First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – Define the objective Your introduction is a quick-fire journey through the three acts to follow. There’s no need for detail, you just need to explain what you’re going to talk about. Sentence 1: [...]

  First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – Frame the skill in terms of its importance to the audience Summarise the main skill you’re going to provide them with, and add a hook by identifying the relevant value that skill will [...]

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Speech Structure – The Product Sales Presentation

May 21, 2013

First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – Frame the customer ‘need’ that the product, service, or idea addresses If you’ve been charged with giving a sales presentation, chances are you already know what to do here. Your introduction needs to create [...]

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Speech Structure – The Bad News Presentation

May 21, 2013

  First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – Show what happened and clarify the damage/costs People probably already know the bad news. That shouldn’t be the focus of the presentation, so summarise it in the introduction and make sure everyone understands both why [...]

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Speech Structure – The Justification of a Decision Presentation

May 21, 2013

  First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – Frame the situation Summarize the dilemma, and significance of the choice. Hook your audience by explaining why the decision matters – i.e. explore some of the potential repercussions. Act 1 – Describe the [...]

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Speech Structure – The Progress Report Presentation

May 21, 2013

First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – describe the issue or assignment, and why it’s important If a progress report is a simple update about whatever you’re working on, your introduction provides a quick recap of what that is. Your hook [...]

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What font shall I use?

May 20, 2013

So we know why readability is important for effective writing and presenting, and we know that you should choose your font carefully, but you must admit there is a baffling array of fonts and typefaces available.  (Just to be a little bit geeky about this, a Font is a complete set of characters in a [...]

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Choosing a colour scheme for your visual aids

May 16, 2013

In our series on Personal Branding we explained that the way you and your slides look contributes to your audience’s impression of you.  Creating a ‘look’ is a great way to give yourself a recognisable brand, and with the resources available online, it is actually easier than you might think. Even if you don’t naturally [...]

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Prezi Design with Google Maps in mind!

May 6, 2013

Just as with a Google Map, your Prezi needs to get you and your audience from one point to another. A map has a big picture of the area you are interested in and also smaller, but relevant, details which focus on the specific area you want to use. It has the right amount of [...]

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Do you really want to be told your presentation is CRAP? – Yes!!

April 23, 2013

To many it wouldn’t seem like a compliment but actually it is.  If you follow the basic design principles that are commonly referred to as CRAP you can’t really go wrong (and what applies to presentations is equally relevant to any other form of visual). C ontrast Make elements different (by clever use of fonts [...]

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