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Digg it UP - A Killer Presentation
Are you opening a dollar store? If so, you will likely hear about the importance of customer service. However, most of the time this information is focused on providing customer service as customers are shopping in your store. What you may not hear is the importance of never allowing customers to wait to pay for their purchases.Don’t ever forget the fact that shoppers took the time and trouble to get to your store. They spent their time walking the store and selecting items to purchase. If you did things correctly when opening a dollar store, those shoppers will be very pleased with their experience while shopping in your store. The last thin
For some, notes scribbled on 3-by-5 index cards are enough, while others need more detail when outlining. Don't try to memorize your presentation, because even if you don't sound like a robot on a bad hair day, you're bound to stumble or skip a portion, and going back to the missed material will be awkward and disjointed.
The presentation should be simple and direct. It includes an opening, body, summary and closing.
"Some say you should always begin with a joke or an anecdote," Eggleston say
Leadership in Troubled Times The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive. - Joe Batten Leading an
"A good presentation is about the topic--not you," says T. Stephen Eggleston, founder of The Eggleston Group in Alexandria, Va., and director of Internet Technology for Kobrand in New York. "Get rid of everything that doesn't contribute to the message."
Tuck away the stomach back-flips and get busy on your presentation. Here's how:
Begin with the obvious: Know your subject. Some speakers overlook this basic point and quickly come unglued during the question-and-answer period. The audience assumes you're an expert with knowledge to impart. As the featured speaker, you should assume that your audience is informed, curious and bursting with pointed questions.
If a small amount of research will help you, imagine what a moderate amount will do.
Know your audience. You wouldn't make the same presentation about a new software package to engineers, accountants and top managers. The engineers want to know about the tool's whizzes and whirrs--what it can do for them and why it beats competing products. The accountants want to know what it will cost and how it will save them money. Top management wants to know how it will boost productivity and give the company an edge over the competition. So adjust your pitch as needed.
Develop a theme for your presentation. The topic of discussion may be complex, and its ramifications may not be fully apparent, but you've got to sum it up in a few short sentences. At the beginning of your presentation, you must tell the audience: 1) "You need to know this because...," 2) "Knowing this will help you to..." and 3) "Here's what you need to know..."
After defining the focus of your presentation, you're ready to draft an outline. Remember, you don't want to read a script to the audience because doing so is a snoozer and an insult. To connect with the audience, you must be animated and enthusiastic about the topic.
For some, notes scribbled on 3-by-5 index cards are enough, while others need more detail when outlining. Don't try to memorize your presentation, because even if you don't sound like a robot on a bad hair day, you're bound to stumble or skip a portion, and going back to the missed material will be awkward and disjointed.
The presentation should be simple and direct. It includes an opening, body, summary and closing.
"Some say you should always begin with a joke or an anecdote," Eggleston say
I love the reality TV show American Idol. And probably not for the reason you think. Yes, it's entertaining to watch all those very bad singers get up and act as if they're the next Kelly Clarkson.But that's not why I love it.I love it because it's a show about people who have a dream and are willing to do whatever it takes to make that dream come true.Its about people who don't let anything get between themselves and success.They're not afraid to take a risk.And put themselves out there and possibly fail.They're not afraid to work hard.They know success isn't always about being good
Begin with the obvious: Know your subject. Some speakers overlook this basic point and quickly come unglued during the question-and-answer period. The audience assumes you're an expert with knowledge to impart. As the featured speaker, you should assume that your audience is informed, curious and bursting with pointed questions.
If a small amount of research will help you, imagine what a moderate amount will do.
Know your audience. You wouldn't make the same presentation about a new software package to engineers, accountants and top managers. The engineers want to know about the tool's whizzes and whirrs--what it can do for them and why it beats competing products. The accountants want to know what it will cost and how it will save them money. Top management wants to know how it will boost productivity and give the company an edge over the competition. So adjust your pitch as needed.
Develop a theme for your presentation. The topic of discussion may be complex, and its ramifications may not be fully apparent, but you've got to sum it up in a few short sentences. At the beginning of your presentation, you must tell the audience: 1) "You need to know this because...," 2) "Knowing this will help you to..." and 3) "Here's what you need to know..."
After defining the focus of your presentation, you're ready to draft an outline. Remember, you don't want to read a script to the audience because doing so is a snoozer and an insult. To connect with the audience, you must be animated and enthusiastic about the topic.
For some, notes scribbled on 3-by-5 index cards are enough, while others need more detail when outlining. Don't try to memorize your presentation, because even if you don't sound like a robot on a bad hair day, you're bound to stumble or skip a portion, and going back to the missed material will be awkward and disjointed.
The presentation should be simple and direct. It includes an opening, body, summary and closing.
"Some say you should always begin with a joke or an anecdote," Eggleston say
The future of change management is when robotic artificial intelligent androids will be the ones making decisions rather than people and humans will have to accept this without sabotaging the equipment or computer systems. This will be when robots vs. machines compete for the top executive positions.It will be funny too because the artificial intelligent business decision systems will be able to work without ego, over confidence, pride, spite, vindictiveness or personal greed. After all the decisions are suppose to be made for quarterly profits, future market innovations and exploits and or shareholders equity, not the petty human’s exe
Develop a theme for your presentation. The topic of discussion may be complex, and its ramifications may not be fully apparent, but you've got to sum it up in a few short sentences. At the beginning of your presentation, you must tell the audience: 1) "You need to know this because...," 2) "Knowing this will help you to..." and 3) "Here's what you need to know..."
After defining the focus of your presentation, you're ready to draft an outline. Remember, you don't want to read a script to the audience because doing so is a snoozer and an insult. To connect with the audience, you must be animated and enthusiastic about the topic.
For some, notes scribbled on 3-by-5 index cards are enough, while others need more detail when outlining. Don't try to memorize your presentation, because even if you don't sound like a robot on a bad hair day, you're bound to stumble or skip a portion, and going back to the missed material will be awkward and disjointed.
The presentation should be simple and direct. It includes an opening, body, summary and closing.
"Some say you should always begin with a joke or an anecdote," Eggleston say
Most disappointed customers “vote with their feet,” and show their disdain indirectly by patronizing other, less offensive, or more satisfying establishments.There are no fireworks to signal their departure. No “ugly scenes” are made.And this is actually too bad, in a way.Companies and nonprofit organizations and even governmental units should be told that you’re displeased and that you’re intending to deny them future opportunities to let you down.You might be thinking, “I have no choice but to do business with the government,” but in many cases that’s not true.For example, I may be in California, but I can choose
After defining the focus of your presentation, you're ready to draft an outline. Remember, you don't want to read a script to the audience because doing so is a snoozer and an insult. To connect with the audience, you must be animated and enthusiastic about the topic.
For some, notes scribbled on 3-by-5 index cards are enough, while others need more detail when outlining. Don't try to memorize your presentation, because even if you don't sound like a robot on a bad hair day, you're bound to stumble or skip a portion, and going back to the missed material will be awkward and disjointed.
The presentation should be simple and direct. It includes an opening, body, summary and closing.
"Some say you should always begin with a joke or an anecdote," Eggleston say
Sustainability, leadership, authentic marketing and innovation.These are the four most pressing trends in business today. Most entrepreneurs, corporations and even charities are using them each day in all of their communication mediums yet I wonder how many of them actually know the true meaning of these words. I think most people use these words very simply and therefore without knowing and living the true meanings are only setting themselves up for failure.I'm going to take a look a little deeper at what each one of them is for me. By doing this, you may see how many people are using them falsely and at the same time, how you and I
For some, notes scribbled on 3-by-5 index cards are enough, while others need more detail when outlining. Don't try to memorize your presentation, because even if you don't sound like a robot on a bad hair day, you're bound to stumble or skip a portion, and going back to the missed material will be awkward and disjointed.
The presentation should be simple and direct. It includes an opening, body, summary and closing.
"Some say you should always begin with a joke or an anecdote," Eggleston says. "It's not a rule, and if it were, it should be ignored."
The opening sets the stage for what's ahead. State the purpose of the presentation and quickly summarize the main points to be covered.
The body of the presentation covers the nits and grits of the topic in detail. Break the issues into discrete parts that the audience can easily understand. Each subsection should make a single point.
Keep the summary short. This is where you underscore the presentation's theme and key points.
After a question-and-answer period, thank your audience for their attention and hand out any material that wasn't vital to the presentation. In general, material handed out during the presentation is a distraction and will weaken the impact of your talk.
Remember two critical points when preparing a presentation.
First, take Henry David Thoreau's advice and "Simplify, simplify." It's your job as speaker to translate complex details into simple, direct sentences.
Second, follow the advice of broadcast editors everywhere: "Tell them what you're going to say, say it and then tell them what you've just said." Repetition needn't be repetitious. Reinforcing central points of the presentation depends on your skill as a speaker and takes practice. Getting it right is the difference between an effective presentation and wasting the audience's time.
Slides can be a key element of a solid presentation. Keep in mind that slides are bullet points--not paragraphs. If you have to say, "I know you can't read this, but …" you've flubbed it. In most cases, limit each slide to two or three key points expressed as succinctly as possible.
If a member of the audience nails you with a question you can't answer, don't be afraid to say, "I don't know. I'll have to look that up and get back to you." Thrashing around for an answer--any answer--will be obvious to the audience and instantly kill your credibility.
If you're confronted with a heckler who won't shut up, say, "Let's talk privately at the conclusion of my presentation. There are oth
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