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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS - Coggle Diagram
TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience
Be honest with the audience about what is important to you and why it matters.
t’s hard to be relaxed and be yourself when you’re nervous.
Focus on your Audience’s Needs
While you’re giving the presentation, you also need to remain focused on your audience’s response, and react to that.
Your presentation needs to be built around what your audience is going to get out of the presentation.
Keep it Simple: Concentrate on your Core Message
When planning your presentation, you should always keep in mind the question:
What is the key message (or three key points) for my audience to take away?
Whichever rule you choose, the important thing is to keep your core message focused and brief.
Smile and Make Eye Contact with your Audience
This sounds very easy, but a surprisingly large number of presenters fail to do it.
To help you with this, make sure that you don’t turn down all the lights so that only the slide screen is visible. Your audience needs to see you as well as your slides.
Start Strongly
The beginning of your presentation is crucial. You need to grab your audience’s attention and hold it.
They will give you a few minutes’ grace in which to entertain them, before they start to switch off if you’re dull.
Remember the 10-20-30 Rule for Slideshows
A good set of slides should be no use without the presenter, and they should definitely contain less, rather than more, information, expressed simply.
If you need to provide more information, create a bespoke handout and give it out after your presentation.
Tell Stories
Human beings are programmed to respond to stories.
Stories help us to pay attention, and also to remember things.