Comprehensive Report on Presentation Skills: Preparation & Delivery

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of presentation skills, dividing the process into three key phases: preparation, delivery, and follow-up. The preparation phase emphasizes research, PowerPoint development, text crafting, slide design, venue setup, and practice. Effective delivery involves attention-grabbing openings, clear summaries, confident body language, and modulated vocal tone. The follow-up phase includes equipment management, audience communication, feedback collection, and future presentation improvements. The report also explores various skills such as analytical thinking, organization, non-verbal communication, software proficiency, public speaking, research, verbal communication, and writing, highlighting their importance in delivering impactful presentations. This document provides valuable insights into improving presentation skills for various professional and academic contexts. Desklib offers a range of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to support students in their studies.

Presentation skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................3
Evaluation .............................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Presentation skills are very important for an individual. These are associated with the
qualities required for creating and delivering an effective and clear presentation. There are
several employers, students and other professionals who have to use presentation in order to
make other people understand several topics in discussions. The prospective employer wants
to deliver reports and briefings for colleagues. This includes conducting training sessions and
presenting information in front of clients. This is also associated with managing all the tasks
properly and involving a speaking concept before the audience will stop it provides an
engaging as well as easy for understanding talk. These include major component for the oral
communication and are the basic requirement for job (Bradbury, 2006).
Evaluation
It is evaluated that there are three phases of presentation which includes preparation, delivery
and follow up. These all have to be properly managed in order to conduct the management of
all processes effectively. The preparation consists of managing research and building the
PowerPoint effectively. It consists of crafting the text and developing slides in order to
support of audio and visual materials. There is requirement of ensuring that venue is properly
available and set beforehand. There is also requirement of practising the presentation as many
times which is needed for feeling comforttable.It is very important for all individuals to focus
upon presentation skills. It is associated with managing the comfort of delivering the
presentation in front of audience in a easy manner. There is time allotted for developing and
managing the presentation so that all audience will know the analysis off theories. There are
different skills which are associated with preparation of presentation. Some of these include
conducting the research which is associated with presentation topic. This includes different
number of charts and graphs after this, there is enhancement of knowledge about tailoring of
presentation needs and requirements. There is creation of digital slides on which presentation
is broken down into various reasonable length. Statistiques are used effectively in order to
persuade the audience (Cottrell, 2019). Presentation skills are associated with incorporation
of concrete examples and stories for illustrating points and maintaining the attention of

audience. There is preparation of handouts as well as digital references so that preoccupied
not taking his evaluated. The promotion of presentation is conducted for generating an
appropriate audience. Delivery is known as the part of audience which is seen buy them could
stop when there is good delivery depending upon the careful and effective presentation then a
confadent presentation is provided. There are different skills which are required at the time of
delivery of presentation. Some of these are mentioned below:
 delivering of attention seeking and grabbing in order to open a talk or conversation.
 Providing a summary of things that have to be covered in order to introduce a
presentation and provide a context (Oliver, 2012).
 Using eye contact and body language for conveying confidence and energy.
 Modulating vocal tone for the emphasis upon arculating a smooth and clear
perspective
The follow up step consist of breaking down and storing the equipment properly. This means
contacting different type of audience and members with whom all the communication factors
are agreed upon. These consist of soliciting, collecting as well as analysing the feedback.
There are different type of presentations reqd for collecting information from audience
members. There are different skills required for the follow up process. Some of these are
mentioned below:
 Creation and evaluation of solicit feedback from the attendees
 Interpretation of feedback from evaluation as well as modification of content and
delivery of future predictions
 Organising of database in order to manage the attendance for future presentations
 Conducting interviews of key attendees and gaining additional feedback
 Providing emails for presentation slides for attendees (Saunders, Lewis, & Thornhill,
2016).
There are different type of presentation skills associated let the delivering of oral as well as
written reports.
 Analytical: these type of presentations changes continuously. The best presenters are
continuously changing in order to improve these skills. For getting better, it is

important to look upon the performance honestly and assess the feedback. There is
also need for figuring out what is to be improved in order to manage the analytical
thinking. There is also requirement of having a company to grasp information
associated with communication. There is need to analyse audience and being prepared
about thinking about material and implications involved in providing the presentation.
 Organisation: there is need of having different individuals with whom time can be
spent in order to manage the work. Laptops and projectors are connected while
presentation is provided to the audience. There is requirement of developing and
keeping track of notes, Start Stop time and information in order to complete the tasks
properly (Fairbairn, & Winch, 2011).
There is also requirement of proofreading and fine tuning different materials which are used
for planning the presentation. Different aspects associated with the presentation includes
auditing, event planning, prioritisation, benchmarking, scheduling and record keeping.
 Non verbal communication: the way in which an individual present himself or herself
while speaking to the audience is very important while giving the presentation. There
is need to be more confident and engaged towards the audience while providing the
presentation. This can include a good posture, making eye contacts and having good
hand gestures. Non verbal communication can be practised by observing and
presenting the body language carefully (McMillan & Weyers, 2012).
 Presentation software: this is known as dominant software which is used for creating
visual aids regarding the presentation. It is very important to learn different users
which are associated with special features outside the templates regarding
presentation for life.
 Public speaking: presentation requires to be appear in our comforttable and engaging
manner when speaking in front of life audience. It requires lots of practise and
sometimes public speaking includes the management of different individuals.
 Research: it consists of first step that comes among the preparation of multi year
process. This includes managing the research question framework and identifying
appropriate information sources which are used for organising the results (Godfrey,
2018).

 Verbal communication: the concept of public speaking consists of verbal
communication and it includes different forms used for providing a good presentation.
There is need for understanding and evaluating questions which are asked by different
audiences in the presentation. This is only possible if the person is active listener and
has empathy over the functioning.
 Writing: this is another important concept of presentation skills. When a person is
able to provide oh proper writing description about any script or topic, it is easy to
manage the development of a good presentation. This includes recognising and
countering objections. It is also involved in supporting the statement with audiences
and anticipating the concern of other towards the topic discussed in front of audiences
(Haber, 2020).

REFERENCES
Bradbury, A. (2006) Successful Presentation Skills. London: Kogan Page.
Cottrell, S. (2019) The Study Skills Handbook, 5th Ed. London: Red Globe Press.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2016) Research Methods for Business Students, 7th
Ed. Harlow: Pearson.
Fairbairn, G., & Winch, C. (2011) Reading, Writing, and Reasoning: a Guide for Students, 3rd
Ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Godfrey, J. (2018) How to Use Your Reading in your Essays, 3rd Ed. London: Palgrave
Haber, J. (2020) Critical Thinking. London & Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
McMillan, K., & Weyers, J. D. B. (2012) The Study Skills Book, 3rd Ed. Harlow: Pearson.
Oliver, P. (2012) Succeeding with Your Literature Review: A Handbook for Students.
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