LECTURE

TIPS ON HOW TO PRESENT

A

DO NOT MAKE

YOUR AUDIENCE

YARN AND GO

TO SLEEP

LECTURES

Ladies and

Gentlemen, shall we begin?

A man’s embarrassing moments …..

At the office, the new secretary noticed that the manager’s fly was open. Upon leaving the room, she said,

“Sir, your barracks door is open.”

The manager, an ex-Army man, did not understand her remark but

later he saw that his zipper was

open.

The next day, the manager asked, “By the way,

when you looked into my barracks door yesterday,

did you notice the tall soldier

standing at attention?

“No sir,” the secretary replied sweetly,

“all I saw was a disabled veteran

sitting on two old Ali Baba bags.”

POWER PRESENTATION

MANY OF US

FRET PRESENTATIONS,

EVEN TEACHERS!

SO WHAT HAPPENS?

FIDDLE, SCRATCH,

SWEAT, STUTTER …..

MANY PRESENTERS

FAIL TO SEE THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

REPORTING AND PRESENTING.

THERE IS A

BIG DIFFERENCE

REPORTS

ARE

READ

PRESENTATIONS ARE

FOR LISTENING

The participants can read at home if

they want to and fall asleep in the

process!

SO WHO MAKES

PRESENTATIONS?

SALES

EXECUTIVES

TEACHERS

WHAT IS

THE GOLDEN

RULE

OF

PERFORMANCE?

THE

GOLDEN RULE IS

“USE IT” or

“LOSE IT”

PRESENTATION IS A SKILL. THIS CAN BE ACQUIRED

WE

CAN DO THE FOLLOWING

LEARN

UNLEARN

RELEARN

OLD HABITS

DIE HARD

WHAT ARE THESE OLD HABITS THAT WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT DO

ALL

THESE REACTIONS

MEAN?

HAND IN THE

POCKET.

Hand In Pocket- Stiff - Unnatural

WAVING OF

THE ARMS

Waving Arms- Over gesturing- Distracting

PACING ABOUT

ALL OVER

Pacing About- Lose eye contact- Talking to oneself

SHIFTING ONE’S

WEIGHT AROUND

Shifting Weight- Moving about- Lack confidence

WANDERING OR

ROVING EYES

Fiddling with ‘Props’- Distracting- Not serious- Not focus

FIDDLING WITH THE

PROPS

Wandering Eyes- Distracting- No eye contact

THE

ENEMY WITHIN

TIPS FOR PRESENTERS

• Know your audience• Prepare your materials• Survey the area• Begin with a bang• Check your equipment• Check yourself• Hold audience attention• Have a repertoire of techniques

KNOW YOU AUDIENCE

Individuals

Lazy

Easily bored

Not stupid

PREPARE YOUR MATERIALS

Attractive

Colourful

Variety

Readable

Not crammed with details

SURVEY THE AREA

Location

Room

Furniture

Seating arrangement

Begin with a bang

Joke

Question

Anecdote

Summary

REPLENISH THE

NICOTINE LEVEL AND

RELAX THE

BOTTOMS

OR MAYBE A JOKE OR TWO TO

TICKLE THE SENSES?

WHAT DO U CALL …

A small Singh … SINGLET

A Singh who entertains … AMUSING

A Singh male model … POSING

A Singh fighter … BOXING

A Singh who walks on a tight rope … BALANCING

A Singh who is lost … MISSING

A Singh who is noisy … BISING

An angry Singh at a road junction … CROSSING

WHAT DO U CALL …

A Singh who like herbs … GINSENG

A Singh who is happy … REJOICING

A Singh who is muddled up … CONFUSING

A Singh basketball player … BOUNCING

A Singh pharmacist … DISPENSING

A fastidious Singh … FUSSING

A Singh who lives halfway between Johor Bharu and Kuantan … MERSING

WHAT DO U CALL …

A last Singh in the world JASWANT SINGH

A Singh swimming in an icy pool KULDIP SINGH

A Singh swimming underwater KULDIP SINGH GILL

A Singh who goes jogging everyday JOGINDER SINGH

FINALLY A Singh who likes soya bean milk

YEO HIAP SENG!

HOLD AUDIENCE ATTENTION

Bring something into

lecture every

20 minutes

HOLD AUDIENCE ATTENTION

Appeal to audience

emotion

HOLD AUDIENCE ATTENTION

Touch the lives and hearts of the

audience

HOLD AUDIENCE ATTENTION

Impress importance of the

topic

HAVE A REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES

Use visuals

HAVE A REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES

Data

HAVE A REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES

Graphs

HAVE A REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES

Stories

HAVE A REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES

Questions

HAVE A REPERTOIRE OF TECHNIQUES

Jokes

HANDLING QUESTION

Allow time

for questions

HANDLING QUESTION

Be confident

in answers

HANDLING QUESTION

Ask for

clarification if

unsure

HANDLING QUESTION

Listen to

the question

carefully

HANDLING QUESTION

Keep cool if

the questioner disagrees

with you

HANDLING QUESTION

Beware of

questioners’ ‘point scoring’

HANDLING QUESTION

Be diplomatic

The more I study The more I

know

The more I know The more I

forget

The more I forget The less I

know

So why study?

YOU TOO CAN BE A GOOD PRESENTER IF YOU TRY

Thank You

&

GOOD LUCK