are

building rapport, which helps the audience to
connect with you and your subject. It also helps
you to feel less nervous, because you are talking to
individuals, not to a great mass of unknown people.

To help you with this, make sure that you don’t
turn down all the lights so that only the slide screen
is visible. Your audience needs to see you as well as
your slides.
5. START STRONGLY
The beginning of your presentation is
crucial. You need to grab your audience’s
attention and hold it.

They will give you a few minutes’ grace in

which to entertain them, before they start to
switch off if you’re dull. So don’t waste that
on explaining who you are. Start by
entertaining them.

Try a story , or an attention-grabbing (but

useful) image on a slide.
6. REMEMBER THE 10-20-30
RULE FOR SLIDESHOWS
This is a tip from Guy Kawasaki of Apple. He suggests that
slideshows should:

 Contain no more than 10 slides;

 Last no more than 20 minutes; and

 Use a font size of no less than 30 point.

This last is particularly important as it stops you trying to put

too much information on any one slide. This whole approach
avoids the dreaded ‘Death by PowerPoint’.

As a general rule, slides should be the sideshow to you, the

presenter. A good set of slides should be no use without the
presenter, and they should definitely contain less, rather than
more, information, expressed simply.

 If you need to provide more information, create a bespoke

handout and give it out after your presentation.
7. TELL STORIES
Human beings are programmed to respond to
stories.

Stories help us to pay attention, and also to

remember things. If you can use stories in your
presentation, your audience is more likely to
engage and to remember your points afterwards.
It is a good idea to start with a story, but there is a
wider point too: you need your presentation to act
like a story.

Think about what story you are trying to tell your

audience, and create your presentation to tell it.
8. USE YOUR VOICE
EFFECTIVELY
The spoken word is actually a pretty
inefficient means of communication,
because it uses only one of your
audience’s five senses. That’s why
presenters tend to use visual aids, too. But
you can help to make the spoken word
better by using your voice effectively.

Varying the speed at which you talk, and

emphasizing changes in pitch and tone all
help to make your voice more interesting
and hold your audience’s attention.
9. USE YOUR BODY TOO
It has been estimated that more than three
quarters of communication is non-verbal.

That means that as well as your tone of voice,

your body language is crucial to getting your
message across. Make sure that you are giving
the right messages: body language to avoid
includes crossed arms, hands held behind your
back or in your pockets, and pacing the stage.

Make your gestures open and confident, and

move naturally around the stage, and among the
audience too, if possible.
10. RELAX, BREATHE AND
ENJOY
If you find presenting difficult, it can be hard
to be calm and relaxed about doing it.
One option is to start by concentrating on
your breathing. Slow it down, and make sure
that you’re breathing fully. Make sure that
you continue to pause for breath occasionally
during your presentation too.
If you can bring yourself to relax, you will
almost certainly present better. If you can
actually start to enjoy yourself, your audience
will respond to that, and engage better. Your
presentations will improve exponentially, and
so will your confidence. It’s well worth a try.
 TOP 5 TOOLS USED FOR A
GOOD PRESENTATION:
Canva : Canva is a graphic design platform offering organizations a variety of
professionally designed templates for their presentations.
Visme: Visme is an all-in-one online visual content platform that can help individuals of all
design abilities build effective, interactive presentations.
PowerPoint : Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program that provides visuals for
company group presentations.
Powtoon: Powtoon is an ISO-certified cloud-based software an organization can use to
create cartoon animated videos.
SlideCamp: SlideCamp is a design platform for large businesses to store and edit
presentations in one location
PROBLEMS WE MAY FACE WHILE GIVING A
PRESENTATION AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM:

1. You are deathly afraid to speak.

2. Someone walks out.
3. You get booed.
4. Someone keeps interrupting you.
5. Your computer (Power Point) won’t work.
6. The audience doesn’t want to hear the prepared
topic.
7. You forget what you were about to say or you
can’t remember a fact.
8. You run out of things to say.
9. You’re out of time with more to say.
10. You don’t feel like speaking.
1. YOU ARE DEATHLY AFRAID
TO SPEAK
You can’t do anything about death, it’s
inevitable, but you can face your fear of
speaking and, through some concrete
effort on your part, you might even find
yourself enjoying it. When I say effort I
mean prepare. Practice so you know
what you’re going to say, and remember
this: the more you do it, the less fearful
it becomes.
2. SOMEONE WALKS OUT
It happens. Don't take this personally
because chances are it has nothing to do
with you. He or she may have to use the
bathroom, or just received a text they
need to react to. They may even leave
because what you're talking about isn't
something they want or need to hear. This
still has nothing to do with you. So ignore
them, let them go, and keep talking to
those who have remained to hear your
words of wisdom. Ignore it unless
everyone walks out and then you should
probably leave too; there may be a fire.
3. YOU GET BOOED
Even the president and the first lady have been
booed and it doesn’t stop them from speaking again.
Imagine yourself getting booed and surviving the
experience. You’ll be a stronger speaker because of
seeing yourself as a survivor even if it never
happens to you.
Also, like most “mishaps” or unpleasant situations
related to speaking, if you do get booed, it’s best to
figure out why it’s happening (or afterwards, when
you reflect on your speech, and analyze what
worked and didn’t work about it, why it happened).
That might help you to see if there’s something you
said that touched off that reaction that you might
reconsider putting in your speech again or, if it’s
pivotal to your speech, just accept that you may get
booed again.
4. SOMEONE KEEPS
INTERRUPTING YOU
This happens but you can deal with it in
a non-confrontational manner, that still
gets the point across that such behavior
is unacceptable.
5. YOUR COMPUTER (POWER
POINT) WON’T WORK.
Make sure you have notes and a backup
plan if your computer and/or Power
Point presentation doesn’t work. Don’t
just rely on technology because
technology may fail.
6. THE AUDIENCE DOESN’T
WANT TO HEAR THE
PREPARED TOPIC
If possible, adapt to what this particular
audience does want to hear.
If not, try to make what you’re speaking
about more interactional so you find out
just what’s going on with your audience
that’s causing them to resist your topic.
Within reason, be flexible about your
content if you’re getting such strong
vibes from your audience that you’re off
base on what their expectations were.
7. YOU FORGET WHAT YOU
WERE ABOUT TO SAY OR YOU
CAN’T REMEMBER A FACT
It happens to the best of us. Take a deep
breath, regain your composure, and
either change the subject, or if it’s
obvious, ask the audience for help
without being too self-deprecating about
what happened.
8. YOU RUN OUT OF THINGS
TO SAY
Turn to the audience for their input.
After all, this doesn’t have to be a one-
way exchange just because you’re
giving a speech. Ask questions.
Divide the room up into small groups
and have them do an exercise for five
minutes, reporting back to the group
when they’re done. Or have everyone
turn to the person next to them and
interact for 5-10 minutes. Alternatively,
if you’re close to the end of your
allotted time, consider ending early.
9. YOU’RE OUT OF TIME WITH
MORE TO SAY
Finishing on time is considered the sign
of a professional. (If there’s a speaker
after you, it’s also courteous since going
past your time will cut into that next
speaker’s time.) Pull your speech
together quickly and finish up with a
distinctive ending rather than just going
on and on because you still have things
to say. It’s the quality of the speech you
deliver that will impress your audience,
not its length.
10. YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE
SPEAKING
But you’re a professional. Psyche
yourself up. You made a commitment.
People are coming to hear you. Remind
yourself that it’s just one more speech;
you can get through it. Then give the
speech you’d like to hear. 
ANY QUESTIONS??!!
THANK YOU! 