If you seem amazed they surely will too. They will want to mimic you and be on that bandwagon of amazement.
Conversely if you are dull, lethargic and seeme bored they will mimic that posture. Its hard for them to be enthused if you are not, right!?
Give Energy, enthusiasm and excitement. If you are not excited about your idea, don’t expect anyone else to be. You will be judged more on how you say things than on what you say.
"The really amazing thing here is.."
"What really excites me here is"
" really amazing thing here is.."
"The cool thing I want to show you here is .."
"This is really awesome because.."
"this is my favourite right here..."
2. Throw away your crutches. Use a white board.Or image only slides. Crutches are for walkers who can’t walk and PowerPoint are crutches for talkers who can’t talk. There are few good ways to die: death by PowerPoint is not one of them. Throw it away and you will sound better and look better.TELL A STORY ABOUT EACH PAGE!
Think into you listener’s head. What do they want to hear? Focus on the one or two people in the audience who really matter and figure out what they need to hear and why they should listen to you. Tailor your message and style to those people. Presenting is not about you: it is about the one or two people you most want to influence.
2. Engage your audience, make your presentation a dialogue, Asking questions when giving a presentation enables
a) the audience to feel more involved
b) you to feel connected to the audience.
This ultimately leads to better presentations with more successful outcomes. Here are some tips:
"By a quick show of hands" - enables you to engage your audience and get them involved.
"By a quick show of hands, How many of you have heard of this company before? "
"By a quick show of hands, How many of you have used this product before? "
"In this room today, How many of you have had a poor experience with ... ? "
Involve your audience - Ask them questions to get them involved, only if they are eager though...you don't want to end up with silence!
"Of those that responded Yes, could you share with us an example?"
"Does anyone want to share with us.."
Ask them mapping questions - Ask them questions relating to their reality after explaining a feature, process, idea.
"How would you see these being used in
"Can you visualise how this could be applied to your reality? "
Break the ice - throw statements to break the silence
"Is this making sense?"
"Is this too technical? Not technical enough?"
"I can see eyes glazing over, is this useful?...what areas should we de-tour too?"
”OK?”
”..Right?”
"Is this useful for you?"
3. Prep them for the take home high-lights - Inform them that they are about to learnin something. This keeps them engaged.
"What I want to show you here is .."
"What you will notice here is .."
"This next section is important because .."
4. Storyify - rather than regurgettating a stream of learned facts, use handlers to progress a story. People do not remember spreadsheets and paragraphs. They remember pictures and stories. Construct your talk as a story with a start, middle and end. You can tell little stories within the big story to keep people engaged.
”So, What does this mean for .. well this means that”
"So, What do I mean by this? I mean ..”
"So, what do I want to communicate in this slide is..
So, what this slide is trying to express is..
Use words well. Keep it active and positive, not passive, negative or conditional. Two nice word tricks include:
Leave Sound Bites by using words well.
The rule of three (”I have nothing to offer but blood, sweat and tears….”)
The contrast (”In this election we will not make the most promises….. we will keep the most promises!”)
These can be combined into a rule of three which leads to a contrast: “Never in the field of human history has so much been owed by so many to so few…”
"Listen,.."
Mind your (body) language. Again, a few simple tips:
Stand on the ball of your foot, not the heel: keep the energy up and the body straight.
Engage the audience with your eyes: deliver each sentence to one person instead of gazing out blankly at a sea of faces. This keeps them and you alert.
Everyone has their own unique style like comedians. Find yours.My Learnings
for my unique style:
Tounge-in-cheek. Wit to break the ice.Smiles.Quick delivery but Listen to words so don't trip.Conversational speaking voice.Calm ccomposed. Confident assume Head of Uk role. Never read the slides, they are the WHAT you tell the WHY & HOW .Start with the Problem & finish with how we solve it.
