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    The Manager's Guide to Presentations: Ace your presentations and make your mark as a rising star in your organization
    The Manager's Guide to Presentations: Ace your presentations and make your mark as a rising star in your organization
    The Manager's Guide to Presentations: Ace your presentations and make your mark as a rising star in your organization
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    The Manager's Guide to Presentations: Ace your presentations and make your mark as a rising star in your organization

    By Lauren M. Hug

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    Bursting with exercises, step by step instructions and templates, “The New Manager’s Guide to Giving Your First Presentation” is designed to coach you in mastering the presentation skills that will help you make your mark as a first time manager.

    If you have recently been promoted to a managerial or leadership position and are facing the first presentation required of you in your new role, then “The New Manager’s Guide to Giving Your First Presentation” is for you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJan 13, 2014
    ISBN9781783000159
    The Manager's Guide to Presentations: Ace your presentations and make your mark as a rising star in your organization

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      Book preview

      The Manager's Guide to Presentations - Lauren M. Hug

      Table of Contents

      The Manager's Guide to Presentations

      Credits

      Foreword

      About the Author

      About the Reviewers

      Preface

      What this book covers

      Who this book is for

      Conventions

      Reader feedback

      Piracy

      1. Planning Your Presentation

      The presentation planning process

      Beginning with you

      Addressing your concerns

      Setting your own personal goal

      Identifying your strengths

      Assessing your personal brand

      Leveraging your management skills

      Knowing your team, knowing your audience

      Understanding your boss

      Connecting with your team

      Getting to know the rest of the organization

      Setting your presentation goal

      What do you want the audience to do?

      Brainstorming your goal

      Refining your purpose

      Presentation parameters

      Length

      Preparation time

      Location

      Technology

      Audience size

      Context

      Summary

      2. Developing Your Presentation

      What should you say in your presentation?

      What does the audience need to know?

      Think like your audience

      Adapt to your audience

      Why should your audience care?

      Why should your audience act?

      Why do you care?

      Organizing your presentation

      Opening

      Appealing to the audience

      Points (informing and persuading)

      Call to action

      Fleshing out your presentation

      Types of content

      A note about slides

      Including the audience in your presentation

      Introducing interaction

      Summary

      3. Practicing Your Presentation

      Speaking with authority

      Posture

      Gestures

      Movement

      Face

      Eye contact

      Voice

      Rehearsing your presentation

      Evaluating your rehearsal

      Interactive rehearsal strategies

      Coffee conversation

      Section run-through

      Executive summary presentation

      Independent rehearsal strategies

      Mirror run-through

      Audio run-through

      Video run-through

      Preparing for Q&A sessions

      Summary

      4. Giving Your Presentation

      Before – Managing anxiety

      Visualizing success

      Visualizing worst-case scenarios

      Pre-presentation checklist

      During – Connecting with your audience

      Relax

      Greet

      Smile

      Make eye contact

      Move

      Interact

      Be honest

      After – Obtaining feedback

      Discuss

      Follow up

      Evaluate

      Summary

      The Manager's Guide to Presentations

      The Manager's Guide to Presentations

      Copyright © 2013 Impackt Publishing

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.

      Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Impackt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

      Impackt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Impackt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

      First published: December 2013

      Production Reference: 1181213

      Published by Impackt Publishing Ltd.

      Livery Place

      35 Livery Street

      Birmingham B3 2PB, UK.

      ISBN 978-1-78300-014-2

      www.impacktpublishing.com

      Cover Image by Jarek Blaminsky (<milak6@wp.pl>)

      Credits

      Author

      Lauren M. Hug, J.D., LL.M.

      Copy Editors

      Jalasha D'costa

      Maria Gould

      Paul Hindle

      Indexer

      Monica Ajmera Mehta

      Reviewers

      Karole Campbell

      Erin Feldman

      Project Coordinators

      Anurag Banerjee

      Venitha Cutinho

      Production Coordinator

      Melwyn D'sa

      Commissioning Editors

      Stephanie Moss

      Danielle Rosen

      Proofreaders

      Maria Gould

      Paul Hindle

      Cover Work

      Melwyn D'sa

      Foreword

      I remember my first official job interview like it was yesterday. Trying to find employment for any young kid just out of law school is tough, but it gets even tougher when you are seeking employment in the shadow of New York City. As I left to venture out into the great unknown, my grandmother looked at my suit and tie and politely told me that you dress to impress.Taking the hint, I meekly returned to my bedroom, changed suits and ties and got the seal of approval. I did get the job, but I would like to think that it was on merit and not color coordination.

      The world has changed since my grandparents were players in the business world, but the principles of success have not. You have to know your audience, define your goals, and sell your product, which, in this case, is yourself. This book provides all individuals—young and old, tired and true—with a blueprint of success.

      The one thing that

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