thriving presentations
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How to make your presentations thrive from the audience's point of view.TRANSCRIPT
Outcomes to Your
Presentation
What does an audience think?
Just
distinctions
thrive!
Fired Up?!
Ready to
go!
thrive!
Fired Up?!
Ready to
go!
That’s how I want people toleave my presentation feeling.“ ”
surviveYou lost me after,
“Good Morning.”
surviveYou lost me after,
“Good Morning.”
I seem to experience a lot of presentations that feel like this!“ ”
nose dive
“I’ll get my coat.”
nose dive
“I’ll get my coat.”
I’ve enjoyed watching some ofthese but all for the wrong reasons!“ ”
you choose...
...your outcome
Everbakeda cake?
You need the right
ingredients
to bake a great cake
To deliver a great presentation that
thrives – you need the right ingredients too!
“
”
your style
your style
It’s all about being the best possible you!“ ”
your content
Your audience wants value and substance!“ ”
your content
your medium
your medium
Make it easy for people to enjoy your
presentation!
“”
Let’s look at the differences...
Nose Dive
ContentStyle MediumTh
rive
No
se D
ive
Surv
ive
Some ingredients to help you thrive...
Natural with right energyCharismatic
Happy and PersonableResonate vocal qualitiesImpactful and Confident
PassionateRapport with audience
RelevantChunked correctly
Sign postedClear outcomesUnderstandable
EngagingNatural conclusion
Clean slidesGood acoustics
Appropriate lightingClear line of view of speaker
Right temperatureComfortable seating
High quality AV
ContentStyle MediumTh
rive
No
se D
ive
Surv
ive
Some ingredients to help you survive...
Flat energyMonotone
Lack of audience connectionTalks to the screen
ShufflesNo eye contact
Moves around aimlessly
No clear objectivesLots of content and data
Too little dataContent is like a monologue
Lacks directionNot relevant to group
Doesn’t meet groups needs
Slides are “6 points with 6 words”
Occasional speaker sound feedback
Projection not fitting the screen size
The AV is the presentation not the speaker
ContentStyle MediumTh
rive
No
se D
ive
Surv
ive
Some ingredients to help you nose dive...
Noticably nervousArrogant
Rude and confrontationableDistracting habits
Not preparedPatronising
Trying to be someone else
Endless drivelOut of date
WrongBoring
TransparentNo valueIrrelevant
Uncomfortable temperatureDeath by PowerPoint
Sound system ineffectiveEquipment not working
Room too darkOver complicated
Room too crowded
ContentStyle MediumTh
rive
No
se D
ive
Surv
ive
What are some of your ingredients...
What to do about your own presentation?
Q u e s t i o n :
NO!Ignore them.
Yes, really!
choose to focus on thrive
secrets to thriving
# 1 : Get some great feedback
# 2 : Be ‘you’ plus 20% - amplify yourself – give more and you’ll enjoy it more!
# 3 : Choose one or two things to focus on doing better
# 4 : Take some risks!
# 5 : Be the best possible you
# 6 : Model the people you admire
# 7 : Dare to thrive
Be Thrivingthat’s what your audience really,
really, really wants you to be!
Brad Waldron
www.intelligentinspiration.com
blog www.presentnaked.co.uk
44(0)7925 905007
See more possibilities, make better choices, live a better life!