Presentation

TIPS and IDEAS for

PUBLIC SPEAKING
(Project Presentation)

By: Ir. Amirrudin Johari

 The Outline

Chapter 1 - The need for Public Speaking

Chapter 2 - Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety
Chapter 3 - The Preparation
Chapter 4 - Public Speaking Hints and Tips
 CHAPTER 1
The Need for public speaking
 Chapter 1 - Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety

1.1 When we need to speak in public

 Presenting our CTK

 Inception Report
 Conceptual / Schematic Design
 Project Briefing
 Tender Briefing
 CHAPTER 2
Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety
 Chapter 1 - Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety

2.1 What happens when you have to speak in

public?

 Phobia
 butterflies in your
stomach.
 Chapter 1 - Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety

2.2 Public Speaking Anxiety

 Chapter 1 - Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety

2.3 How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking

• Preparation
• Focus Other Than Yourself
• Touch On Other Issues First
CHAPTER 3
The Preparation
 Chapter 3 - Preparation

3.1 Presentation Software

• Master the use of presentation software
• Use more graphics than words
• Avoid excessive use of animation, sound clips.
• Use appropriate color scheme
• Avoid lengthy and tiny print
 Chapter 3 - Preparation

3.2 The Presentation Material

INTRODUCTION

BODY

CONCLUSION
 Chapter 3 - Preparation

3.3 Practice and rehearse

• Analyze your strong and weak

points.
• Emphasize your strong points
during your presentation.
 Chapter 3 - Preparation

3.4 Handouts
 Chapter 3 - Preparation

3.5 Be Prepared

• Check out the location ahead

of time
• Emergency backup system.
 CHAPTER 4
Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.1 Presenting Your Image to

your audience
• Dress appropriately
• Be solemn if your topic is serious
• Look pleasant, enthusiastic, confident, proud,
but not arrogant
• Remain calm
How you are being perceived is very important......
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.2 Opening Remarks

• Open with Salutation and Appropriate

Greetings
• Address the Chairman and the audiences
• Introduce yourself and your team member
(if any)
• Outline the content of your presentation
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.3 Eye Contact

• Sincere eye contact

• 3-second method
• Make your audience feel involved
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.4 Tone Variation

• Speak slowly and clearly

• Show emotion and feeling.
• Speak with conviction.
• Volume control.
• Voice tone variation
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.5 Body language

7% Words
Voice Tone
Body Language

55% 38%

 Face
 Eyes
 Hands Gesture
 Body Posture
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.6 How to use the public

speaking environment

• Try not to get stuck in one place.

• If your space is confined use
stronger body language to
convey your message.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.7 Mistakes

• It’s all right.

• Recovering from mistakes makes

you more human.

• Good recovery puts your

audience at ease - they identify
with you more.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.8 Adjusting with Time

Available
• Always be prepared for
the unexpected
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.9 Pause
• Don't go too fast
• Allow time to reflect and think.
• Apply proper transition.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.10 Keep it Interesting

• Keep audience interested

throughout your entire
presentation.
• Interesting speech makes time fly.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

Humour
• Tell jokes if you're good at it.
If you aren't good, forget it.
• Gentle humour is good in place of jokes.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

Tell stories
• Stories make you a real person not just a
deliverer of information.

• Use personal experiences to bring your

material to life.

• No matter how dry your material is, you can

always find a way to humanise it.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.11 Summarize

• Know when to STOP talking.

• don't use repetitious or
unnecessary words.
• To end your presentation,
summarize your main points.
 Chapter 4 - Hints and Tips for Effective Public Speaking

4.12 Closing Remarks

interesting and appropriate

PUNCH LINE
CONCLUSION
 SUMMARY
1. The need for public speaking in our line of
works
2. Fear and anxiety-phobia – the reasons and
how to overcome them
3. The preparation
4. 12 tips for you to use in your future
presentation
Practice Make Perfect

practise,
practise,

practise!