One thing I've noticed, is that there are presentations, that just simply put me to sleep, even when I'm really interested in the subject.
Some presentations on the other hand leave me hanging, they don't give me the information I want in order to proceed... I know I do that every once in a while, I give a presentation and forget to name my company or don't tell people who I am.
If you are using Powerpoint to do your presentation, you often concentrate on making a really pretty and informative presentation with all the facts and figures to make sure you get all the information across. The problem with that is, that the presentation gets to be so full of information on each slide, that you can't read the text because it's too small. To be really effective, consider using notes with all the details you want to say and put nothing much more than the title or titles on the screen with a related picture. That will help me to concentrate on the speaker and not spend my time reading the screen (or trying to) and ignoring the speaker.
My absolute pet peeve is when a presenter has good information, but spends the speaking time simply reading off the screen... Boy, I can do that myself and don't need a speaker to distract me. Those are the ones that put me to sleep.
I know it's tough speaking to groups at times, but it's OK to have the confidence in your self, you need to keep in mindthat you have information that others don't have, so you're up one on them, if you like to show off at all, you can use that attitude to help you get out of your shell and let everyone in on your "secret". You will be giving a presentation with enthusiasm that will keep your audience awake for sure.
So, keep the highlights on the screen, the detail in your mind, the enthusiasm in your voice and actions and you'll be doing a great presentation if you want to or not.
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