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How to Develop Powerful Presentation Skills
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"How to Develop Powerful Presentation Skills"
Giving a presentation can be a terrifying experience, whether you will be in front of a few people or a packed house. Learn techniques to deal with an audience, control nervousness, and handle yourself with poise and confidencet
WHAT TO EXPECT
Giving a presentation can be a terrifying experience whether you will be in front of a few people or a packed house. This Business Builder will take you step-by-step through the process of developing an effective presentation from choice of a topic and organization of materials through the final question and answer period. You will learn how to deal with an audience, control nervousness and handle yourself with poise and confidence.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE GETTING STARTED [top]
Why Do You Need Powerful Presentation Skills?
To be able to give presentations with confidence, competence and clarity
To develop and use factual, logical and interesting supporting material
To use non-verbals to add power to your presentation
To control nervousness
To answer questions effectively
To handle yourself with poise and confidence while addressing a group
How Will You Recognize Your Success?
You will gain a greater sense of personal confidence and security in your ability to present
You will improve your ability to speak to a wide range of groups in different settings
You will enhance your opportunities for career advancement or promotion by achieving higher visibility in your company or community
You will turn stage fright into excitement.
Watch Out For…
Letting your fear of public speaking prevent you from giving your best presentation
Boring your audience by giving them information they don't need or is not geared to their level of knowledge
Overlooking facts, figures and anecdotes that could enhance and illustrate your points
THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING POWERFUL PRESENTATION SKILLS [top]
Any public speaking situation is made up of four major components:
The Audience
The Occasion
The Speech
The Speaker
Each affects the other. If a speech is well written, yet the delivery unpolished, it takes away from you the speaker achieving your purpose. If you can't communicate your message, it does not matter how brilliant that message is. If you don't know your audience, you will not be able to tailor your message to meet their expectations. If the occasion is celebratory and your speech is serious, you may find yourself in an uncomfortable situation.
The Audience
Even before beginning preparation of your speech, it is essential to know whom you will be talking to. An analysis of the audience will often dictate the approach that you will take in writing your speech. An audience of senior executives will differ greatly from a group of new hires. In the same way that you design products for the consumer, you will design speeches for the specific audience you want to reach.
What do you need to know about the audience?
What is the size of the audience?
Why are they there — required attendance or voluntary?
What are their demographics — age level, educational differences, sex?
Besides the logistical and demographic data, information about your audience's feelings toward you, your speech, the occasion, and your purpose can directly affect your chances for success. There are five basic types of audiences that you will encounter:
The uninformed audience — when people are unfamiliar with a topic, they generally try to associate it with something they do know about. They will probably have no preconceived attitude toward the subject. In this situation, your goal is to inform your audience so they will have an understanding of this new information.
The apathetic audience — may be indifferent or not care to become involved. You will need to study your audience carefully to determine the nature of their indifference.
The favorable audience — people who support either you personally or your attitude and beliefs. You can't take a supportive audience for granted; however, you can assume areas of agreement. In this situation, you must look for ways to reinforce existing attitudes and to mobilize participants.
The hostile audience — sometimes the audience will be hostile either to you, your position on a topic or both. You should begin with a friendly position — look for areas of agreement. Try to establish yourself as an honorable person. Answer the audience's objections to your proposal with valid reasons and reliable information.
The mixed audience — you must determine if your audience is a favorable mix that includes favorable, uninformed and apathetic people, or a hostile mix. One hostile person will make the audience a hostile mix. Box CD ke liye raabta kar sakte hain thanks visit my sides.
