Giving an Effective Lecture: Making Your Next Teaching Presentation Better

Andy Fine, MD, FACP af34784@yahoo.com 303-388-4500 cell

Goals/ objectives
The goals of this presentation will be to convince you that you need effective presentation skills, teach you some effective public speaking skills, and motivate you to work on these skills. We will review tips and model behaviors that will enable you to make your next presentation go better

Objectives
Organize a teaching presentation with special emphasis on an effective opening and strong closing Demonstrate/model helpful presentation techniques Create and deliver presentations more effectively Constructively criticize the future presentations of others when you listen to them

Session Overview
Didactic Presentation interweaved with small group breakouts Presenting yourself Multimedia tricks Top 10 tips for successful presentations The secret of life

Improving Your Presentations

Why do physicians need skills in public speaking?

Can we improve our skills in public speaking?

Presenting Yourself and Your Credentials

Opening slide e-mail address Written introduction for host

PowerPoint Survey Most Annoying

Speaker reading slides 60% Text too small 51% Having the slides typed out in completely full sentences. 48% Hard to see colors 37% Overly complex charts 22% Moving /flying text 24%

Dont let the slides take away from y

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Ferritin 762

PowerPoint Basics Headings 36-40 Point Type

Use preferably 32 (this!) text point type .smallest recommended: 24 (this!)
this is 28

Use Arial Times New Roman harder to read from the back of room

UPPERCASE vs. Mixed Case

IT WILL TAKE THE AUDIENCE LONGER TO READ SLIDES THAT ARE ALL UPPER CASE Instead use only uppercase to EMPHASIZE specific text Better still use bold or color instead

AV Issues Insider Tips

Dont have pagers/phones on (even in silent mode) with a lavaliere mike Mike Position: 2 fists below chin Keep mike close to center Watch interference from scarf or hair

Top Ten Tips Number 10

10. Meet the needs of the audience So what? Who cares? Whats in it for me?

9. Have a clear purpose

what goals do you wish to accomplish

difference between subject, title, and purpose

8. Organize the presentation

opening statement limited number of points strong closing graceful exit let me summarize the key points a question I am often asked.

7. Eliminate unnecessary information

6. Dont go overtime 5. Concentrate on delivery:
face the audience change your voice inflection slow down use pauses no lazers!

4. Make it a performance
smile enthusiasm hand gestures tell a story Use videos/ pictures

Its not what you say but how you say it

What gets communicated

7% words 38% voice 55% Body Language

What you remember

Listen 5% Read 10% Lecture and slides 20% Discussion 50% Practice 75%

The Secret of Life

Do the things you really want to do

Be with the people you care about

3.Take the edge off of nervousness

most anxiety doesnt show comfortable posture voice eye contact be prepared

Top Two Tips

2. Be funny
Joke about yourself not others

1. Practice, Practice, Practice

After Each Presentation Create a Chart

What Went Well: 1) Opening hook 2) Enthusiastic 3) Hand gestures Areas to improve: 1) Slow down 2) Smile 3) Repeat questions

Presentation Goals
Get your buy-in Teach tips to improve your future presentations Motivate you to work on improving these skills Demonstrate these skills Improve your constructive critiques of colleagues

If You Remember Only 3 things.

Organize the presentation Make it a performance Your presentation skills, are as important as your message

Practice
Out loud, in front of mirror, or to a friend

The more you practice the better youll be

If You Remember Only 3 things.

Organize the presentation Make it a performance Your presentation skills, are as important as your message

You best teacher

To finish, here is a quick exercise: think of the best teacher you have ever known. Perhaps someone from your professional education, or perhaps a high school or primary school teacher, a music teacher, or sports coach! What was it that made this teacher outstanding? Most health professionals cite from the following list of characteristics: patience; respect; humor; compassion; feedback; interaction; authority and engagement; enthusiasm and encouragement; awareness of teaching moments; emphasis on learning from mistakes; balance between discipline and enjoyment; concern with process and perspective, not just content; commitment to, and confidence in, the learners experience

Gratitude To The Unknown Instructors

What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass.
William Butler Yeats