LTEC 4121: Technical Presentation Skills Module 8 Chapter 8

1. Chapter 8:
Delivering Your
Presentation
LTEC 4121
Technical Presentation Skills

2. Chapter Objectives
Reduce your level of anxiety
Use effective verbal
presentation techniques
Use effective non-verbal
presentation techniques
Use interactive questioning
skills
Summarize your presentation
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3. Tips for Reducing
Anxiety or Stage
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Fright
• Arrive early
• Check equipment
• Check lighting
• Look over notes
• Have water available
• Use the restroom

4. Tips for Reducing Anxiety
or Stage Fright
• Avoid eating a big meal
• Go for a short walk
• Drink water before presenting
• Create a mental picture of
interested, involved participants
• Greet participants as they enter
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Presentation Skills; Chapter 8: Delivering Your
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Top 10 Problems
with Presenters
1. Too much
information
2. Monotone voice
3. Poor eye contact
4. Poor quality visuals
5. No interactions
6. Too nervous
7. Lack of appropriate
humor
8. Lack of energy
9. No audience
participation
10. Lack of movement

6. Those First Critical
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Moments…
• Look participants in
the eye, pause, then
welcome them
• Focus on their needs
and wants
• Determine
participants’
expectations

7. Those First Critical Moments…
Never apologize for your presentation
• “I know you’re busy, so I will keep this
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short”
• “I know that many of you would rather be
back at your desk getting some work done,
but…”
• “I apologize for asking you to attend”
Be optimistic!

8. Effective Presentation Techniques
• Project your voice: periodically change the
tone, pitch, volume, and rate of our
delivery
• Maintain appropriate pace
• Pause for emphasis; emphasize key points
• Avoid use of fillers (uh…, um…, etc.)
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9. Effective Presentation Techniques
• Enunciate clearly
• Use participants’ names
• Use familiar terms and expressions
• Make smooth transitions between points
• Use lots of examples
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10. Effective Presentation Techniques
• Praise participants
• Accept ideas from participants
• Express opinions from both sides of an
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• Use appropriate humor

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Practice Makes
Perfect
• Practice your
presentation in front
of a mirror
• Record yourself
• Ask a colleague to
observe you
• Practice, practice,
practice

12. Effective Nonverbal Communication
Techniques
• Maintain eye contact
• Use positive facial expressions
• Gesture with hands and arms
• Keep your mouth in good working order
• Maintain good posture
• Move about the room
• Follow your notes
• Use your handouts / visuals effectively
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Gesture Do’s
• Let your arms hang
loose
• Arms behind at
times
• Spread arms, palms
open
• Choreograph
gestures with words

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Gesture Don’ts
• Hands in pockets
• Jingle change
• Fold arms
• Wring hands
• Play with pens
• Play with tie
• Constantly touch face

15. Effective Questioning Techniques
• Develop some questions when developing
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your notes
• Design questions that are brief
• Ask questions at various levels of difficulty
• Ask group questions
• Ask “targeted” or individual questions
• Ask questions at the right time

16. Effective Questioning Techniques
• Use names
• Attempt to involve all participants
• Repeat responses if necessary
• Provide positive reinforcement
Check pages 144-146 for the different
“types” of questions you can use in your
presentation.
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17. How to Summarize Your Presentation
• Ask the participants for questions
• Ask questions of your participants
• Use a computer presentation or flip chart
to highlight the key points
• Ask for or share the next step
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18. Chapter Review
•Proper planning reduces your anxiety
•First few minutes of a presentation are VERY
important!
•Take into account the background of your
participants
•Verbal communication includes voice projection,
avoiding fillers, using names, smooth transitions,
using lots of examples, and providing praise
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19. Chapter Review
•Nonverbal communications include eye
contact, facial expressions, gesturing,
movement, and following your notes
•Effective questioning is critical
•Summarize by asking for questions, asking
questions, using media to review, and asking
for the next step, etc.
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20. Chapter 8:
The End
To Complete for Module 8:
• Discussion Model 8
• Assignment #17
• Read: Assignment #18 Rubric
requirements
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