Presentation Magic
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Pages: 10 sides of A4 (or less)
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Overall aim of this chapter: to give the reader (TPDs, trainers and other educators) ways of making presentations have maximum educational impact. The important key points being: delivering on the audiences agenda, encouraing interaction with the audience, moving around the room, using your body language (eg moving arms, adding expression), looking at verious people in the room rather than a select few, splitting them into smaller groups, using a variety of methods and adding humour.
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Also need to focus on how to create visual material that captivates the audience: eg not too much writing, images that dont distract etc If you dont prepare your material well, why should they (the audience) read it?
- Coping with Nerves
- Useful openings
- Designing powerpoint slides + 5 point question approach for planning a presentation; quick keys for powerpoint; adding animation: how, is it work it? Does it detract?; font size, number of lines per slide etc
- Hot Tips for Visual Aids: flipcharts, overhead projector, video tapes and camcorders
- Key point: get there early to ensure all electronics are working, flip chart pens work, room is set out the way you want etc
- Preparing your presentation - who, why, what, where and how; Presentation Plans (?for Appendix)
- The venue: room layout, ambience, temperature setting etc
- How to Hook Your Audience
- Adding dynamism/presentation magic
- Hot Tips for Presenting
- Reading your audience - verbal and non verbal continuous monitoring
- Handling Questions: eg reflecting it back to the group
- Post presentation reflection: how can you do it better the next time round?
- Evaluating your session - the key to self improvement; how to ensure you get specific and descriptive feedback with suggestions; comment: if every item on your evaluation sheet reads "excellent", it doesnt tell you how to make it EVEN better. All it does is to encourage you to pat yourself on the back but at the risk of hindering progress.