By Management Fora

Prepare your Presentation

Planning Check List

What Where

How
Who
When
Planning Check List

Prepare your content &style

What: Provide a clear title, structure
and objectives for your presentation.
Who: Get to know who is your
Audience in order to adapt your style,
content and objectives.
Planning Check List

Control practical aspects

Confirm WHERE (address, bat., room,
transportation)
Check HOW (Physical aspects, room
characteristics, devices used)
Check WHEN (date and Timing)
 Structure of the Presentation

Body

2
Conclusion
3
Introduction

1 4 Q&A

5 Closure
1 Introduction

 Get the audience first

attention
 Greet the audience
 Introduce yourself
1 Introduction

Set the stage for your topic

 Provide a clear title and introduce
your subject
 Give speech duration
 Say why this speech
 Give your objectives
 Announce your outline
 Say how you will handle the
questions and comments from the
audience
2 Body of Presentation

Sequence your ideas

 Provide a right order for your
ideas
 logical,
 chronological,
 general to specific, etc.
 2 Body of Presentation

Signpost where you are

 Indicate when you finish one point and start a new one
 Bridge ideas (transitions)
 Between two parts
Make pauses, change stance and/or voice pitch
Say it again differently
 Rephrase
 Summarize
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3 Conclusion

5 plus 1 points
 A brief reminder of what you said
 A short conclusion (so what?)
 Call for action if you want people
do something after your speech
 Thanks to the audience
 Invitation to ask questions
4 Questions and Answers

 Be as brief as possible while still providing a complete

answer.
 Repeat the question to audience
 Rephrase the question with your own words
 Don’t bluff!
If you can’t answer, say it.
Put the question back to the audience
write down the question and give it further thought
afterwards
 Deal with less relevant questions positively and firmly
 5 Closure

Thanks your audience for its

attention and participation

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5 Closure
Last tip……
 At the end, offer something more…. An added
bonus to walk away with (gift, etc.)
e.g. An a new product feature, a gift, etc.