Effective Presentations

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Course: BUS600 Instructor: Dr. Bob Miller Due Date: 13th September 2021

Components Of Highly Effective Communication

Introduction:Presenting in front of peers, clients, coworkers, or strangers is difficult, nerve-wracking, and unpleasant no matter how many times you’ve done it. Especially if you’ve been given the duty of giving a convincing presentation. A perfect presentation involves a great deal of planning and information gathering.

• Make the initial 30 seconds of your presentation as memorable as possible.
• Compare and contrast your proposal to the current state of affairs.
• To summarize and explain your main points, use visual aids.
• Involve your audience to establish trust and rapport.
• Use a presenting structure and design that is simple and consistent.
• Remove unnecessary information to focus on the most important ideas.
• Finish with a strong call to action.

Evaluation Of The Components:

• Do not waste the first 30 minutes by doing introductions; instead, go straight to the point.
• The majority of presentations contain information, a plan, an idea, or a solution that contradicts the status quo. You can take advantage of this!
• Viewers want interesting visual content now more than ever. Visuals that are both creative and relevant are no longer a nice-to-have complement to a persuasive presentation; they are now an essential component of an engaging experience.
• Rather than passively absorbing what you’re saying, most listeners will be more engaged and receptive to your ideas if you engage them in a dialogue.
• You’ll be able to hold your own with big clients and senior management once the layout and design are finalized. A well-prepared presentation will help to establish your credibility.
• Giving your audience something to do with the knowledge you’ve just given them, in the form of a call-to-action, is a better way to end a discussion.

Key Presentation Skills:

Key presentation skills in a virtual versus a physical setting:

• There is less focus on performance.
• There are way more potential distractions virtually.
• Body language has less impact, so focus on your voice.
• You have to engage more in Online Presentations.

Virtual Presentation:

• Make the initial 30 seconds of your presentation as memorable as possible.
• Compare and contrast your proposal to the current state of affairs.
• To summarize and explain your main points, use visual aids.
• Involve your audience to establish trust and rapport.

Physical Presentation:

• Use a presenting structure and design that is simple and consistent.
• Remove unnecessary information to focus on the most important ideas.
• Finish with a strong call to action.

What is missing in both presentations is luck preparations, which can really help presenters in making the best presentations for their audiences.

Conclusion and References

Conclusion:To achieve a good and perfect presentation it is important to know all the components of an effective presentation and follow them. Putting everything in order gives one a step ahead of others and prepares them for the task, giving them the courage to present before others even though it might be difficult.

References:

• Gever, V. C., & Okoro, N. (2020). Influence of Facebook Users’ Self-Presentation Tactics on Their Response to Persuasive Political Messages. Library Philosophy and Practice, 2020.
• Wan Ahmad, W. N., Ali, N. M., & Ahmad Rodzuan, A. R. (2020). Understanding user emotions through interaction with persuasive technology. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 11(9). https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110926
• Young, R. O. (2016). Persuasive communication: How audiences decide: Second Edition. In Persuasive Communication: How Audiences Decide: Second Edition. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315687117