Presenting Skills

1
pick your brain 🧠
• what are 3 essential skills
employers/decision makers want?

• what are the top 3 skills you need?

• what are the 3 common threads?

#Attitude

#Communication # what gets in the way❓

#People Skills

Copyright Natalie Cossar ©️ 2018

2
 Speaking opportunities

• Conversation
• Interview
• Assessment
• YouTube
• Meeting
• Presentation
[alone/groups] Copyright Natalie Cossar ©️ 2018

3
 Habits
are part of all of us - we possess good ones and bad
ones
are thirsty - we need to feed them - choose responsibly

Inner Voice
can be useful or useless - it speaks from our inside
and affects our outside
needs our attention - acknowledge it then make a
responsible choice and simply do one at a time

Culture
means “the way we do things”
shapes our world, environment, thoughts, actions and
wellbeing

what do you choose?

Comfort Zone
how is it working for you?

also known as safety zone protects us but also

prevents us from reaching our true potential
needs to be challenged - choosing ‘one at a time’
promises that progress and results will happen
Copyright Natalie Cossar ©️ 2018
4
 NIV

”I am, I can, I will, I choose”

“I’m prepared, I’m ready,
I’ve got this”
Copyright Natalie Cossar ©️ 2018
5

I shake or sweat or turn red?
I lose my train of thought?
They don’t like me?
Copyright Natalie Cossar ©️ 2018
I am calm, confident and prepared.
I am in control. I’ve got this!
I am ready to work. I am ready for
this job. I am ready for this interview.
6
practice makes permanent
gradual improvements last longer The Checklist © Smart Quick Easy
Tips to Presenting

BEFORE

 What do you choose? eg. Courage

 Recognise your negative inner voice & deal with it
 Make time for Preparation
• familiarisation - layout, seating, equipment, venue, audience
• timing
• seek support from friends, fans, mentors, colleagues
• build your knowledge - ask the “what ifs”
• create a confident personal outlook - look in the mirror
• practice, practice, practice

DURING

 Develop your magic formula ie. your presentation template with:

• an opening, a middle and a closing
• evidence to backup your points
• pause, summarise, connect
 Build your unique style
• trust in your knowledge
• think, speak and be confident
• enjoy the experience
 Mindful Mantra “I am prepared and ready, I’ve got this”
 Refer to your running sheet/notes
 Do these:
• check your body Language
• be aware of what you’re saying and how you’re saying it
• be personable and conversational
• use a clear and confident voice
 Be the 3 Es (earned the right, excited, eager to share)

AFTER

 Review, reflect & evaluate, using your checklist

 Ask yourself “what did I do well?”
 Ask yourself “what would I do differently next time?”
Copyright Natalie Cossar ©️ 2018
“we only learn by doing”
7
8

Ways To Interest The Audience From The

Beginning

Here are some useful openers:

• 1. Ask a provocative question.
• 2. Tell an anecdote.
• 3. Present statistics.
• 4. Use a personalised statement.
• 5. Ask a rhetorical question.

8
9

Use of Voice - Dr Louise Mahler

• Flow of breath
• Diaphragmatic breathe
breathing out
• Cover cough
• Broken voice mitigates trust
• Tone and pitch (the rise and fall of the speech).
Vary the stress, volume and tone.
• Written language is different from spoken
language

9
1
0

10
1
1

Power Poses – Non-verbal cues

Assoc Prof Amy Cuddy (2015)

11
1
2

Body Language -Power poses

• Power poses vs powerless poses
• Increases in hormones: saliva, blood serum of
testosterone and cortisol
• Changes in behaviour: Increases confidence,
positivity and risk taking
• Why smile?
• Behaviour changes outcomes
– ‘fake it till you become it’
Amy Cuddy – TED talk – “Your body language shapes who you are”

12
1
3

13
1
4

How to command the ‘space’

• How to anchor space
• Centring techniques
• Colours – what you wear

• http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=OFPwDe22CoY

• https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=dEDcc0aCjaA

14
1
5

Body language
Dr Louise Mahler
• Feet stance
– hip distance apart
– Parallel
– Straight ahead
• Open body position -Open arms, legs and hands
– An open stance helps voice control and
projection as well as presenting a confident
and trusting image to your audience.
– Where to put your hands

15
1
6

Using gesture

• Base gestures
– Vision –up
– Auditory –side
– Kinestatic – down
• Use of hands shows energy
• Use gestures to emphasise main points and facial
expressions to enhance meaning.

16
1
7

Using eye contact

• Look around the room – do
not focus on a single point
• Connect with the person at
the back of the room
• Reading from script
completely disengages the
audience
• Listening – open mouth

17
1
8

Mind – Body – Voice connections

• Diaphragm jam
• Neutral stance
• Relax the cheek muscles – smile
• Move and stop
• Base gestures

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZYlhShD2oQ

18
1
9

Pitch Resources
• Dr Tom McKaskill – The Investor Pitch
https://www.avcal.com.au/documents/item/125
• Crowdfunder – The Investor Pitch Template
http://www.slideshare.net/Crowdfunder/investor-
pitch-deck-template
MaRS how to create a pitch deck for investors
http://www.marsdd.com/mars-library/how-to-
create-a-pitch-deck-for-investors/

19