Delivering effective presentations

Here are some resources to help you in making effective presentations.

1. Common Structure of Great Presentations

2. Top Ten Delivery Tips.  Simple and easy to follow tips to enhance your overall delivery.  Available at: http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/deliver/

3. Ten Public Speaking Habits to Avoid.  Available at:  http://www.businessinsider.com/10-public-speaking-habits-to-avoid-2014-6/?IR=T&r=SG 

VERBAL

4. How to open and close presentations

5. Three Secrets to Make Numbers and Statistics Meaningful in Sales Presentations.  Useful tips for presenting numbers and statistics more effectively.  Available at:  https://www.slidegenius.com/blog/3-secrets-to-make-numbers-interesting-in-sales-presentations/

For more useful resources on the verbal aspect, please look at “Storytelling and Other Rhetorical Devices”.


VISUAL – GESTURES

6.  Your body language may shape who you are

7. What to do with your hands when you’re presenting

8.Seven Powerful Hand Gestures


VISUAL – SLIDES 

9. Top Ten Slide Tips.  Useful tips on preparing effective and professionally designed slides.  Available at:  http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/

10. Principles of PowerPoint Designs.  Basic principles on slide design.  Available at:  https://www.slidegenius.com/blog/principles-powerpoint-designs/ 


VOCAL 

11. Aspects of a Powerful Speaking Voice

12. There’s a Message in your Voice. A useful article discussing voice in presentations.  Available at: http://totalcommunicator.com/vol2_3/voicemessage.html

13. How to Give a Killer Presentation – With No Notes

For some tips on dealing with nervousness, you may take a look at this article:

OVERCOMING PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY

14. Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking through Mindfulness. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeenacho/2016/10/05/overcoming-fear-of-public-speaking-through-mindfulness/#1d472df07b85

15. How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking.  Available at: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-overcome-fear-public-speaking

DATA VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES

16. 8 Tips for Making your Data Visualization More Engaging & Effective.  Available at: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/data-visualizations/349286/#close

For more useful resources on pitching, please look at “Pitching for Successful Buy-in”.

 

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