- What is your goal?
- Who is your audience?
- What is your content and why?
- How are you going to close?
- How are you going to open?
- What will be your memorable visuals?
- How will you excite your audience?
- What is your rehearsal plan?
How are you going to close?
A good close is probably the most important part of your presentation it should set your audience buzzing. It must not introduce anything new, not try an repeat the whole presentation in a summary, but most important the audience must know it is the conclusion and what you expect them to do next.
If you are going to take questions, make sure you have rehearsed the types of questions you may be asked and your answers. Do not open the floor to questions if you are not rehearsed for this as you may leave a different closing memory.
How are you going to open?
The start of your presentation needs to wake them up, inspire them, get their attention, make them laugh, build a rapport There is no need to start a presentation like everyone else does and have a list of agendas or topics for today’s presentation – what they have seen before will not inspire or awaken.
Questions are great attention grabbers for an audience but make sure you ask something associated with your goals their problem that you are about to solve. After you have asked the question you need to pause – you will get their attention.
Do not rush in to get started – people get interested when there is nothing going on. You could take in the room in front of you smile around at people the silence will make people look, make people stop texting, make people focus on you.
A good visual of something that they were not expecting to see will grab the attention of the audience.
Stories or jokes are also a good way of grabbing the attention but make sure you are skilled at this the last thing you want is silence at the end of what was intended to be a joke.
What will be your visuals?
Your look and dress are the first visual and you need to pay attention to that detail as judgments’ can be made simply from your dress code.
Even though your insides are crumbling do not rush walk to the presentation area with confidence, slowly – no running back and forward to get everything you need or calling to others to help you organize.
Body Lanuguage there are some do and don’t with body language and a whole school of thought on the meaning of different movements but things to avoid are:
The right body language is a great visual, facial expressions, hand movement will really engage your audience some things to encourage are:
Visuals on any slides you use are a great way to put across facts never have text, text, text visuals and bullet points are a great attention grabber:
A good close is probably the most important part of your presentation it should set your audience buzzing. It must not introduce anything new, not try an repeat the whole presentation in a summary, but most important the audience must know it is the conclusion and what you expect them to do next.
If you are going to take questions, make sure you have rehearsed the types of questions you may be asked and your answers. Do not open the floor to questions if you are not rehearsed for this as you may leave a different closing memory.
How are you going to open?
The start of your presentation needs to wake them up, inspire them, get their attention, make them laugh, build a rapport There is no need to start a presentation like everyone else does and have a list of agendas or topics for today’s presentation – what they have seen before will not inspire or awaken.
Questions are great attention grabbers for an audience but make sure you ask something associated with your goals their problem that you are about to solve. After you have asked the question you need to pause – you will get their attention.
Do not rush in to get started – people get interested when there is nothing going on. You could take in the room in front of you smile around at people the silence will make people look, make people stop texting, make people focus on you.
A good visual of something that they were not expecting to see will grab the attention of the audience.
Stories or jokes are also a good way of grabbing the attention but make sure you are skilled at this the last thing you want is silence at the end of what was intended to be a joke.
What will be your visuals?
Your look and dress are the first visual and you need to pay attention to that detail as judgments’ can be made simply from your dress code.
Even though your insides are crumbling do not rush walk to the presentation area with confidence, slowly – no running back and forward to get everything you need or calling to others to help you organize.
Body Lanuguage there are some do and don’t with body language and a whole school of thought on the meaning of different movements but things to avoid are:
- Touching your face or covering your mouth
- Crossing your hands in front or behind your body
- Folding of the arms
- Swaying or twisting with feet rigid
- Click or flick a pen or whiteboard marker
The right body language is a great visual, facial expressions, hand movement will really engage your audience some things to encourage are:
- Stand tall and head held high
- When making an arm movement make it worthwhile rather than a fidget
- When referring to slides point first and then tall
- Move around the presentation area occasionally not constantly
- Smile and project passion and control
Visuals on any slides you use are a great way to put across facts never have text, text, text visuals and bullet points are a great attention grabber:
- You do not want the audience reading your slides rather than listening to you
- Figures presented in a graphical way get a message across very quickly
- Summarise your speech into bullet points your key messages
- Don’t hand out any slides before your presentation the audience will spend their time reading what you have given them
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