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The most important tip...EVER!

Make sure that you always think of your audience - when preparing your talk, writing it and presenting it. Put yourself in the audience's position at all times and your presentation will go with a swing. Remember your audience does not want to know how marvellous you are, or how brilliant your product is. What they do want to know is something that will help them. Find out what your audience needs to know first and your presentation will be bound to succeed.

The second most important tip...EVER!

When you prepare your presentation do not even think of having any slides. People who use slides are trusted less by audiences. Equally slides mean your material is less memorable. Furthermore, research shows that using slides makes you less confident. Just prepare a talk to give, without any slides.

The third most important tip...EVER!

MOVE! Whenever you are presenting make sure you move. Animation helps your audience and it helps you. Movement stops your muscles from tensing and also puts extra air into your lungs. When you move you relax. When you relax you perform better. So don't be static, get moving!

Use stories

Your audience is primed to take in information in story format. That's how we were all brought up. Our brains are structured to accept information easily as stories. Tell your audience stories and they will soak up the information. Give them facts, lists etc., and they will switch off. Plus there's an added bonus to writing your material as a story, you will find it much easier to remember.

Useful External Links

Story Theater

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