Give a Better Presentation that makes Sense
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
by Jon Gresham
civilsociety.Seedwiki
How to Give a Better Presentation
For maximum benefit to your audience, think through the below questions:
1. Who are the Conference participants and responsible people?
a. Conference administration team
b. Audience:
-occupations (research, writing, teaching, mentoring, clergy, administration, activism)
-gender
-age range
-education
-origin
-political interests
-ethnicity
-religious beliefs
-language competencies
-motivations to be here
c. What other conference activities relate to planning this session?
--Previous conferences sponsored
--Local visits or tours
--Workshops
--Keynote sessions
--Interaction and informal times
d. What are the goals and hopes of conference organizers?
Have you read the other items on the conference organizer websites?
How does this conference compare with previous conferences?
e. What are the conference and presentation resources to help you communicate and follow up?
-- Presentation room: layout, av tools, lighting, arranged for discussion or lecture, designed for meeting new people
f. Your own presentation
--. What is the goal of your presentation? What do you want people to do?
--. How will you know if your presentation is successful to move towards that goal?
--. How will participants benefit from your talk?
-- Do you know what you are talking about? Can you prove that you know what you are talking about?
-- Can they trust you?
-- Do you really care about the subject and demonstrate why they should care?
--. What actions should happen from this presentation? What should you and others do differently?
--. How might you follow up and continue to give benefit after the conference?
--. What resources and support must you have to make this a great time for everyone?
--. What can you do ahead of time and afterwards to discern and meet needs of fellow partcipants,
and the conference organizers?
-- Tools to help you present better, and backup plans ready if the first choices do not work
g. Timing to rehearse before your presentation:
-- 1 minute to move to podium and prepare to speak
-- 1 minutes introduction
-- __ minutes presentation
-- 2 minutes summary & conclusion
-- 1 minute transition to discussion
-- __ minutes discussion
2. Presentation planning tips
Takahashi Method for visual aids (including many links to outstanding references)
Guy Kawasaki Presentation on Presenting
Garr Reynolds website on communications and presentations
http://www.garrreynolds.com/Introduction/index.html
Take a little more time to prepare and you can change lives with these simple tips.
Jon Gresham
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