5 tips for those who want to make great presentations

Experience in public speaking and the makings of a speaker is not at all the people who have - by chance or on a need - to speak before an audience. How to prepare a presentation, from which the audience in the hall will not yawn and squirm in their chairs? How to beat the fear of failure and make a presentation memorable and accessible for perception? Do not panic: the team "Layfhakera" already to the rescue with their tips.

1. Focus your presentation around a chosen theme, a question or problem

Disorganization and poor knowledge of the matter about which you're talking about, causes, and that the presentation and the speaker himself "float" and constantly deviate from the principal. Prepare thoroughly: proshtudiruyte literature, factual material, figures and trends, learn what is included in your future audience in terms of interest issues: what people want get what answers they are interested in, and what questions are maturing - in a word, why they gather in the same room, or spend an hour and a half of his time. Report in addition to the general skills to uncover issues and themes that audience interest, must constantly keep the coherence and internal logic. Without this, there is a risk that the audience is bored, even if the theme of the report and materials relevant to the expectations of the audience. In your presentation should be a clear structure, introduction, main part and conclusion, as well as logical transitions between them.

2. Tell a story (or a couple of stories), related to the theme of your report

You're getting ready to make a presentation is not just because you suddenly wanted to practice their oratory. According to the results of your presentation listeners and viewers need to take some action. And the action is most likely not going to happen just because you say so or want. Correctly and timely stories told in the course of the presentation will help to establish an emotional connection between you and the audience. The more personal, true and related to the context of the story will be told by you - the higher the attention and response from the people who came to listen to you. Well, do not interfere with a bit of humor and appropriateness of worldly wisdom.

3. Turn an ordinary report into a bright performance

Not an easy task, but for someone who wants to stay in the memory of the audience not as a reporter, sadly tambourine something under his breath for 45 minutes, and as a bright charismatic personality - a key step in the preparation of presentation. Create an original script for his presentation, srezhissiruyte stories, slides, comments and replies. Let your presentation will be a small one-man performance. But the main thing - do not replay.

4. Media materials should only supplement your presentation rather than detract from it

Built-in capabilities PowerPoint, as well as add video clips and other interactive content will help your presentation become richer and more modern. That's just for the trees usually do not see the forest: all this embellishment to anything if they will distract the audience from the perception of key messages and facts of your presentation. No need to pile on the slides a lot of offers, redundant circuits or bright colorful images, reflecting little sense of it all, what you're talking about in the report. All visual content is better to make relevant and static to less distract the audience from the main presentation themes. And in general - the ability to tell a story and keep the audience's attention in a given way more important than all of these technical sophistications.

5. Make memorable not only the report itself and slides, but that was after your talk

Here is your presentation demonstrated, the report is made, it's time on the sidelines of the issues and communication after the presentation itself. Try to keep this part of the communication between the speaker and the audience was no less memorable and useful than the performance itself. Leave at the end of the presentation of some materials, which will be remembered and reminded the audience about you, even some time after the presentation. Paper book or pamphlet, the announcement of new activities with your participation, printed as a small booklet, flyer discount or relevant handouts, business cards - everything is good complement and fix a positive impression of your performances.

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