PRESENTATION TEMPLATE

1. Plan Story Board+ then add slides
2. Populate each of these sections on a template sheet before a presentation
3. Key Delivery Secret = Rhythm + Pauses and HIGH Hand Gesture Conducting

{MAKE EVERY PRESENTATION A STORY. Need to answer 2 questions:
What chapter is my slide deck telling start - middle - end?
How is each slide progressing the story?}



--- PRESENTATION OPENING + AGENDA + STRUCTURE + OBJECTIVES---

How are you all doing? No, nothing, ok, tough crowd..that's ok. Good! Not so tough crowd..

Thank you for joining us for today's session __________.


My name is ________ from ________ and


Today I would like to share with discuss with you a few different areas relating to the topic of ____________. Namely,
Today I would like to share with you several key messages relating to the topic of ___________.
Today I would like to explore with you several key areas. Namely,__________.

I want to take you through, ______.
We are going to first look at ____, then we will look at ____ and finally we will look at _________.
What we will look at today is, ______.


By the end of today's session you should have a better understanding of a ________ b _________ and c __________.


This presentation will consist of 3 main parts, firstly we will ___________. Next we will ___________. Finally we will take a look at ___________.


The main objectives of today's presentation are to 1 _______ , 2 _, . 3_____.
The goals of this presentation are to 1, ______, 2, _______ and finally.


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--- HEY PRINCIPLE ---

What we can do is say, "Hey, why don't we just..."

And your customers may be like, "Hey,..."

The solution says, "Hey, I can extract the people, places, dates..."

--- POP QUIZ ---
(do as many of these as possible throughout to kep them awake & session dynamic)
Before we dive into to that though, I'd like to get a show of hands.
....How many of you don't want to be here?
....Who can tell me ________?
....How many of you have __________?
...What would you say __________?
....Of these 3 options, A, B, C, which is the most used?

We are going to ....But just before we do that. so that I can get a feeling for how the audience is made up, can you tell me ____________
Can you raise your hands if ____
By a quick show of hands how many of you _____
In this room today, how many of you ________

So, of you who raised your hands could you possibly give us an example?



--- WARMING AUDIENCE ---
Let me quickly touch on ______
a) So Why is this topic of importance in today's _____ environment? Well, __________.
b) Why should you be interested in this topic? You should be interested in this topic as ____________ because _________.



So without further adoo , Let's get started.
So without further adoo, Let's kick-off.


--- SECTION CLOSING ---
So, that was _________ and that was the first thing I wanted to share with you today.



--- SECTION OPENING ---
The second Thing I want to share with you today is ______________.
In this next section we will take a look at ______.

--- SLIDE STORY ---
[Never read the slide. Use the slides to tell a story. Each slide is a chapter in the story. Use the P.O.W.H.A or T.E.A.C.S technique]

[The Problem. Our Offering. What it does. How it solves the problem. Advantage it brings.]




In today's world [Truism] we are bombarded we information everyday [Examples] email, files, docs, texts, adverts, newspapers....[Action] we need to stem the flow to make info more consumable [Solution] a potential solution would be ______ .
[Credibility] This has been applied before to ______ [Success Metrics] with 100% success. [TEACS]

--- PERSONIFY ---
So he said "...." Then I said " "
[3rd person] So in he comes and says ""..then in I come and say ""
The content goes thru the pipeline, it is then read by a number of readers, they scan through looking for the entiy matches, when they find one they push it into a bucket, ...



--- DELIVER KEY POINTS ---
[Rule of 3 ]
REPEAT BIG IDEAS x3
- We need to be the first. We need to be number one. We need to be the best.
- What did this mean?They were less aware of opportunities. Less cognisant of threats. Less equipped to perform role.


SET EXPECTATIONS OF 3 TO KEEP INTEREST UNTIL FINAL ONE
-There are 3 ideas core pillars components I want to share with you today
--Firstly,...secondly, finally
--1, 2 and 3
-- A, B and C


--- CONTRASTING ---
You are most likely familiar with the ill-performing ___________. Now you can ________.
You probably know the frustration of ___________. Now you can ________.
You probably know what I mean when I say _____.


--- HIGHLIGHT KEY FEATURES---
There are a few things I want to CALL OUT here...
The other THING I'LL MENTION IS...
What is going to HAPPEN NOW is..
he Main point here IS THIS.
The really EXTRAORDINARY thing here is this. It is_________.
The AWESOME thing here is this. The_________.
The COOL thing here is this. It is_________.
What I really love about this is _________.
What EXCITES me about this is __________.
Its INCREDIBLE how you can __________.
Its AMAZING that ________.
This is my FAVOURITE right here and let me tell you why __.



--- KEEPING IT FRESH ---
Later today you will hear my colleague talk about ________.


Earlier today you heared my colleague talk about ________.



Only this week it was announced that __________.
Just yesterday in the news there was an article describing _______.
Just before the session I was speaking to Linda who's company was experiencing ________.


Right here in this city, 50 years ago ______________.



--- KEEPING IT ALIVE ---
I like to use the analogy ___________.
Research from _________ has shown that ____________.
They have conducted studies at __________ to examine _____________. What they found is that __________.

As [famous person ]James Joyce once said ____________.
I recall hearing a story a while ago about _____________.
I recall hearing a quote that went something like this _____________.
I recall a fact that states that ________________.
When I first joined I recall I _____________.


--- FLAGGING CONTENT ---
What I will say is this. __________
There are a few considerations. Let me take you through them. Firstly, ___________
The next section is important because ______.



So, what does this mean? This means _________.
So, Why is this important? This is important because _________.
So, Why should you care you might be asking yourself right now.

You are probably thinking to yourself right now _______________.
I would like to highlight this point. ___________.
This here is key, ______.
This slide describes ____________.
Let me jump to a demo and show you how ____________.

So, Its like this _____.
So, Here is the deal ____.
What this means is _____.


What you will notice here is that _____.

If there is any single thing you should take away from ttoday, it is this _________.
If you leave the presentation with a single take away it should be this _______.
So, what did we learn here? We learned that __________.


Now, ____
Let me tell you what I thinkbet ______.
Let me share with you my view on this _________.
Look, its like this _______.
Do you know what I think? I think ______.
There is one important point I want to make and it is this. ___________.
But, you know what ________.


--- ENGAGING & ENCOURAGING THE LISTENERS ---
Who can tell me, ______?
Has anyone, _______?
How many of you, _______, raise your hands?
Does anyone, ________?
Raise your hand if, ______ .

I can see eyes starting to glaze over and blank stares. Is this making sense?
I know it took me a while the first time. Don't be afraid to ask questions?
Are you getting a feeling for what it is and what it can do?
Am I making sense? Too technical? Not technical enough?


What would you like to see next?
What would you like to focus on for the remaining hour?
Is there anything you would like covered in more detail?
Are there any areas of concern where you do not believe we would be able to address your requirements?


--- EXPLAINING DIFFICULT CONCEPTS ---
Let me illustrate with an example.
Let me illustrate with an analogy.
In order for you to better grasp this, visualise for me a __________.
Think for a second of how you ____________.



--- PRESENTATION CLOSING ---
So, what did we see there. We saw ____________.
So, what did we learn form that? We learned, I hope, that ________.
So, in summary. The key ideas we looked at today were __________.
Before I finish I want to leave you with this call to action. The next time you __________.