Key Takeaways: Presentations

Key Takeaways

• • • All presentation must have a general purpose, specific purpose and central idea statements.
    • Correctly profiling an audience will ensure your presentation delivers the right message in the most effective manner.
    • All presentations include an attention getter, introduction, body, and conclusion.
    • Correctly matching the message to the correct type of presentation will increase the effectiveness of the message.
    • Understand the function of your informative presentation in order to communicate the right message to the right audience.
    • Organize your information presentation using the five main parts of an informative presentation
    • Use the six principles of persuasion to develop your persuasive presentation
    • Use the Rhetorical Strategy to construct will developed arguments
    • Integrate emotional appeal to effectively engage your audience
    • Many employees may not like public speaking, but it is a normal part of the business environment.
    • Good preparation helps to relieve the feelings of anxiety experienced by many presenters.
    • There are different types of delivery techniques to best deliver different types of messages.
    • Your delivery should look as natural as possible.
    • Graphic illustrations help to simplify and clarify information.
    • Different types of graphics are best to communicate specific data.
    • Be sure that any visual aid you use adds to what you are saying. Slides should be brief, easy to understand and complement your message.
    • When designing slides make sure they are clear and visible to the entire audience.
    • Practice your presentation with your visual aids and remember to speak to your audience, not to your visual aid or the screen
    • Use a variety of visual aids in your presentation to engage your audience
    • Infographics combine images and graphics to illustrate data and information into a visual story.
    • Readers appreciate well-thought-out and designed graphics of all types.