Which presentation skills should we teach?
by Kim Sherman
1. Projecting confidence, posture, stance
2. being respectful in a disagreement with your boss/co-workers
3. Eye contact
4. Speaking clearly and concisely
5. Body language and self presentation
6. Not reading directly off the slides
7. knowing your material
8. rhythm and flow of a presentation - asking rhetorical questions, checking for understanding, engagement, etc (structure/management)
9. Presentation organization
9.1. Face your audience
10. Public debating techniques
11. Levels of formality in written and oral discourse
11.1. how to address people
11.2. how to draft or respond to emails
12. pace and intonantion
13. Pausing wnen speaking
13.1. Especially when people have accents
14. tone
15. Do's and don't during an interview