Presenting Persuasively: Skills and Techniques for Impact

This report reflects on a student's learning experience in a presentation skills module, emphasizing the development of persuasive presentation techniques. The student highlights the importance of improving presentation skills to deliver impactful and engaging presentations. Key takeaways include the use of visual aids, concise messaging, the three-rule system for audience retention, storytelling, self-assessment through video recording, and structured bullet points. The student also connects these skills to their role as a Finance Business Partner, demonstrating how effective communication is vital for influencing stakeholders, providing financial insights, and driving business objectives. The report references relevant academic sources that support the student's understanding of presentation and communication strategies.

Running Head: Presenting Persuasively
Presenting Persuasively
Name of the Student:
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Author’s Note

1PRESENTING PERSUASIVE
In my module presenting persuasively what I have personally learnt is how to
improve my presentation skill and make the presentation easy to access and understand. The
aim is to build in more of confidence within myself so that in order to deliver presentation
there is some real impact and substance in which I can speak on in front of my class or in
public. My personal aim for future course of action and for my future career is to build up the
skill and technique to craft the presentation which delivers a clear and compelling message to
keep the potential and target audience engaged (Rose et al, 2018). These personal
developmental skills will assist me to pitch myself to start up mu own business and prepare a
presentation for my employees and clients. The course learning has helped me to inculcate
the skills of sharing ideas on how the leaders of the global organization can create compelling
message which tends to create an influence on the audience and engage them throughout the
sessions (Hoogervorst 2018).
With the attribute of persuasion it is important for to build in myself with the art of
high interactive content master class and learn how to present new ways of scanning the skills
of presentation in a fun loving manner and engaging the environment. With the course
module I have inculcated the skill of delivering the presentation in an effective manner and
some of the skills are:
 Using visuals aids like key words, pictures and graphs.
 Keeping the presentation short and simple because so that the audience does
not find it difficult to understand (Hardcastle et al, 2015).
 The effective method of using the three rule system which comprise of the
technique which the audience would easily remember after the presentation is
delivered. It is my responsibility to cater out three easy catchy words and
structure it in my presentation accordingly.

2PRESENTING PERSUASIVE
 Narration of stories is important because this technique helps to engage the
audience.
 It is vital to set up video camera and video the presentation by myself. This
method had taught me to rectify my mistake from the way I stand to the way I
talk and explain the presentation.
 Lastly the technique which I had adopted in presenting my presentation is
keeping my aim and objective of the meeting in bullet points were the key
words are highlighted.
In my module I have learnt as a Finance Business Partner that as a finance analyst I
need to speak with the employees daily and look after the progress more towards the Finance
Business Partner role (Ng and Lucianetti 2016). I have worked closely with the business unit
just to provide a link between the management and the operational people and in future
become a trust worthy advisor in Finance, create a cost saving technique for the organization,
identify the new revenue streams and lastly to discuss the agenda of finance with the
operational and marketing people.

3PRESENTING PERSUASIVE
Reference
Hardcastle, S.J., Tye, M., Glassey, R. and Hagger, M.S., 2015. Exploring the perceived
effectiveness of a life skills development program for high-performance athletes. Psychology
of Sport and Exercise, 16, pp.139-149.
Hoogervorst, J.A., 2018. Foundations of Enterprise Governance and Enterprise Engineering:
Presenting the Employee-Centric Theory of Organization. Springer.
Ng, T.W. and Lucianetti, L., 2016. Within-individual increases in innovative behavior and
creative, persuasion, and change self-efficacy over time: A social–cognitive theory
perspective. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(1), p.14.
Rose, D.C., Brotherton, P.N., Owens, S. and Pryke, T., 2018. Honest advocacy for nature:
presenting a persuasive narrative for conservation. Biodiversity and conservation, 27(7),
pp.1703-1723.