This has been one heck of a dilemma for any one who wants to present in front of an audience. I was actually working with a colleague today to figure out techniques to capture the attention. Garr Reynolds stands out as a subject matter expert as well as for his book "The Presentation Zen". He talks about some of his best practices in this video.
Nancy Duarte talks about the reasons why average presentations suck and the things that can be done to improve. Check out her insights and a sample suggested design for presentations.
Amongst others, Steve Jobs stands out as a maverick amongst presenters. Some of the skills that can be learned from him are available at internet. There's one article that I referred today and found it useful.
A presentation from Jobs depicts how he maneuvers across the stage; the slides behind him synchronize with what he explains to the audience. This is what comes with practicing what you need to deliver.
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i would just like to add to this topic on how to deliver presentation.Presentation is an art that cannot come overnight,it is ur personality whn u stand there that blends with the subject matter on how u give it.The same set of slides in a presentation given by two different persons will make a different impact all together as and when the presentation gets finished.
One has to be exactly reach the podium with a free mind and a clear aim on what he has to speak,what is his scope and what is he going to speak about.Now for a presentation,the presenter need not be an expert on that topic,but he should be aware of tits & bits,he should be ready to take on questions for which he is not prepared from the audience on how is he going to answer them.He should avoid speaking even a word on which he is unsure and he is not confident to take on.
Another important aspect is the word humour.To involve the audience in the presentation,the humour has to b a crucial part of any presentation.Now i dont mean that humour includes putting some funny slides or poking out few good/bad/dirty jokes for the sake of it.It again depends on the audience,if it is a mass audience u should be happy since mass involves every type of people,thus u can have a choice between ur insertions or what u plan to speak to make them involved and if it is restricted audience or a small group of people u should be able to gauge the background they have in common and insert suitable humour likewise.It is left to you how u make the audience smile anyhow.Ask them something that they can easily take on without getting embarassed.Include a surprise in some form.Example if u have to give a presentation which is likely to be more than 10 minutes(....which mostly are!!!!)...insert a 5 sec movie clip...may b some jackie chan quick action bashing or amitabh from deewar in the mandir scene....rajnikanth with flying ciggarete etc etc etc....the scope is aplenty....just catch the audience by surprise and tell them...that was just to evoke some interest....or take out a tennis ball from ur pocket and throw it to a person in the audience who is a little known to you or even not known will do and ask him to catch.....or do ask me more on such ideas...AUDIENCE IS THE KEY ALWAYS...YOU HAVE TO GAUGE THEM PRIOR TO GIVING THE PRESENTATION....these ideas will certainly look WAGUE/IDIOTIC/STUPID at first glance....but i have tried them all....and i have met with success.....i love giving presentations....and i have tried it with esteemed audiendce in defence and management institutes....
nikhil,...i can keep adding to this topic so much that i can end up writing a book.....but will not do since there will be no readers apart from you and my wife......ha ha ha.....chal take care bye..........
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