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Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Why Give a Presentation At All? 5
Are presentations worth the effort? 5
Benefits of a successful presentation 7
Setting Expectations 11
The delegate's kit 12
Booking venues 15
Greeting the delegates 16
Researching Your Audience 20
Audience Behaviours 25
Learning preferences 25
Aiming 28
Encoding 31
Transmission 32
Receiving 33
Decoding 34
Responding 34
How People Remember, What They Forget 38
The four stages of memory 38
Associations and differences 41
Numerical information 43
Primacy and recency effect 45
Selecting Your Subject and Organizing Your Information 47
Setting SMART objectives 48
Organization methods 51
Writing the Script 54
Structuring a script 55
Scriptwriting rules 58
Style and vocabulary 60
Visuals 65
Brightness and afterimage 65
Layout, templates and typefaces 69
Using presentation software to the full: the power of hyperlinks 70
How to prepare a hyperlinked show 72
Adapting information for slide shows 74
Staging the Presentation 76
Space 76
The presentation area 79
Lecterns 80
Lighting 80
Acoustics 81
Optional extras 81
Voice and Performance Skills 82
The voice itself 86
Does my accent matter? 96
Nerves and Body Language 98
Charisma, authority and influence 100
Use of space 101
Learning to observe 101
Proxemics 103
Displacement activities 104
Creating rapport 105
Spot the liar 105
Putting body language together 106
Using Microphones and Autocues 107
What you need to know before you use a microphone 107
Types of microphone and how to use them 109
Autocues 111
Rehearsals 113
Equipment and Visuals 120
Clicker/Wireless Pocket Presenter/Presentation Remote 120
USB flash drive 121
Image banks 121
Presentation checklist 121
After the presentation 124
The Question-and-Answer Session 126
Preparing for the question-and-answer session 127
Types of questions to expect 130
Tracking the question-and-answer session 133
Delivering the Presentation 135
First impressions 135
Credibility - what the audience believes 135
The charisma recipe 137
Starting with a bang 138
Your final bow 140
Technical Presentations and Demonstrations 141
Technical presentations 141
Setting demonstration objectives 144
Demonstrations 147
The sales cycle 151
Controlling the Audience 155
Handling interruptions 157
Handling the Media 158
Just before an interview - taking control 162
Preparing for an interview - the five-step preparation process 163
Getting help before an interview 163
The actual interview 166
Handling discussions 167
Other hints and tips 169
Training People to Give Presentations 170
Training yourself 170
Training others 173
The Role of the Master of Ceremonies 177
The MC's duties before the presentation 177
The opening welcome and introduction 179
Following Up the Presentation 183
Alternatives to Presentations 186
Successful meetings 186
Tasks necessary for any meetings 187
Attendees' checklist for meetings 190
Leader's checklist 191
Attendees' personal checklist 191
Organizer's checklist 192
Teleconferencing and video conferencing 192
Handling Disasters 194
Templates, Checklists and Reminders 196
Master checklist 196
Personal profile 198
Self-assessment 199
Feedback sheets 200
Delegate kit 204
Evaluation form 205
Sample course questionnaire 206
Rehearsal checklist 207
Templates 210
Hints and tips on preparing presentations 217
Flip chart questions and answers 219
Index 221
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