Time limit: 5 minutes
The big picture is knowing your purpose for the presentation and your overall approach to presenting it.
#1 Select ONE Specific Purpose (keeping in mind your audience)
Decision 1: What is the main general purpose of your presentation? Pick one (you may include all three, but pick a MAIN one): To inform, to persuade, to entertain
Decision 2: What is your specific purpose? (start your statement with your general purpose and phrase it to include a benefit for the audience)
Example: To persuade engineers that developing public speaking skills will enhance their careers. (the benefit is “enhance their careers”)
#2 Decide on an organization structure to communicate your main idea
- Topical: Most common presentation structure, arranges information into subtopics
- Binary: Problem-Solution, Cause-Effect, Compare-Contrast, Advantages-Disadvantages
- Sequential: Chronological, Demonstration (step 1, step 2, step 3)
- Spatial (parts relating to a whole, geographical)
This is the third of 9 posts with the steps to take plus 10 delivery tips to be ready in an hour to “wow” your audience! The steps only take 50 minutes, which gives you time to read the information before doing the step.
The course includes the material in the 9-part post sequence, plus worksheets for each step, and brief video instructions from me!
