How to Create and Deliver Presentations that Pack a

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How to Create and Deliver Presentationsthat Pack
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• Doug Prouty
• Contra Costa County Office of Education

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Elements of a Successful Presentation

• Explicit Goal or Purpose
• Content or Information
• Technique How your content is delivered
• Impact The degree you met your goal Audiences
  called to action

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Presenting on How to Present
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OK, . . . Here we go!
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Goal or Purpose

• Make them say,

"Wow! I am glad I didn't miss this!"

• Have them walk away with tools and resources
  needed to create positive change or action.

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Content - Opening

• Open with a relevant shocking statistic, quote,
  or point.

• Hook them from the start. Get them thinking about
  the subject.
• Get to the point early.

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Content Left and Right Brain

• Challenge them mentally.
• What do you want them to think? Provide
  step-by-step instructions.
• Tug their heartstrings. What emotion will best
  move them to action?

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Technique Know Your Audience

• Stay happy and fun
• Communicate time awareness
• Control their comfort if possible
• Dont talk over or under their heads
• Younger audiences need visuals- Older audiences
  need glasses

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Technique - Questioning

• Pose questions to the audience
• Start by learning who they are How many people
  here
• Keep them with you What do you think happens
  next?
• Allow them to ask you questions
• Ask questions for them

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Technique -Play to your strengths

• Use your voice to add emphasis
• Use animation and movement to liven up your
  presentation
• Use your own style
• Tell them why you are presenting and why youre
  the expert

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Technique - Eye Contact

• Build trust and acceptance with the audience.
• Making eye contact around the room.

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Technique - Humor

• OK used to get you and your audience to relax.
• Can detract Avoid jokes that might insult the
  audience.
• The best use of humor is to tell a story about
  your own mishap(s)

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Technique Personal Appearance

• Stand up straight and keep your shoulders up
• Attend to and look at your audience, not at your
  presentation
• Turning your back gives the illusion that you
  arent audience focused
• Use body language to help

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Technique - Speaking

• Project your voice.
• Speak slowly
• Think awesome, fun and exciting!
• OK to be nervous good energy
• If you are stuck, pause and think Dont use,
  ums, uhs, ya know

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Technique - Slides

• Colors For projectionuse dark background with
  light text
• Bluejustice/truth, Greengrowth, Blackstrength

• Typestyles
• Serif for print and handouts
• Sans Serif for projected text
• Visuals provides lots of images.
• Use photographs if possible more real.
• Keep graphs and charts simple and big

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Room/Environment

• Know your equipment. Test drive!

• Have a back up
• Is the room Noisy, Comfortable?
• What is your room layout, where are you? Where
  are they?

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Last(ing) Impressions

• Use a powerful quote or statistic

• Use a striking photo to conclude your point

• Provide a supporting story

• Challenge the audience to act

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Thank you!

• Doug Prouty
• Contra CostaCounty
• Office of Education