How to Be A Brilliant Presenter
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1 HOW TO BE A BRILLIANT PRESENTER MEET YOUR AUDIENCE ’ S NEEDS & 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] 1 i.e. pretend to watch yourself rather than be yourself. 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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Presenters need to meet their audience's needs and exceed their audience's expectations. This simple overview looks at the ABCDE of presenting. A is for audience B for Behaviours C for content D for delivery E for evaluation With ten tips for 11 aspects of presenting, this guide will give you ideas which will help you become brilliant. Sarah Fox of 500 Words wrote this guide. www.500words.co.uk
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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]
1 i.e. pretend to watch yourself rather than be yourself.
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
