Question

What is important to remember about the stories you include in your presentation

Answer 1

Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience
Be enthusiastic and honest, and the audience will respond.
Focus on your Audience’s Needs
You need to make it easy for your audience to understand and respond.
Keep it Simple: Concentrate on your Core Message
And if what you are planning to say doesn’t contribute to that core message, don’t say it.
Smile and Make Eye Contact with your Audience
If you smile and make eye contact, you are building rapport, which helps the audience to connect with you and your subject. It also helps you to feel less nervous, because you are talking to individuals, not to a great mass of unknown people.
Start Strongly
The beginning of your presentation is crucial. You need to grab your audience’s attention and hold it
.Remember the 10-20-30 Rule for Slideshows
Slideshows should contain no more than 10 slides; last no more than 20 minutes; and use a font size of no less than 30 point.
Use your Voice Effectively
Use your Body Too
Make your gestures open and confident, and move naturally around the stage, and among the audience too, if possible.
Relax, Breathe and Enjoy
If you can bring yourself to relax, you will almost certainly present better. If you can actually start to enjoy yourself, your audience will respond to that, and engage better. Your presentations will improve exponentially, and so will your confidence. It’s well worth a try.