Presentations to

Small Groups
Introduce Yourself
Overview
of Course
One to One Communication
Team Presentation
Presentation to Small Groups
Public Speaking
Online / Remote
What is Small Group Presentation
Types of Small Group Presentation
Less demanding
Known Audience
Within peer group in company
Need to make good impression
Great Slide deck and Flawless demos
Clients and Executives
More time
Complicated demos are ok
Worskhop or Seminar
Multiple speakers
Few slides and Flawless demos
Conference
Lack of Personal interaction
Actual size and type of Audience unknown
Virtual Meeting
Goal
Buy my product
Adopt my recommendations
Join the club
Give me a job
Vote for me
Audience
Benefits to the Audience
Are they decision makers?
What are their interests?

What do they know of the subject?


How does this change your approach?

Dynamics (What is Happening)


Structure of Presentation
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Elevator Pitch Introduction
Anecdote , story, humor
I plan to speak about...
Today I'm going to talk about...
The subject of my presentation is...
The theme of my talk is...
I have chosen to speak about this because...
I was asked to speak about X because...
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I plan to speak about...
Today I'm going to talk about...
The subject of my presentation is...
The theme of my talk is...
I've been asked to give you an overview of
I have chosen to speak about this because...
I was asked to speak about X because...
Time Estimate
I have limited my speech to 10 min
My talk will last about 15 min
Boundaries
I will not address
I will not speak about...


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Beginning
I plan to speak about...
Today I'm going to talk about...
The subject of my presentation is...
The theme of my talk is...
I've been asked to give you an overview of
I have chosen to speak about this because...
I was asked to speak about X because...
What I would like to do today is to explain
to illustrate...
to give you the essential background information
on...
to outline...
to have a look at...
What I want my listeners to get out of my speech
is...
If there is one thing I'd like to get across to you
today it is that
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I have broken my speech down into X parts.
I have divided my presentation into Y parts.
In the first part I give a few basic definitions.
In the next section I will explain
In part three, I am going to show...
In the last part I will give you a practical example
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What information should you give ?
Enough to clearly develop your ideas.
All your information should support your
purpose.
Limit the content, as time is usually precious!
Dont forget to illustrate through examples.
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Organizing your ideas
Logical
Chronological
Order
From general to specific
From known to unknown;
From accepted to controversial
cause/effect
problem/solution
Headings should be all of the same grammatical
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Signaling where you are
Announce
Verbal Punctuation
Pause
Change Stance
Change Pitch of Voice
Visual sign posting Tabs, Color Scheme,
Transitions
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Lists are often a necessary evil.
Vary your language whenever possible
Avoid reading directly.

Indicate the end of one section and the
beginning of the next.
That's all I would like to say about A and now let
us turn to B
Now that we've seen... let us turn to
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I'd like to summarize/sum up
At this stage I would like to run through/over the
main points...
So, as we have seen today....
As I have tried to explain this morning...
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As a result we suggest that
In the light of what we have seen today I suggest
that...
My first proposal is...
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In conclusion I would like to say that...
My final comments concern...
I would like to finish by reminding everyone
that...
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Give Hand outs
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