Communication Seminar... LEarn hOw 2 PreSenT

So you wana learn how to present!! or do you think that you are a GOOD presenter .. well check this out and know more ..

On Thursday 2 June 2005, The AIESECers gathered at the American University in Dubai to attend a communication seminar given by Susan Macaulay from Strike communcations. We surely started with presenting ourselves to the others, which was an easy task since we almost all know each other and feel comfortable talking. But that is not the case when you stand infront of an audience that you don't even know. Only then do you understand the meaning of fear and sometimes lose the pitch of your voice, like I do:P (well only for the first few seconds)

so I believe you wants the hints don't you? ok ...

One way of learning is to mimic those who are GOOD presenters such as Bill Clinton (we saw a video and honestly he's an excellent presenter.. you can learn ALOT). If you watch one of his speeches or any other people's you would notice the outline is similar to all. The outline is as shown below:

1. Tell them what you're going to tell them (takes 10% of the whole presentation)
Here you can briefly go over your outline

2. Tell them (80%)
in the body use only 3-5 major points and don't put too much information when you have a specific amount of time.

3. Tell them what you told them (10%)
mainly the conclusion in which you remind them of the points you spoke about.

now that you know the guidline to preparing a presentation, bear on mind some facts:

A. Don't in a presentation: memorize, make too long, read from powerpoint, ignore structure, etc
B. Important things to remember (ACD):
1. A:audience. Know the age, education level, cutlure, needs, mentality. As to the needs have to answer the question "WIIFM: what is it for me" (BTW me goes to the audience)
2. C:conten. Structure (introducation, body and conclusion).
3. D:dilevery. The most important part is packaging and delivering the message to the audience.

C. Impact of a speech: 10% what you say, 50% how you say it, 40% how you look. So a total of 90 % on looks, body language and voice and only 10% on content.

Keep in mind that the audience would not remember much of the content but rather the delivery itself. So make the language simple, clear, and avoid jargonning. Support what you say with facts, figures, graphs (its easier to remember) and give personal experiences ..

This is a brief of what was said, if you are intereset in more details let me know..

Below is a picture of one side of the group .. Enjoy it ;)