Top 7 Tricks to a Great Presentation:
1) Have an Outline of what you want to talk about
- List the top 3-5 topics you want to address
- Have 3 bullet points on each topic
- Make sure if you are giving stats you mention where they came from.
2) Know how much time you have and rehearse your talk
- Being respectful of your time shows the group you respect them
- Leave about 5 minutes at the end for Q&A
3) Know your audience
- Age, Gender, Types of people (Businesses, moms, singles, etc.)
- Be able to address ideas to them according to their industry
4) Have good material
- Create a Power Point if needed
- Always have handouts
- Bring a sign-up sheet to collect emails with permission
- Make sure you spell check everything
- Have someone else look over your materials to make sure everything flows and sounds right
5) Be CONFIDENT
- When you are speaking about yourself or a topic you want to show that you have confidence in yourself and your topic.
- People will judge you and can hinder business opportunities if there is no confidence there
6) HAVE FUN!
- A presentation needs to be fun and exciting
- Engage the audience, even if it is 2 people, ask questions, give prizes, be creative
- Be positive and energetic when speaking, have good posture and MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH EVERYONE
7) Call to Action
- Have some type of call to action such as visiting your blog or website and enter for a FREE prize
- Have them sign-up for your mailing list
- Give a special that ONLY lasts a week
- Ask if they want to meet with you and do a 1-on-1
