Make it effective – this is not about Power Point Slides only
It’s not only about contents; more on how you deliver your contents.
You might have lost audience.
- Disorganized materials
- Poor public speaking
- Not responding to reactions from audience
Achieve the impact. You should find what the audience looks for, and deliver it in the right way.
Planning and Preparing for a Presentation
You should evaluate your material, bush up your public speaking skills, and be conscious of audience’s responses.
While preparing the contents, do not forget the audience – it’s for them.
- Know your audience – use examples relevant to their industries
- Simplify as much possible – remove jargons
- Use example from daily life, and relate it to the Topic
- Begin with the main idea of the Topic (objective)
- Conclude with the main idea of the Topic
- Use short sentences
- Use catchwords
- Avoid using Clip Art
- See that your Graph makes sense
- Your animations – Do not use different animations on different pages
- Ask ‘’Why’’ for every slide – is it relevant to the Topic?
- Your visuals – keep it generic for broad views and wider imagination
- Ask audience what can they think of this visual – bring them to the Topic, gradually
- Keep Notes on the slide for reminding you (may be coded)
The key is,
Practice, Practice, Practice.
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Suresh Shah, Pathfinders Enterprise