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HOW TO BE A BRILLIANT PRESENTER MEET YOUR AUDIENCE ’S NEED S & EXCEED YOUR AUDIENCE ’ S EXPECTATIONS
Author Sarah Fox of 500 Words Ltd developed this guide. She is a speaker and trainer who cuts through the complexities of construction law. She provides confidence to those who use construction contracts through workshops that clarify and simplify the law. She is also author of the 500-Word Contract™. To find out how Sarah can transform your technical training, contact her via: 07767 342747 or by email: [email protected]
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Understand context
Understand audience
Change behaviours
Create content
Create a powerful
story
Choose delivery
Prepare striking slides
Control your emotions
Deliver brilliantly
Evaluate your Session
Get into the brilliant zone
Presentation or learning
What do they need to know
Agree aims & outcomes
Use learning cycle
Decide end and journey
Tour de force?
Practice with slideware
Breathe slowly Be a bigger you
Praise yourself
Be enthusiastic
Audience Existing competencies
Learning objectives
Audience journey
Clear links to end
Decide your impact
Simple design Relax and control nerves
Focus on delivery
Watch the audience
Think the unthinkable
Organisation(s) Potential, purpose and passion
Observable change
Excite and engage
Three points only
Focus on story and overview
Max 5-6 words
‘Externalise’1 Create great first impression
Questions from audience
Inspire, involve, inform
Facilities, resources and agenda
What’s in it for them (WIIFM)?
Implement, improve, innovate
Slides ≠ handout ≠ notes
Cut irrelevance
Warm welcome
Striking visuals
Be comfortable “Revel in the theatre of the absurd”
Analyse & improve
Leap out of your comfort zone
Current news and climate
Understand benefits
Depth of learning
Interact with audience
Involving, memorable, emotive
Select great resources
Be bold like a poster
Radiate self-belief
Make it good theatre
Emotional response
Listen, absorb and recreate
Future thinking
Clear scoping Outside-In or Inside-Out?
Levels of interaction
Fresh , new & yours
Sensory impact
Not too cryptic
Think about your audience
Command presence
Recall and understanding
Be smart & confident
Imaginative agendas
Understand preferences for learning
Need to Know vs Need to Tell
Experiences to embed learning
Graphic and imaginative
Avoid danger zones
Banish bullets Preparation Enjoy the drama
Use and application of learning
Trust in yourself
Learning practice and theory
Composition – status, roles
Work or life behaviours
Improve their recall
Well-structured (simple)
Log your ideas
Consistent style
Control your mood
Breathe life into your story
Transfer to work/office
Challenge convention
Audience feelings and mood
Value of your session to them
Meet business objectives
Session plan Demanding – you want action
Add props not more slides
Borrow brilliant ideas
Practise, practise, practise
Be rigorous Lasting change
Give great value
Wider vision, mission & values
Demographics Results focus Lunch-books not handouts
Get audience to think, feel & act
Prepare to be flexible
Less is more Keep your perspective
Be incurably curious
Repeat business
Keep them wanting more
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