Alexandra SáenzKatherine DávilaPaola Cardona

PERSONAL SKILLS

“For a successful business

presentation”.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. The voice

3. The body

4. Active Listening

5. Nerves

6. Questions

7. Habits

8. Tips and techniques for great presentations

9. Conclusion

10. Bibliography

1. Introduction

Personal skills, is the ability that we have to adopt during a business presentation. The human language elements needed in the audience, or public.

2. The voice

VOICE

Volume

PacePitch

Tone Pronunciation

Vocalization

Two methods for improving your voice

1. Practice listening to your voice at home

2. To stay with someone that judge your practice before the presentation

3. The body

Your body communicates different impressions to the audience.

Here we find some of them:

Eye contact Facial expressions Gestures Posture and body orientation Proximity Voice

4. Active listening

“Good speakers not only inform their

audience, they also listen to them”

Some good traits of effective listeners

5. Nerves

Main enemy TENSION

Ruins

VoiceSpontanei

ty Posture

6. Questions

7. Habits

Bad habits

A good way to break some of them

After the presentation

8. Tips and techniques for great presentations

9. Conclusion

PERSONAL SKILLS

Ways of talking

(pauses, stress words)

Sounds (voice)

Posture

Body contact

Facial expression

Hand movements

Head movements

Appearance

10. Bibliography• Nonverbal Communications http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/index.html

• Gestures: Body Language and Nonverbal

• Communication  http://www.csupomona.edu/~tassi/gestures.htm#gestures

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/PresentationNerves.htm• About Body Language http://www.angelfire.com/co/bodylanguage/