How to give great presentations and great talks
How to give great presentations and great talks.
It could be a live talk,
it could be a recorded talk,
it could be a webinar,
it could be an in-person talk.
But these five things, which I'm gonna tell you are really gonna help you become an effective communicator and make your talk a kick-ass talk.
The first five minutes of your talk are important. You need to hook the audience through humor, through pictures, because research has found that, within the first five minutes of a talk, you can lose the audience or gain the audience's attention. So the first five minutes are key to grabbing the audience's attention. I use humor because that's my strong point. You figure out what your strong point is and then hook the audience.
Slow down when you get excited. I am guilty of this because when I get excited about something, I tend to talk faster.
Avoid verbal fillers. Like, uh, so, mm, uh, instead take a breath if you forget the next. and then keep continuing to talk. In that way, you appear more succinct and you appear as if you have control of what you're saying.
When you ask questions during the presentation or at the end of the presentation, answer to the point. Don't beat around the bush. And also, if you don't know the answer to something, just let them know. “You know what? I don't know the answer to that, but I'm gonna follow up with you. Make sure to give me your email address or connect with me after the talk.” It's okay if you say that. Don't makeup something and then consume time.
Pause and stress words to show importance.
Be mindful of hand gestures.
So those are the ways to make it more impactful, more meaningful, and connect with the audience.
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