NO MORE BORING PRESENTATIONS Sharon Davidson –

Four biggest presentation mistakes  Not thinking about audience reaction FIRST. What style, stories, and content best achieves desired reactions? Do you want to inspire, persuade, challenge or enlighten?  Communicating without intention  Not preparing delivery  Not bringing your smile and personality to the delivery

Intention and Objective  How to learn “intention”  Repeat “Can I see you in my office? With 5 different intentions  Sooth/ridicule/frighten/demand/patronise  Intention and objective informs all aspects of a persons physical and vocal delivery. It explains the purpose of your communication perfectly

Audience Attention – The Pin Drop  I want to (intention) my audience so that my audience will (objective)  Begin with the end in mind. Communication will then centre on how you want your audience to feel and what you want your audience to do

Pin Drop Examples  I want to commend my staff …… so they feel appreciated and validated  I want to motivate my daughter so she applies herself and studies harder  I want to persuade this homemaker about the superiority of this vacuum cleaner so she places an order for purchase

Reflection  The best presenters are who?  Why? What do they do?