Whether they’re Shakespeare or Andrew Lloyd Webber, anyone who has a story to tell follows the same natural structure to tell it: Introduction/Prologue – to silence the crowd and get permission to tell your story: grabs the audience’s attention, and gives them a reason to keep reading, listening or watching. You introduce the one sentence message…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I was forced to attend a driver education programme in the UK recently, having been caught on a speed camera doing 34 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone. Well I wasn’t really forced to attend. I was given the choice to pay a £90 fine and accept 3 penalty points on my driver’s…