3 Ways TO Make Your
Presentations
More Professional
We’ve all sat through bumbling cringe-worthy presentations (or even
fell asleep during them!) where the speaker is completely ineffective
and just relies on nice PowerPoint slides, but with a terrible
explanation of what’s actually on the slide, or even worse, reading
straight off it. Slides are for reference people! Not your whole
presentation!
With that said, we’ve found three of the best ways to make your
presentation that much more professional.
1. Know your material inside and out
This is the number one spot where those of us that are nervous
speakers often trips up. If you have your entire speech written out on
palm cards you better make entirely sure that you have memorised it.
What’s better is to opt for short points that you can expand on. The best
way to give a great speech is to absolutely know your content inside
and out. So read, read, read, ask your co-workers questions, and just
learn as much about the topic as possible – so you at least have a wealth
of information that you have learned to draw on, should you get stuck
at any point across your presentation. Throw in a cool fact, and then
move on to your next point.
2. Involve the audience
Here are the things that you can do to involve your audience more in
your conversation:
Ask questions. Not just the raise your hand type, or yes or no
questions, but ones that involve a lengthier answer. This will help
to keep people awake, so sprinkle them throughout.
Get audience members up to the front of the room to either come
or look over a product, or to complete a demonstration with them
as your assistant.
Come around to the audience and jump in with them! Why not
walk around through your audience to either show them
something up close, or just to stretch your legs a little.
3. Use a clever portable banner backdrop
You should always be driving the main point of your presentation
home. Why are you there today? What are you trying to get across to
them? If it’s simply to communicate your brand and message, you can
place that on a retractable banner, or if it’s a product or service, put a
glossy picture of it on your pull-up banner.
One banner stand on slight angle just behind and to the left, your
podium (or talking spot) is de rigour for these sorts of presentations.
The angle is to reduce shine directed straight back on your audience.
Presented By
Banner Bug www.bannerbug.com.au