http://presentationexpressions.com Learn To Give Effective English Presentations Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Learn To Give Effective English Presentations Presentation Expressions no Learn To Give Effective English Presentations http://presentationexpressions.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://presentationexpressions.com http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-use-eye-contact-in-a-presentation-video http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-use-eye-contact-in-a-presentation-video#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:36:56 +0000 Carl Kwan http://presentationexpressions.com/?p=1503 http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-use-eye-contact-in-a-presentation-video/feed 8 English presentation,eye contact when presenting,how to give presentation,presentation Q&A,Presentation Skills,proper eye contact Hi, it's Carl from PresentationExpressions. Today, I'm gonna teach you about using eye contact in a presentation. - But why is this important? - Well, have you ever experienced talking to someone who didn't look you in the eyes while they were talkin... Hi, it's Carl from PresentationExpressions. Today, I'm gonna teach you about using eye contact in a presentation. But why is this important? Well, have you ever experienced talking to someone who didn't look you in the eyes while they were talking to you? It was probably really uncomfortable or it made you feel like the other person didn't care about you. And that's precisely why you have to learn proper eye contact techniques. Eye contact with your audience will help your audience connect to you and you to them. It tells them you are focused on speaking to them. But the other important thing about eye contact is when you're listening to someone ask you a question during or after your presentation. So I'm gonna talk about two things: Number one, eye contact when presenting. And number two, eye contact when listening to a question from the audience. You can watch the video or read the rest below. Watch the video below by clicking the image or download it here if YouTube is unavailable in your area: How to use eye contact in a presentation (Length 5:06) Eye Contact When Presenting There are three things that you need to do: First, make sure you look at every part of the audience.  That means side-to-side, front-to-back, back-to-front and also in combination with the side-to-side. The key is to be natural and smooth, not jerky. Second, look directly at one person and speak to that person for about 2 seconds.  When you look at one person, for that brief moment, he or she will feel as if you are only speaking to him or her and no one else. It's actually very powerful and will help strengthen your connection to the audience. And third, smile with your eyes. What I mean by smile with your eyes is to look at individual audience members like you're looking at a cute baby, or when you looked at your spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend when you first fell in love. It's that gentle, calm, happy feeling… Hopefully. At least do it when you give a presentation, okay? :) Anyway, the thing to avoid is staring! It's super-uncomfortable and will make you look like a crazy person. But if that's what you intended, then okay, go for it. Otherwise, do not stare! Okay, so that was eye contact when presenting. And the three things were: Number one, look at every part of the audience. Number two, look directly at one person and speak to that person for about 2 seconds. And number three, smile with your eyes. Eye Contact When Someone Asks A Question Or During Q&A Now, when someone asks you a question during your presentation or Q&A, there's a very specific eye contact technique that I want to teach you. It was used by Bill Clinton during his debate with George Bush, Senior. And I highly recommend checking out that video after you watch this to see exactly what I mean. Okay, so what's the technique? Well, again, there are three steps: Step one: Make eye contact when the person begins asking you a question and move closer to that person without breaking eye contact. If you're on a stage, move to the edge of the stage and stand in front of the person. If you're in a room without a stage, then move to about 5 feet in front of the person. The idea is to get as comfortably close as you can because this will create a connection between you and that person. Step two: Really easy… Shut up and listen. Give the person your full attention and listen without interrupting. The worst thing to do during a presentation is interrupting someone who is asking you a question. That person is directly communicating with you so it's a great chance to connect. Don't ruin it by interrupting. And Step three: Smile with your eyes like we learned earlier and also smile with your mouth. This will show the person that you really care about what he or she is saying because you're paying full attention and inviting the person to relax and speak. And that's it! Carl Kwan no 5:06 http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-present-data-without-using-a-table-video http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-present-data-without-using-a-table-video#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:04:48 +0000 Carl Kwan http://presentationexpressions.com/?p=1473 http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-present-data-without-using-a-table-video/feed 0 business powerpoint presentation,how to present data,how to present statistics,how to use tables in presentation,PPT tables,present statistics in PowerPoint presentation,presentation with data,research powerpoint presentation,tables in PowerPoint Hi, it's Carl from PresentationExpressions. (This is a full transcript of this week's video) In this video, I'm going to teach you how to present data without using a table. - Why is this important? - Because if your job or schooling involves researc... Hi, it's Carl from PresentationExpressions. (This is a full transcript of this week's video) In this video, I'm going to teach you how to present data without using a table. Why is this important? Because if your job or schooling involves research you'll probably have to present some sort of statistical information. And one way that you've been doing that has probably been with tables. Something with some rows and columns neatly labelled and copied and pasted into a PowerPoint slide. Well, the problem with that is that YOU may be very familiar with that data, but your audience won't be. Even if they're your peers, during a presentation, they won't have much time to fully understand what you've been working on for weeks or months or more. And if you have a long presentation, there's no way they will remember the data you had in a table they saw 30 minutes ago. The other major problem is that tables are kinda ugly. So, let's fix that problem... Watch the video below by clicking the image or download it here if YouTube is unavailable in your area: How to present data without using tables (Length 3:28) Or keep reading... :) Okay, here's a typical table and I've only included 3 categories and some corresponding data: (Click to enlarge) The big problem with this, like I said, is that people will not be able to remember your data and the other problem is that this is just plain f-ugly. You can look up the meaning of that yourself. Anyway, the way to fix this f-ugly thing is to separate the categories and put them onto their own slide with their own headings. For example, like this… Now the audience can focus on one piece of information at a time, which makes it much easier for them to remember what they saw. Also notice that I summarized the data to make it simpler for the audience to understand the trend. That's something you're gonna need to do, as well, because it makes your message a lot more clear. If you don't summarize the data, you'll end up explaining it and possibly confusing your audience. The other problem is the audience will sit there trying to figure out what the data means while you're talking. In other words, they'll be too busy to listen to you. Now let's take these slides one step further by using a picture that represents the category you're talking about. For example, like this… As you can see, the picture creates a stronger impression because it's totally visual. Just as before, be sure to summarize the data for the audience. You'll also notice that I've removed the category because the picture and my accompanying explanation will be enough. But you can certainly do it without the picture. In fact, most Apple presentations will show just a number so you know it's ok when Apple does it. To summarize… Take your data and separate it into individual categories. Put each category onto its own slide with just the number. Or use the number plus a picture. The key is to not get stuck in the habit of just copying and pasting a table and thinking that your audience is going to understand it; and equally important… thinking they'll remember what you told them.   Carl Kwan no 3:28 yes http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-prepare-a-presentation-about-advertising-and-psychology-for-soul-video http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-prepare-a-presentation-about-advertising-and-psychology-for-soul-video#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:40:54 +0000 Carl Kwan http://presentationexpressions.com/?p=1462 http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-prepare-a-presentation-about-advertising-and-psychology-for-soul-video/feed 2 advertising presentation,advertising psychology,English presentation,how to prepare presentation,Presentation Expressions,psychology presentation We're always happy to get questions from you, and we usually answer your questions in the comments or by email. But we don't often make videos to directly address your questions, so… - We're going to do that today. - We got a message from Soul, We're always happy to get questions from you, and we usually answer your questions in the comments or by email. But we don't often make videos to directly address your questions, so… We're going to do that today. We got a message from Soul, someone in the PresentationExpressions community. And Soul, wrote... "Hello, I have a presentation about advertising and psychology and I have to not talk about it in general but choose something specific under that subject. And the presentation will be around 7-8 slides without the introduction and the sources, and I can't use any words in those 7-8 slides, pictures only.  The problem is I don't know what to talk about, and I dont know where to get pictures or a short video that uses psychological tricks. Help!!! Thank you Regards, Soul" Soul, thanks so much for your message. After getting that message, I told Soul I would make a video and Soul replied that the presentation is due on Tuesday. Well, it's Friday night here in Korea, so hopefully you'll have enough time to get everything ready. But I have to give you a bit of heck for starting your preparation so late. So don't do it again! Anyway, watch the video for these 5 Steps: Step 1: Figure out who your target audience is supposed to be. Step 2: Choose a specific industry and find ads for that industry by Googling industry plus ads or plus print ads. Step 3: Choose one psychological trigger to focus on. Step 4: Arrange your ads in a sequence to show what the advertisers want you to notice first, second, third, etc. Step 5: Practice, practice, practice. Click the image below to watch the video: I hope that helps. And I hope that helps other people, too. You might want to check out the other videos we have about introducing yourself and doing a conclusion. Introduction: http://presentationexpressions.com/3-steps-to-easily-introduce-yourself Conclusion: http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-easily-summarize-your-presentation If you have any questions please leave us a comment below or email us using our Contact form: http://presentationexpressions.com/contact Thanks and see you again next time. Carl Carl Kwan no 4:13 http://presentationexpressions.com/thanks-for-the-feedback http://presentationexpressions.com/thanks-for-the-feedback#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:17:37 +0000 Carl Kwan http://presentationexpressions.com/?p=1449 http://presentationexpressions.com/thanks-for-the-feedback/feed 0 http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-big-presentation-and-save-it-from-disaster-with-pat-flynn-video http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-big-presentation-and-save-it-from-disaster-with-pat-flynn-video#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:35:21 +0000 Carl Kwan http://presentationexpressions.com/?p=1438 http://presentationexpressions.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-big-presentation-and-save-it-from-disaster-with-pat-flynn-video/feed 0 apple keynote fonts ppt,English presentation,how to prepare presentation,how to save presentation,powerpoint fonts screwed up,presentation disaster,presentation tips,small business presentation Have you ever had to give a BIG presentation? You know, one that made you all nervous and excited at the same time? Did you know how to prepare for that big presentation? - If you give presentations on a smaller scale, like for your small business, Have you ever had to give a BIG presentation? You know, one that made you all nervous and excited at the same time? Did you know how to prepare for that big presentation? If you give presentations on a smaller scale, like for your small business, those can be considered BIG presentations because they could have a large impact on you and your business. Pat Flynn, an Internet entrepreneur who blogs about and teaches how to succeed online at http://www.smartpassiveincome.com, gave the biggest presentation of his life as a speaker at Blog World Expo 2011. We know Pat through the work he does on his site. We also know him to be a very cool guy who is always happy to help other people. So, we were thrilled when he agreed to do this interview and want to say a big thank you to Pat. Thanks Pat! In the interview, we find out who Pat Flynn is, how he ended up speaking at Blog World Expo, and the near disaster that he saved himself from. Be sure to take note of Pat's top 5 presentation tips, as they will come in handy for your next big presentation. One thing that really stuck out for us was when Pat tells us how he now feels about public speaking and giving presentations. Contrary to what you may think, Pat now loves presenting and can't wait to do it again. We think you'll agree that after watching the interview you'll like him and will be inspired, too. The interview is 28 minutes long, so grab a snack and a drink and get comfy :) Click here to watch or download the video if you can't access YouTube: Interview with Pat Flynn (87.7mb) Click the image below to watch the video (28:10) For more information about earning a passive income or if you just want to learn more about Pat, please visit the Smart Passive Income Blog: http://www.smartpassiveincome.com Video of Pat's presentation gaffe by Podcast Answer Man: http://podcastanswerman.com You might want to check out these other posts, too: How to give a presentation with little time to prepare What to pack for a presentation How to avoid presentation disaster  Carl Kwan no 28:10