Is your presentation really necessary?
Is your presentation really necessary?
This may seem a strange question to ask in a blog about perfecting your presentation style, content and delivery but it is the first thing you should think about when you begin to prepare for a presentation. There are two reasons:
1. Every presentation you give should serve a real purpose – [...]
July 3, 2009
Tags: audience, challenge, listeners, preparing, presentation, presenting, questions, slides Posted in: General 
No Comments
Taking advantage of ways to involve the audience
The other week, I was at a big, two-day conference. Hundreds of people were there and the venue was a dedicated conference centre with whizzy technology and all the latest gizmos for audience participation you could want. But what struck me was how little advantage most conference speakers took of the tools available to them to make a bigger and better impact on the audience.
Presenting messages in a visual way through slides or video backs up what speakers say and improves audience understanding and retention by as much as four times.
June 25, 2009
Tags: audience involvement, conference, presenting, slides, technology Posted in: Presenting delivery No Comments