Presentation Techniques

A presentation is a method of communicating information from a speaker to an audience. Presentations are usually demos, introductions, lectures, or speeches intended to enlighten, convince, inspire, motivate, develop goodwill, or introduce a new idea/product.

Presentation techniques include focusing on the audience, simplifying, brainstorming, using visual aids, the 10-20-30 rule, structuring, recording oneself, practicing and review, as well as open body language.

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A presentation conveys information from a speaker to an audience. Presentations are typically demonstrations, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, build goodwill, or present a new idea/product. Presentations usually require preparation, organization, event planning, writing, use of visual aids, dealing with stress, and answering questions. “The key elements of a presentation consists of presenter, audience, message, reaction and method to deliver speech for organizational success in an effective manner.” Presentations are widely used in tertiary work settings such as accountants giving a detailed report of a company's financials or an entrepreneur pitching their venture idea to investors. The term can also be used for a formal or ritualized introduction or offering, as with the presentation of a debutante. Presentations in certain formats are also known as keynote address. Interactive presentations, in which the audience is involved, are also represented more and more frequently. Instead of a monologue, this creates a dialogue between the speaker and the audience. The advantages of an interactive presentation is for example, that it attracts more attention from the audience and that the interaction creates a sense of community.

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