Memorable & Practical Presentation
01. Captivating Introduction
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Think of a question you can ask in your introduction
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Easy Trick: Humour is risky – if you are not a natural comedian. But an easy way to intoduce humour is to find a funny cartoon or video related to the topic and put it in your introduction slide.
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People are most attentive in the beginning and at the end. Both your beginning and end must summarize your entire presentation.
03. Engaging Delivery
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Create a script – think of a few positve words – which you will use while explaining each slide.
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Easy Trick: Search on thesaurus.com for more vibrant alternatives to the common words you use.
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Easy Trick: Seach on company website and note down a few phrases they use. You will be speaking the language of the interviewers this way!
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Do not just attempt to memorize this script but internalize it by going over it many times with the slides. Practise!
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Do not ever read the text on the slide.
04. Command Confidence
Improving Your Command Presence (lawofficer.com)
Easy Trick: Black Slide Technique
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Prepare a couple of completely black slides in your presentation. When you audience the audience to pay attention to you instead of the slides, bring up this black slide.
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Alternatively during the slide show mode in MS PowerPoint – hit B key to get your screen completely black. Hit B again to go back to your presentation.
05. Practical Benefits
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For each point highlight some practical benefit for the audience.
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What is it that the audience need to do to get practical benefit from your point?
06: Simplicity
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Each of your points should be clear, concise and related to a common theme you have chosen.
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Each of these points should be distinct and complete in itself
