Do you have a fear of public speaking? If so, you are not alone as this fear is a quite common one. However, with practice, your fear of this type of activity will diminish – and who knows you may even learn to enjoy making public speeches?!That said, if you do have to make a public presentation, you want to create a business presentation that will engage your audience. To keep your audience interested in what you have to say, you should keep the following information in mind:
Focus on the Important Information
As your audience is more interested in "quality information" over a "quantity of information", it is vital that you focus on only what is truly important to the audience. For instance, think about the purpose of your presentation and only talk about items that support this purpose. Give the audience concrete examples as well so that they can personally relate to what you are saying.
Provide Handouts
In order to keep the attention span of your audience, it is important that you do not make the presentation too long. If you have quite a bit of information that you wish to cover, you should only discuss the most important points - as any additional information can be explained in a handout that you give to your audience.
Be Organized
In order to give a memorable presentation, it is vital that you present your material in an organized and cohesive manner. You should begin your presentation with an introduction that briefly covers what you will be discussing – and from there, you should explain your main points in a thorough – yet concise manner. Lastly, you should sum up these main points with a short conclusion.
Remember to Rehearse
As the most successful presentations are well-rehearsed ones, it is important for you to go through your presentation beforehand until you are one hundred percent prepared. Besides helping to calm your nerves, rehearsing it will also help with the timing of your presentation. As you may only have an allotted time to speak, determining how much time to spend on each of your points is particularly important.
While public presentations can be daunting for some people, both practice and learning presentation techniques can be quite helpful.
Larisa Redins is a full time writer and editor with degrees in both Arts and Biological Science. She writes about career issues for PhillyJobsBlog.com and other topics for a variety of international websites and magazines. Please visit her other blogs at PhillyJobsBlog.com and view job posting at Beyond.com.
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