Presentation Techniques

Performing a successful presentation to an audience requires various skills, such as the do's and don'ts. These are essential when it come to communicating with your audience, allowing them to remain focused and engaged with what you are saying/doing. I have put together a list about the most important do's and don'ts that have the biggest impact on your presentations:

Do

• Prepare in plenty of time
• Establish a clear structure
• Prepare good, summarized queue cards
• Plan and rehearse
• Put pace and enthusiasm into your delivery
• Ensure you are clearly audible to the audience
• Maintain good, evenly distributed eye contact with your audience
• Register your audience with appropriate tone for what you are saying

Don't

• Prepare too much material; check your timing
• Try to deliver without queue cards
• Start with an apology
• Rock, sway or use repetitive gestures
• Gabble on or rush
• Assume the audience has the same amount of knowledge as you
• Use bizarre fonts that are hard to read
• Put on information that YOU know, put on information your AUDIENCE whats to know

Clarity of Voice

• Pitch
• Timbre
• Register
• Volume
• Pace
• Pause

Clarity of Information

• Bullet points
• Clear layout
• Minimum amount of slides (15 maximum)
• Statistics
• Titles and headings
• Ammusing content