How to Prepare a Presentation

Description

This eBook explains how to create a complete presentation based on your aim, audience, key message statement, and the key points you have identified.

It shows how to get your audience on board from the start and outlines the importance of repeating your key message. It describes how to use the five-stage format and write a compelling introduction and summary.

Preface

This eBook follows on from ‘Planning a Presentation’ and explains how to create a complete presentation based on your aim, audience, key message statement, and the key points you have identified.

You will learn:

• How to orientate the audience so that they are on board from the beginning of your presentation
• Why repetition of your key message is so important and how to incorporate it into your presentation structure
• How to use the five-stage format and the concept of transitions to structure your content
• How to draft, edit, and organize the main body of your presentation in the most efficient way possible
• How to write a compelling introduction, summary, and conclusion that will keep the audience focused on your key message

Content

1. Repetition and Timing
2. Preparing Your Content
3. The Five-Stage Format
4. Stage 3 – Main Body
5. Stage 1 – Pre-Introduction
6. Stage 2 – Introduction
7. Stage 4 – Summary
8. Stage 5 – Conclusion
9. Summary
10. Appendix
11. References