Communication: The Art Of Giving A Good Presentation

Question 1

Why do presentations fail?

Answer 1

• lack of enthusiasm
• lack of preparation
• misleading slides
• your slides should not just be your presentation they are “props”

Question 2

Why presentation skills?

Answer 2

• presentations may have a large influence on a particular outcome
• it is a skill that needs to be studied and practiced
• visceral fear with delivery

Question 3

What is important in presentations?

Answer 3

Content
- content is “king”

Question 4

What is the purpose of a presentation

Answer 4

Sending a message
- want to change the way they people think, feel or behave

Question 5

What does the AIMER framework stand for

Answer 5

A- audience
I- Intention
M- message
E- explain
R- rehearse

Question 6

What is the audience part of AIMER about

Answer 6

Keeping the focus on the audience
- who are they? (If you don’t know choose one)
- expectations
- attitude of crowd
- engagement

Question 7

What is the intention part of AIMER

Answer 7

Is it to:
- educate
- persuade
- inspire
- entertain
- summary/report

• how are you going to change the way they think
• what’s in it for them? Why should they care?
• what is your goal? What do you want to achieve by communicating?

Question 8

What is the message part of AIMER

Answer 8

What is your take home message? (Only one message)
- make it clear
- structure your message in an effective way

Question 9

What is the explain part of AIMER

Answer 9

• brainstorm and research information
• structure information
• write and prepare visual aids - slides

Question 10

What should your slides look like?

Answer 10

• simple
• more visual than text (graphs, flowcharts, animations etc.)

Question 11

What is the rehearse part of AIMER about?

Answer 11

• rehearse by yourself: say it out loud
• get feedback: rehearse in front of someone else
• iterate it/ improve it/ the intention