You’ve got a lot to say, but limited time and an audience with an even more limited attention span. How can you make your presentation captivating, engaging, and memorable? As with so many things, less is often more.
Presentations start to go wrong when the balance shifts from a shared experience among people, to one person boring everyone else with a relentless slideshow. Quite quickly, the audience becomes disengaged and uninterested. Honestly, you might as well be showing them photographs from your aunt Hilda’s 30-year archive of vacation photos – because they’re not paying attention.…
When you are about to make a critical presentation for business purposes, you might be nervous if it’s not something that you’ve done much in the past. There is no cause to be worried, though, provided that you took the time to set things up beforehand so that you won’t feel like you left anything out. These are the critical points that you must consider as you get ready to stand up in front of the room.
A Concise, Well-Written Introduction
Whether you’re delivering a presidential address or writing a book report, the way to get things started is with an introduction that gets everyone’s attention and spells out the message that you are trying to convey.…
In every job, especially in the realm of business, employees will likely be required or asked to give a presentation to customers, clients, or partners. Planning for any type of public-speaking engagement—whether it is a conference presentation or a public lecture—can be stressful and bring about undue amounts of anxiety. No matter the amount of preparation you do, it is challenging to simultaneously be articulate, engaging, and informational.
Fortunately, there are certain steps you can take to ensure that you are prepared for the presentation and are able to effectively deliver it to your audience.…
