Winning Presentation in a Day: Get It Done

Understanding how to give a winning presentation is an absolute necessity in today's world. Sooner or later, everyone has to give a presentation, whether at work (a sales call, a briefing to the boss, participating in a seminar) or in personal life (a class report, speaking at a community organization, leading a program at church or synagogue). Yet the idea of getting up in front of others is absolutely terrifying for many people. This handy guide shows readers how to overcome their fear and create a great presentation quickly and easily.

About Rhonda Abrams

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The In A Day Promise

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Need a Winning Presentation Fast? This Book Is For You!

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Overview: What's a Presentation?

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How to Use this Book

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Gather the Details

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(20)

Topic

4

(1)

Title

5

(1)

Type of presentation

6

(5)

Type of audience

11

(1)

Size of audience

12

(1)

Time

13

(1)

Location

14

(1)

Equipment

15

(1)

Other critical information

16

(1)

Pulling It All Together: Gather the Details

17

(6)

Content

23

(18)

Why are you giving this presentation?

24

(2)

How can you make your presentation matter to an audience?

26

(4)

Areas of Responsibility

27

(1)

Level of Expertise

27

(3)

Core message

30

(3)

Main supporting arguments

33

(1)

Subpoints that support your main arguments

34

(1)

Call to action

35

(2)

Say thank you

37

(1)

Pulling It All Together: Content

38

(3)

Organization

41

(22)

The building model

42

(1)

Lay your foundation

43

(3)

Organize the body

46

(6)

Remember the Rule of Three

46

(1)

Subpoints

47

(4)

Rhetorical Devices

51

(1)

Draw your conclusion and give a call to action

52

(4)

Pulling It All Together: Organization

56

(7)

Delivering Your Message

63

(14)

Speaking style

64

(2)

Fear of speaking

66

(2)

Body language

68

(3)

Wardrobe

71

(2)

Pulling It All Together: Delivering Your Message

73

(4)

Audience Interaction

77

(18)

Interaction during your presentation

78

(1)

Working the room

79

(4)

Classroom Setting

80

(1)

Horseshoe Shape

81

(1)

Small Corporate Conference Room

81

(1)

Large Conference or Convention Venue or Banquet oom

82

(1)

The question and answer session

83

(5)

Conclude your Q&A

88

(4)

Pulling It All Together: Audience Interaction

92

(3)

Working with Visual Aids

95

(18)

Speakers' aids

96

(5)

Notes

96

(2)

Microphones

98

(2)

LCD Projectors

100

(1)

Low-tech visual aids

101

(9)

Flipcharts and Whiteboards

101

(1)

Handouts

102

(3)

Transparencies

105

(1)

35mm Slides and Projectors

105

(1)

Props

106

(1)

Video and Audio Equipment

107

(3)

Pulling It All Together: Working with Visual Aids

110

(3)

Getting Started with PowerPoint

113

(30)

PowerPoint basics

115

(17)

Working with a Blank Presentation

120

(2)

Adding Color and/or Design Background to your Slide

122

(4)

Using the AutoContent Wizard

126

(6)

Viewing and navigating PowerPoint

132

(8)

Normal View

133

(1)

Slide Sorter

134

(2)

Slide Show

136

(1)

Advancing Slides

137

(2)

Setting Up Presenter View

139

(1)

Pulling It All Together: Getting Started with Power Point

140

(3)

Slide Rules

143

(14)

Design and content

144

(5)

The Four-by-Four Rule

145

(1)

Meaningful Titles

146

(1)

Type Fonts and Sizes

147

(1)

Varying Text and Images

148

(1)

Color choices

149

(2)

High Contrast

150

(1)

During the presentation

151

(3)

You and the Screen

151

(1)

Advancing the Slides

152

(1)

Slide Dependence

153

(1)

Pulling It All Together: Slide Rules

154

(3)

Enhancing Your PowerPoint Presentation: Advanced Techniques

157

(24)

Slide 1: Set up the show and create title slide

158

(4)

Slide 2: Add emphasis with text animation

162

(4)

Slide 3: Animate bullet points

166

(2)

Slide 4: Add charts

168

(2)

Slide 5: Combine photos with text and use stock photos

170

(3)

Slide 6: Use unaccompanied photos to reinforce themes

173

(2)

Slide 7: Insert audio

175

(2)

Slide 8: Animate photos

177

(2)

Slide 9: Final slide

179

(1)

Pulling It All Together: Enhancing Your Presentation

180

(1)

When Good Presentations Go Bad

181

(14)

Technical problems

182

(2)

Room setup

184

(2)

Audience

186

(4)

Miscellaneous

190

(5)

The Experts Talk

195

(6)

Presentation Resources

201

(2)

Index

203

(4)

Acknowledgments

207

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