When presenting in a meeting:
1.
Start with Powerful Opening
Words (yes I know, POW!). This can be anything from telling the audience
something they don’t know, to stating your conclusions upfront, to
recalibrating the audience (3 weeks ago you asked me to do… and we found 3
potential solutions…).
2.
Don’t end on a slide showing a
question mark, “Q&A”, etc. During the Q&A, display a slide with your
2-3 key messages.
3.
Don’t hand the floor to the
audience at the end of the presentation. Rather than saying “any questions”,
say “before I conclude, are there any questions?” Once questions are over, give
some concluding remarks. This way you save the final words for yourself.
4.
Do not give your presentation
in a chronological order (with results last). Start with the conclusion, tell
them how you got to it, and then tell them the conclusion again.
5.
If the discussion has drifted
from the content of the slide, turn the projector off by hitting “b” on your
key board (this may be different in Non-English keyboards)
In a conference call
1.
Stand up to speak, your voice
projects better.
2.
If possible, put pictures of
the participants in the PowerPoint presentation. It helps people visualize each
other.
3.
Purposely change your tone of
voice. And no one speaker should speak for longer than 15 minutes, people get
tired of the same voice and switch off.
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