Presentation skills (part 1): preparation by Michael Schmitz

About the Lecture

The lecture Presentation skills (part 1): preparation by Michael Schmitz is from the course Effective communication through soft skills. It contains the following chapters:

How to improve?
Better preparation: Paper
S1: Goals
S2: Key statements
S3: Overall storyline
S4: Timeline
S5: Excitement
S6: Interaction
S7: Visual presentation
S8: Details and tools
S9: Trial run

Included Quiz Questions

What is not the best way to prepare yourself for a presentation?

Using your computer to note ideas
Using pen and paper, sitting down and drafting everything
Using your template to write down notes
Asking friends and colleagues to support me, and preparing it together

What does not apply to the best presentations?

They are short.
They are stories and focused on eliciting a specific, defined target reaction.
They are filled with facts and technical details.
They should cite their sources and be perfectly formatted.

How can you increase the emotional investment of the audience?

Stories and examples can be used to increase excitement and therefore the emotional investment.
Jokes and funny noises can be used to increase excitement and therefore the emotional investment.
Visual elements can be used to increase excitement and therefore the emotional investment.
Different tools can be used to increase excitement and therefore the emotional investment.

The audience will be more interested and keen to listen if you interact with them. How can this be done?

Initiate discussions by asking open questions.
Provide tasks.
Involve the audience in a game or exercise to break the fourth wall.
Show them audios.
Ask a rhetorical question.

To prepare my presentation skills, I ...

need to improve my preparation, delivery and review workflow.
simply need to spend more time on stage.
will focus on the key skill I need: the perfect preparation.
should not be watching videos, but instead spend more time working.

The preparation is done once ...

we have completed all steps, including our professional risk analysis.
we have practiced our presentation a few times.
our time is up.
everything is prepared with the software we use.

What are the steps so far to achieve a great presentation?

1. goals, 2. most important elements, 3. overall story and timeline, 4. timeline – excitement and interaction, 5. excitement, 6. interaction- interact with your audience, 7. visual presentation, 8. details and tools, 9. trial
1. goals, 2. most important elements, 3. overall story and timeline, 4. use the computer, 5. excitement, 6. interaction- interact with your audience, 7. visual presentation, 8. details and tools, 9. trial
1. goals, 2. least important elements, 3. most important elements 4. overall story and timeline, 5. use the computer, 6. excitement, 7. interaction- interact with your audience, 8. visual presentation, 9. details and tools, 10. trial
1. goals, 2. most important elements, 3. overall story and timeline, 4. timeline – excitement and interaction, 5. excitement, 6. interaction- interact with your audience, 7. visual presentation, 8. details and tools