The Presenter's Handbook - Contents

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Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

How this book works 11

Section 1  You as a presenter 15

Introduction 16

Understand when your presentation starts 19

Processing & removing fears 22

Mirror neurons – Look at the best, learn to be the best 26

Anchors, anchoring and firing 30

Dress code – Be respected and remembered 33

Body Language – An introduction to the subject 36

Language – It’s about you not me 40

Language – Representational systems 42

What mood do I need to portray 46

Section 1 – You as a presenter: Summary 48

Section 2  Your presentation 52

Section 2 – Your presentation: Introduction 53

What is my story? 58

What message am I conveying? 60

What is the question you are going to answer? 63

Key messages – What? 64

Key messages – When? 67

Human attention span – 20, 20, 20 69

How long is the presentation scheduled for? 72

Short and long term memory 74

How many delegates are expected? 78

Who are my audience? – How well do they know me? 79

Evolution, surprise and what grabs attention 83

Emotions and connecting with the audience 86

Meet audience needs – Central six fitness indicators 90

The front cover slide: It has a number of objectives – Don't skimp 93

Providing too much information too quickly 95

Cognitive dissonance 99

Human brain limitations 102

Building slides 104

Animation dos and don’ts 107

Is the presentation numbers based? 110

Presenting text-based information 113

They can read faster than you 116

Presentations and handouts are different things 118

Bullets – No, no, no 121

Clip Art – No, no, no 125

Sourcing better graphics 127

Video dos and don’ts 128

Music & sounds 131

Owning someone else’s presentation 135

Section 2 – Your Presentation: Summary 137

Section 3  Your performance 144

Section 3 – Your performance: Introduction 145

Where are you in the big picture? 149

When was the last break for delegates? 154

What is the orientation of the room? 156

Freedom to move 163

Standing, moving and focussing 166

Where to look 169

Stand on the left: Where humans look 172

Creating attention and distraction 174

Dual encoding – Multi sensory processing 177

Synchronised dual encoding 179

Words are only 7% of the meaning 183

Remote presentation but not a laser 186

Pre-slide pausing 188

Learn from the weathermen and politicians 190

Rehearse, rehearse, and rehearse 193

Get a second opinion 196

Safety nets - A script somewhere, prompts and a back up 199

What backup plan do I have? 202

Delegate interaction 208

Audience participation 210

When allowing question and answers 213

Section 3 – Your Performance: Summary 218

Section 4  Final thoughts 226

Section 4 – Final thoughts: Introduction 227

Would you yourself sit through the presentation? 228

Reflection – Analyse and improve 230

Self reflection 233

Electronic feedback 237

Further support – Live advice 239

Section 4 – Final thoughts: Summary 243

About the authors

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