Presenting

We are presenting ourselves almost every moment of every day. However, do we know how to present ourselves well?

Below is a fantastic video from Sir Ken Robinson. We encourage you to watch this video multiple times as there are so many excellent points that can relate to many areas of your own personal development journey.

We would like you to focus for the first viewing on the way in which Sir Ken delivers this TedTalk.

Try to link this as well to the personality work from day eight.

Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson does not move from his spot however manages to capture the attention of the audience and hold it for 20 minutes. If you also watch other videos of him presenting you will see this is a skill he can consistently deliver.

Let's look deeper in to the insights profile and explore how Sir Ken manages to capture this audience that contains so many personality types.

Tells stories

Pauses

Resets the focus with a joke or comment to recapture attention. When others laugh or respond that normally gets people who were drifting to come back in to the room. FOMO Plays a part as they want to know what they have just missed out on, so they refocus.

Watch the first few minutes of Neil Mullarkey's video. Focus on how he has engaged and built rapport with the audience.

Commands "lets have some house lights on" (Arms raised for show dominance, making body as big as he can) Gets them to do something straight away, engaging with him, asking questions to engage thought for what happened earlier. Urgency, Power, Control. (Red Insights)

Tells a story, paints a picture in your head. (Yellow Insights)

"I am feeling" (Green Insights)

Tells time remaining, information (Blue Insights)

Feeling Curious?

Check out this blog on Myers Briggs personality types.

https://www.ethos3.com/2017/07/presentation-skills-personality-type/

This one is also useful to read through.

https://www.throughlinegroup.com/2012/08/23/how-many-minutes-is-the-audiences-attention-span/

Action:

When watching the remaining videos of the Strive to 25 programme, try to be aware of when you are drifting away from a presentation or just not really understanding it.

Then ask the beautiful question... WHY?

You will become such a better presenter when you start reflecting and being aware of your style and the impact it may be having on the audience.