Presenter Coach

Ideas to improve your communication, presentations and speeches.

16 October, 2006

 

Put your thoughts in order

- What do you need to say first, in order to attract their attention?
- What single point do you want them to remember most clearly? Make this your closing theme.
- How can you arrange the material so that the audience follows you from your opening comments to your conclusion?
I usually write the conclusion to my speeches first. This is the message that I want them to take away.
My main points come next. How can I move them from where they are now to where I want them to be?
For ten minutes or less, I use three points.
For up to an hour, I may use five points.
For a book or a seminar, Seven is as many points as I would try to make.
The objective is not to tell them everything that you know, but rather something that they don't know that will take them in the direction of your mutual objective.
To Put Your Thoughts In Order
- Put your main points in a logical order
- Attach sub points to the main points
- Add stories and support material to the sub points
- Put your thoughts in order


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