Leeds College of Art
Introduction to Presentation Skills
1st March 2017 /// Rick Ferguson
- Behaviour
- Structure
- Content
Why do I want to become better at this?
- Development of communication skills - A better understanding of me and other people, which could develop different partnerships and collaborations
- Better job opportunities
- Gain confidence in myself and have more confidence presenting my work and ideas
Albert Mehribian’s communication model on the relative importance of the different ways in which we communicate
- The way we say the words - 38%
- Non-verbal behaviour (Body Language) - 55%
- The words we use - 7%
(%) Relative impact of how we communicate
Behaviour
Speed - can vary, choose when you want to speed up slightly, and slow down slightly
Volume - can also vary, but the main consideration is that you can be heard!
Pitch - decide where to vary the pitch, to pose a question or to emphasise words
Avoid crutch words - (so, okay, right then, moving on, um, err..)
Appropriate eye contact (could split the room into quarters, and randomly make eye contact within the quarters)
Awareness of unconscious ‘tic’s’/movements. Be aware of gestures
Structure
Bookending (Mentioning something at the start of your presentation and returning to out at the end.)
Power of Three (We only tend to be able to remember 3 main things - any more than this and our brain had difficulty coping) - Intro (including one bookend)/ First Section/ Second Section/ Third Section/ Conclusion (including bookend 2)
Content
How to decide what kind of content I might include? (And what content I might want to avoid)
- Head (where?/ what?/ how?)
- Heart (why?/ who?/ who else?)
6 Logical Levels
(Head) > Environment
> Behaviour
> Capabilities and Skills
> Beliefs and Values
> Identity
(Heart) > Mission/Vision
TASK
Prepare and practice a short (1.5 - 2.5 minutes long) presentation about you
- How you will behave when delivery it
- How you will structure it
- How you will decide what content to include
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