Project Managers often need to present in front of groups, including the project team and the stakeholders. Professional speaker and Project Management Professional (PMP) Gilda Bonanno offers tips to make your next presentation more powerful, effective and engaging.

1. POWERFUL PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR PROJECT MANAGERS GILDA BONANNO SNEC-PMI CONFERENCE MAY 2, 2008

2. Your Goal Is to Be: Engaging Effective Powerful

3. What are your roadblocks?

4. What is your message?

5. Your audience is tuned to station WIIFM – “ what’s in it for me?”

6. Stay within your time limit

7. Dealing with anxiety and fear What are you afraid of?

8. Non-verbals make a difference

9. PowerPoint is only a tool

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11. Practice, Practice, Practice.

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13. Contact info for Gilda Bonanno, PMP: Website: www.gildabonanno.com Email: [email_address] Blog: www.gildabonanno.blogspot.com Phone: 203-979-5117