Plan - Presentation Skills Planning AIMS Anybody can do presentations Planning makes presentation easier and better Break your presentation planning into small bite sized pieces INTRO intro 120 2:00 "start story about ""session plans""" "it is BarCamp, it is about improving skills and participation" Anybody can do presentations good planning make presentation easier and less stomach churning one pointI hope you takeaway in break it down to small pieces CONTENT Analogue 30 "Analogue is your friend, start with pen and paper nota computer and PowerPoint" Research 90 4:00 know your topic research your audience Why my last presentation was my worse: "90 minutes to prepare, I knew the topic, " "but did not understand my audience, their level of knowledge" understand were your presentation fits in Aim 90 5:30 Most people only take two or three things away from a presentation. Work out what you want people to take away from you presentation "and state them clearly, write at top of plan" Introduction 120 7:30 The first 10% or so of the presentation is the most important You need to capture your audience's attention 2nd most memorable part of a presentation introduce yourself state you aims script it Content 30 8:00 start with your aims break it into the key parts break it down into bite sized chunks plan 60 9:00 "create a ""session plan""" use a spreadsheet "lists key words, phrases, examples, schedule, slides" if things go wrong you can refer to it "in theory you could hand your ""session plan"" to someone else to give" it can be recycled the end 60 10:00 this is the most memorable part of your presentation as long as not bored restate your aims - i.e. what they should of learnt script it thank the audience tell here to find more CONCLUSION exit 180 13:00 you know what is should happen here ask audience what their takeaways are thank the audience