Effective Communication Skills

TECHNOLOGY OF PUBLIC SPEAKING & EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS( ONE NEEDS ONLY SUFFICIENT SELF-CONFIDENCE, HONESTY & PRACTICE TO EXCEL IN AN AREA OR FIELD OF ACTIVITY)

1.     Objectives of the presentation should be made very clear at the very introductory phase(why to speak and on what , about what, real  contents, purpose, significance, applications) ; presentation might have some of the following purposes:

·       Informational

·       Promotional

·       Inspirational

·       Motivational

·       Generating awareness

·       Conflict resolution

·       Counseling for improvement

·       Delivering expert knowledge

·       Special , situational

·       Marketing some products/ideas/concepts

·       Popularizing some ideas/concepts/products/services

·       Training sessions for skill-development on special domain

·       Thanks-giving

·       Inaugural speech ETC.

TECHNOLOGY FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL PRESENTATION

2.     Know your subject well, deliver with energy and enthusiasm, unique but natural style

3.     Build rapport with the audience, know your audience well

4.     Body language, etiquettes, manners, eye-contacts, loudness, sincerity of purpose, clarity, modulation, articulation, soft and sweet style, focus on the central ideas, managing time, summarization, and salutation, thanks-giving, pleasant and cheerful mood with energy and enthusiasm

5.     Diagrams, illustrations, videos related to the topic  should be presented nicely to generate interest  on the subject

Slides should consists of the following(about20- 30 slides for an hour,DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF PRESENTATION) :

·       Opening slide/introduction of the topic/title/speaker

·       Contents

·       Introduction to the topics

·       Objectives

·       Main body(slide1 to slide n)(Let it be highly technical in content for audience with Technology background)

·       summarization

·       conclusions

·       question & answer sessions

·       references/bibliography

·       thanks-giving

Thought of the day...managing time for self-development

A philosophy of life is developed through years of struggle and bitter experience. After more than 25 years of professional experience and leading a family life ,
I have come to learn some basics of the art of living:

• to speak as less as possible
• to ignore as far as possible
• to take physical exercise as regularly as possible
• to discharge my professional duties as sincerely as possible
• to manage time well for a day
• to sacrifice as maximum as possible for others
• to be very choosy about mixing with people
• to manage anger for creating & innovating in my favourite domains
• to enjoy life without doing harm to others
• to manage finances to avoid troubles in social life
• to be indifferent to most of the affairs of the outside world
• not to find faults with others
• not to be harsh as far as possible
• to be honest and straight-forwards
• to be outspoken at times
• to be able to say NO, when I wish to say so
• to keep my needs minimum
• to keep life simple and humble
• to enjoy reading books and listening to music , movies and songs
• to help people in need, without expectations,but by being selective
• to avoid materialistic view of life
• to remain immersed in spiritual thoughts and actions
• to have learnt to hate consumerism and comparative analysis about human success and prosperity

Thought of the day...managing stress

Unconditional surrender to the Holy Names of God will relieve us many of the pains and agonies of life....

We should first identify the stress-ors in our lives
Let me identify my stress-producing factors:

• worries about family matters
• worries about financial security of life
• worry about health and fitness
• anxiety on the matters of interpersonal relationships & networking with people socially 

To be relieved of such worries, I am trying to take the following steps:

• taking regular physical exercise
• controlling expenses
• saving money through recurring deposits

Thought of the day...managing the self

Managing the self is the biggest challenge of own's life. We should therefore this matter very seriously to get rid of many troubles/conflicts on a day.
Mission and vision of one's life should be made as clear as possible.

• Then,
• we should take up one job at a time
• we should have only planned actions for a day, as far as possible
• we should listen more and talk less
• we should manage our time well by segmenting the day's time
• we should take time for self-study,taking food,drinking water, relaxing and sleeping,self-entertainment, working for professional responsibilities & commitment, pursuing hobbies, listening to music or songs,taking care of the family members, managing finances, saving money, building health and happiness

The process of change after crossing the age of 45 years...a self-reminder

There has to be revolution in thoughts, attitudes, behaviours after one crosses the age of 40 or 45 years. Life is a process of continuous changes in one's attitudes towards life in general, including enjoying,relaxing, eating, drinking, sleeping , exercising and take health-care measures for remaining physically fit and mentally sound and stout.

Major changes that are a must, are some of the following factors:

• food habits, including taking fruits , vegetables,fibrous food and vitamins, minerals etc.
• regular physical exercise
• drinking sufficient quantity of water
• going to bed by 11.30 pm
• making decisions after a number of deep thinking process & writing down the finer points
• to be perfectly selective about social networking of any kind
• listening to soft music on a daily basis
• taking time to read books
• taking time to write literature  on my favourite topics
• to be out of the older bad habits by applying will power
• taking time to pray to GOD
• Managing finances well, to manage the tougher times of life ahead
• to save money on regular basis in RD account
• to be in silent mode for most of the time in a day
• to be harsh on myself, not on others
• to try to do well in my profession
• to be impartial with one and all
• to be indifferent in most of the material aspects in life
• but to try to do well in both family and professional matters

Thanks & Bye

Thought of the day

The best way to achieve happiness in personal life is to be devoted to the following aspects of daily life:

• ·        To remain aloof from any kind of gossiping and fault-finding
• ·        To be silent for most of the daily activities, except in meaningful conversations with the right kind of people at the right time and at the right place
• ·        Not to take things personally and to be in disinterested mood most of the daily routine
• ·        To do our duties with extreme punctuality, dedication and devotion
• ·        To refrain from giving advice to others, but to set examples by real-life actions
• ·        To have enough practice on domain expertise on a daily basis
• ·        To differentiate and integrate the practical affairs of life as so to be a good manager of events affecting us in any manner
• ·        To be choosy in human networking
• ·        To use recycle bin on a daily basis and then to permanently delete things that  are non-essentials
• ·        We cannot dance at the tune of everyone, ‘be yourself’ principle will always do good in most of the cases, as we shall not imitate others

Thought of the day

 It is always
better to be professional with the following set of qualitative aspects:

1. Maintaining punctuality in assignments

2.  To finish jobs in or before time

3.   To continuously be aware of duties and responsibilities

4.  To be brief in our delivery of our speech

5.  To be energetic

6.   Setting examples among the juniors by self-discipline and devoted actions