Objective: To maximise the impact of the participants presentations

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Objective To maximise the impact of the
participants presentations

• At the end of the course participants know how to
  
• prepare effectively
• structure well their presentation
• increase the impact of
• use visuals such as flipcharts, PowerPoint,
  overheads and cards
• watch their mannerisms
• deal with nervousness
• deal with (difficult) questions from the
  audience

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Effective resentation
1. Preparation
Kinesthetic
3. Making messages memorable
2. Structure IMPACT
Visuals
Voice
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Preparation

• The more I practice, the luckier I get Gary
  Player
• It usually takes me more than three weeks to
  prepare a good impromptu speech Mark Twain

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Preparation

• Why?

• What?

• Who?

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Preparation

• Never overestimate an audiences knowledge,
  never underestimate their intelligence G.K.
  Chesterton

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Structure

• Introduction - Get the attention with a bang
• Main Message - Outline the main message
• Points- concentrate on 4-5 key points
• Associate - with your participants reality and
  give frequent examples to visualize
  points
• Conclude and recapitulate - Summarize and repeat
• Take Away- Finish with a bang - a closing that
  underlines message

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Good organization

• Helps you remember
• Helps them understand
• Helps them remember
• Helps to reduce your nervousness

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Making messages memorableThe GOOD news
Little recall - curve drops down to 25 after one
day
Recall rate after using multi-channel messages,
FROLLs
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Making Messages Memorable
FROLL
What your participants will remember best

• First, in a series of points
• Reviewed, recap or revised by presenter
• Outstanding, unusual or striking
• Linked, together with other subjects
• Last, recap, bang

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Making Messages Memorable

• People store income data in one of 3 ways

Kinesthetic
Visual
Hearing
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Making Messages Memorable
Visual

• People memorize pictures, images, or graphics
• with the help of
• Visual aids flip chart, pin board, video, slide
  projector, props

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Visuals
Yourself
Flipchart

• Speak more than words
• Feed into the visual channel
• Are easy to remember

Props
OHT
PowerPoint
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Overhead
Broken Frame

• 6-8 lines
• Use pointer
• Cover text, which is not immediately relevant
• Switch it off after use
• KISS

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Flipchart Rules

• BIG Bold
• 6-8 lines
• Logo
• Broken Frame
• Colour
• KISS

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PowerPoint Title 44pt Bolt
Broken Frame

• 6-8 lines maximum
• Layout should support the message
• Require back up
• Text 24pt. minimum

LOGO
They help to develop an idea.
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Making Messages Memorable
Hearing

• People memorize sounds, conversations, melodies,
  accents
• with the help of
• Hearing aids tapes, video, sound effects, music

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Making Messages Memorable
Kinesthetic

• People memorize emotions, smells, tastes, tactile
  experiences and pain
• with the help of
• Kinesthetic aids music, handouts, props,
  anecdotes, analogies, discussion and exercises

Feelings stay longer than facts
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Increase of recall II

• Logos and image associations
• FLAC - First Letter Acronym (e.g. FROLL, IMPACT)
• Rhymes and slogans ( When in doubt, leave it
  out, ?)
• Sounds (Themes, song snippets, sound effects)
• Donkey-bridges

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Voice

• PROJECTION Find optimum loudness comfortable to
  ear
• ARTICULATION - Dont swallow content words
• MODULATION - Vary tone and pitch
• PRONOUNCIATION use stress patterns
  appropriately check difficult words
• ENUNCIATION - Over emphasize only most important
  chunks
• REPETITION - Repeat key phrases
• SPEED - Use delivery speed to hold audiences
  attention

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8 Golden Rules

• Take 3 deep breaths before starting
• Always start with a bang
• Always get SOME participation from the beginning
• Tellem what youll tellem Tellem Tellem
  what you told em
• Never read anything except quotation
• Watch your mannerisms
• Always stick to schedule
• Always end with a bang

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