Presentations can be scary. but don’t be fooled into thinking that preparing and delivering them is the only scary part. Having to sit through them can be even more daunting! Reasons include poor preparation, poor delivery, content overload, inadequate logistics or very bad visuals. There’s loads more. I’d like to focus on the nonsense we unknowingly […]
If you’re finding that your business presentations aren’t getting you results, there could be many reasons why. But there is one that stands out above the rest, and it has nothing to do with your delivery. It’s simply this: Have you done your homework? Generally, presentations are an opportunity to get a relevant message across […]
Observing a flawless presentation is indeed wonderful, but extremely unusual – an experience that many of us never seem to have. Thats because it almost never happens. It’s more likely that you’ve seen several near flawless presentations, or some really good ones with few noticeable errors – but these are rare phenomena. Even the best […]
More presentations are messed up by poor organisation than by inadequate preparation. How can one substantiate such a statement? Quite easily actually, because you are usually asked to present on a topic with which you are familiar, so even if short on preparation, your knowledge may just carry you through. The same cannot be said […]
The best way to get your message across and secure your objective is to say what you mean. This is best done by speaking clearly and using simple language. You’d think that should be easy. It seems it is not. Far too many folk think that the podium is the ideal opportunity to regale their […]
Savvy presenters understand that the hour prior to going live is more stressful than the presentation itself. With your preparation and rehearsals behind you, you’re dealing with last minute issues such as arriving at the venue on time and organising your set up. Hopefully, the hour prior to that was used to finalise how you will […]
If two suppliers offered exactly the same product of exactly the same quality and colour at exactly the same price, and you could only choose one, who would you choose? Most people would choose neither. When people have the choice, they choose what they perceive, in a split second, to be of most benefit to […]
What is a presentation? We broadly define a presentation as an opportunity to convince an audience of an idea, concept or product. What size constitutes an audience? An audience can be anything from one to an infinite number of people. So, can an audience be one person? Yes it most certainly can. One uses different […]
When will people listen to you, and why do people buy? They listen when you address their problem and they buy when they are convinced that your solution will solve it. So what is your first step? If you already have the product, ask yourself whose problem it is most likely to solve, and how […]
This weeks tip is around simplicity. Multi-media presentations are the “in-thing” these days. In fact, there are so many things you can do today to enhance the quality and effect of your presentation. It’s now possible to add music or video clips that cue automatically or by mouse click, use different transitions to create required […]