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Harvard ManageMentor: Presentation Skills

By: Harvard Business Publishing

In this course, students will learn how to analyze an audience and their setting (whether in-person or remote) to more effectively prepare for and deliver a presentation. They will discover how to…

• Length: 2 hours, 44 minutes
• Publication Date: Aug 27, 2019
• Discipline: General Management
• Product #: 7178-HTM-ENG

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Harvard ManageMentor helps students develop the skills they need to thrive in the workforce. These online courses combine the latest in business thinking from management experts with interactive assignments to empower students with the skills employers seek.

In this course, students will learn how to analyze an audience and their setting (whether in-person or remote) to more effectively prepare for and deliver a presentation. They will discover how to gather and use facts, evidence, stories, and media (including visual aids) to support their main messages. As well as explore tactics for rehearsing and managing challenges that can arise while presenting, whether it's "stage fright" or provocative, tough questions from the audience. They will have the opportunity to learn strategies and best practices from business leaders, authors, and coaches like Brad Holst, Nancy Duarte, Eddie Yoon, Nick Morgan, Liz Keever, and Amy Cuddy.

Students have the option to view the content in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Chinese. This online course has been designed and developed with the intention of complying with WCAG 2.0 AA standards. Explore all Harvard ManageMentor courses at https://hbsp.harvard.edu/harvard-manage-mentor/

Learning Objectives

Clarify your objective, identify your audience, and consider the setting for your presentation

Identify the single key point of your presentation

Construct a presentation that hooks your audience and communicates your message

Use visuals and other media in a presentation to support and enhance your words

Create an engaging remote presentation

Practice, refine, and prepare effectively for your presentation

Keep your audience engaged during a presentation

Objectively evaluate the style and substance of your presentation

Aug 27, 2019 (Revised: Nov 4, 2014)

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7178-HTM-ENG

2 hours, 44 minutes

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In this post, I’ll cover a few best practices for organizing fantastic business presentation skill training classes. Effective presentations don’t happen by accident. And, when you get a bunch of “Type A” personalities who all have experience leading presentations trying to work together to organize a single speech… Well… Let’s just say that the results can be a little frustrating.

Different personalities have different strengths. So, when you organize corporate presentation training sessions, you want to make sure to help each participant maximize his or her strengths. But, you also have to help your presenters create a clear message that is focused on the same outcome.

Here is a checklist of a few of the best ways to deliver presentation skills training for a business team:

• Start with Presentation Skill Training for the Entire Team (at the Same time.)
• Next, Focus on Creating Fantastic and Compelling Presentations . (If the Presentations suck, it doesn’t matter how skilled the presenters are.)
• Encourage Your Team of Presenters to Focus on the Needs of the Audience .
• Your Business Presentation Training Must Build Self-Confidence in Each Presenter .
• The Team of Presenters Must Practice Together .

1) Build Effective Business Presentation Skills in Your Team with Proper Training.

An engineering firm once hired me to help their team deliver sales presentations. In the past, when customers looked for their services, their executives delivered the presentations. However, once the executives presented and won the contract, the customer never saw them again. Instead, they saw the project manager, superintendents, foremen, and workers every day.

They wouldn’t get to meet their team until after all the contracts were signed. So the customers began requiring the project manager, superintendents, and foremen to deliver the sales presentations. These people were highly skilled workers, but none had ever delivered presentations — of any kind. They didn’t have the years of presentation practice that the executives had.

So, we organized a custom business presentations course for them. It allowed them to develop their presentation skills in a controlled environment. Of course, it also shortened their learning curves. They gained these presentation skills much faster than their executives had through trial and error.

This process is similar to going to a medical specialists. If you have a cold, you probably just want to go to your family physician. However, if you get cancer, you want to go to a specialist. Developing presentation skills is similar. If you just present in staff meetings, almost any presentation skills training will do.

But if you have a lot riding on the presentation, you might consider hiring an expert in designing and delivering business presentations to help.

2) Presentation Training for Business Professionals Starts with Creating a Compelling Presentation.

“ 90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker steps on the platform. ” Somers White .

Eventually, some of these account managers began overpromising to these customers. This created really problems internally. To fix it, they created a single all-encompassing PowerPoint Presentation that the account managers were required to use. (It had over 400 slides.)

The class member, desperate for help, asked me, “How in the world can I deliver this presentation to my clients?”

I had to answer her honestly. “You really can’t.” It was a terribly designed presentation. They could have hired Chris Hemsworth to deliver the presentation. And even with an Australian accent, the presentation would still be a terrible presentation.

So a big part of your business presentation training should include how to design presentations. Here are a few important ideas. First, be concise. You can’t cover everything. So focus only on the most important things that the audience needs to know about the topic. Next, include lots of examples and stories. Examples are always more clear than wordy explanations. Finally, add in some energy and showmanship. Make your business presentations interesting.

For additional details, see How to Design a Presentation .

3) Determine What Your Audience Needs and Wants Before Creating the Business Presentation.

Think of your business presentation as a first date. The more you talk about yourself, the less the audience will like you. Focus on them. Focus on their problems and how you can help them. If you do, your business presentation will be stellar.

I recently met a young lady from Toyota who supplied cars to dealerships. Since demand is so high for their vehicles right now, supply is very low. She was looking for a way to help her dealership solve this problem while also solving problems for their customers.

A couple came into a dealership looking for a Sequoia. With a baby on the way, Dad wanted Mom to have more space. But the wait list for that vehicle was quite long. Because of the long delivery time, my class member had a Sequoia sent to the dealership for test drives.

The family’s sales rep had the mom take the car out. She was a little overwhelmed with the size and how difficult it was to get in and out of. (And that’s without a baby in tow.) So, the sales rep also showed them a Highlander. It was the perfect size for what they wanted. So, my class member’s suggestion helped both the sales rep and the family solve a problem.

Organize your business presentations so that they solve problems for your audiences. This is the absolute best way to capture and hold the audience’s attention.

4) Spend Time Building Self-Confidence in Each Team Member.

“ People judge your competence by how confident you appear. ” — Doug Staneart

My first presentation coach in college was an analytical detail-oriented person. She encouraged me to use a ton of facts and statistics in my presentations. This made the presentation much more difficult for me to deliver. (Adding a ton of data and statistics to my presentations wasn’t a strength of mine.) The more she coached me, the worse I got.

I got an “A” on my first presentation, a “B” on my second, and a “C” on my third. This process killed my confidence as well. Most people get better the more they present. However, I seemed to be getting worse.

Years later, another presentation coach told me I had natural enthusiasm. She helped me develop this strength. She didn’t try to force me to do things that were uncomfortable for me because those things helped her. Instead, she was more interested in helping me develop my natural strengths in front of a group. It worked like a charm.

Your business presentation coaching should help the individuals on your team maximize their strengths as well. You’ll help them create that executive presence when they deliver speeches!

5) Make Sure Your Presentation Team Practices Together.

Another big mistake that group leaders make is designing the presentation first. Then, delivering the presentation and PowerPoint slideshows to the presenters.

“But Doug, I’m just trying to make it easier for the team. They don’t have time to create the presentation.” Hogwash. Most often, the things we do to make thing easier actually make things harder. Let the presenters create their own presentation. That way, the speech will be in their words and with their focus. (If you have followed steps two and three, this should be a piece of cake for them.)

Get the whole team in a room and help them create the presentation. Dale Carnegie once said, “People will support a world that they help create.” So let them create this world.

Then, as they begin to put the business presentation together, give them a chance to practice. One of the absolute best reason we suggest organizing a private corporate presentation class is that is creates a controlled environment for the team to practice.

This step is critical in the process. Your team will do better if they work out the kinks at the office than in front of a big customer!

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How to Make a “Good” Presentation “Great”

• Guy Kawasaki

Remember: Less is more.

A strong presentation is so much more than information pasted onto a series of slides with fancy backgrounds. Whether you’re pitching an idea, reporting market research, or sharing something else, a great presentation can give you a competitive advantage, and be a powerful tool when aiming to persuade, educate, or inspire others. Here are some unique elements that make a presentation stand out.

• Fonts: Sans Serif fonts such as Helvetica or Arial are preferred for their clean lines, which make them easy to digest at various sizes and distances. Limit the number of font styles to two: one for headings and another for body text, to avoid visual confusion or distractions.
• Colors: Colors can evoke emotions and highlight critical points, but their overuse can lead to a cluttered and confusing presentation. A limited palette of two to three main colors, complemented by a simple background, can help you draw attention to key elements without overwhelming the audience.
• Pictures: Pictures can communicate complex ideas quickly and memorably but choosing the right images is key. Images or pictures should be big (perhaps 20-25% of the page), bold, and have a clear purpose that complements the slide’s text.
• Layout: Don’t overcrowd your slides with too much information. When in doubt, adhere to the principle of simplicity, and aim for a clean and uncluttered layout with plenty of white space around text and images. Think phrases and bullets, not sentences.

As an intern or early career professional, chances are that you’ll be tasked with making or giving a presentation in the near future. Whether you’re pitching an idea, reporting market research, or sharing something else, a great presentation can give you a competitive advantage, and be a powerful tool when aiming to persuade, educate, or inspire others.

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