Create a presentation in the style of "Storytelling"
Tips / / December 19, 2019
Man perceives the information well only when it is interesting to him. A skilled speaker will be able to build your presentation so that it will interest even the idle onlookers, who decided to look with one eye out of curiosity. Moreover, if we possess the necessary knowledge, even the most standard and boring quarterly report to the Board of Directors can be turned into a compelling story... at least for guidance.
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And this is not so difficult as it might seem. Everyone in the school wrote essays on various topics, so must cope with this task without any problems.
What should be done? The report should be divided into 3 parts - entry (start), the bulk (middle), and Conclusion.
Introduction
This section briefly but succinctly representing an audience and start your story. And it is better to start with a description of the current situation. That is to say that, with what your audience is already familiar. Usually hearing a description of the current situation involves people, they start to nod their heads and agree, because they understand exactly what you tell them. This creates the necessary link between the speaker and the audience, which is to hold out until the end of the presentation.
After you have stated already known facts, tell us about how things could be, "if." And tell us about his vision of the situation. This will pull the audience out of the usual state of agreement around a bit and shake them.
What it actually is."This quarter, growth in our audience share was lower than the previous one, because there were problems with access / constantly broke the site / and in general it was summer, and the summer - it's good, but not for business."
What could be more. "A few suggestions solve the problem, of course, with a positive outcome."
And so at this moment you have to set a line for the entire presentation, because the more you will develop the idea, as it would be nice if we did so-and-so.
Develop the main part
And now, after you have built the basic line and made it clear to the audience that the processes are far from ideal and that can be a lot better, continue to play on it.
You spoke about that in the first quarter of the twentieth crocodile is not caught, it does not grow coconuts, and that the working week consists entirely of Mondays. But you have some great solutions that will help not only to cope with the situation, but also to improve performance.
What it actually is. Growth rates fell by 15%.
What could be more. In the new district, we must accelerate the development, as we have to pay bonuses.
What it actually is. At the moment, we have 6 new customers.
What could be more. Three of them are quite large and will help to bring more revenue than existing customers.
And then you talk about how do you make sure that these clients are among you, and that the profit actually increased.
strong conclusion
The conclusion should be encouraged to take action and give hope. Ideally, after the presentation of your staff should immediately begin the work in the "give five years for three years!"
Call to action. To achieve these goals, we will have to engage at full capacity. And this requires work in emergency mode all divisions of the company. And then we will be able to meet a deadline without mistakes and not lose important customers.
Promise stick. I know that this will be a difficult quarter and we have been working and so on edge. But this is our chance to pull the company out of the quagmire in which it is slowly but surely sucked, make the necessary leap and get a well-deserved award - the bonuses and additional output.
It is rather an example of the report presentation to the management at the end of a period of edema or team coaching staff. But I think if a little dodge, might get pretty interesting presentation at the conference. Almost all of the reports that really touch you, it is built in the form of a story. And if also a skillful storyteller, if you are interested in quantum physics even when absolutely humanitarian mind. Checked :)
And, of course, with all this, you must not forget about their appearance and tone of voice. If you will stand with drooping shoulders and spoke in a soft voice, constantly staring at the floor, it is unlikely you will even listen. And you should not proceed with the description of all the horror and misery that fell on our heads, or half of the audience will flee, and the second will remain chained to chairs a sense of fear and hopelessness. And the most convenient format for the reports - is 20 minutes. It is a period during which a person perceives the best information.