Some tips for presentations that I try to remember to incorporate (but don’t always succeed at):
Get the audience’s attention.
If you can involve some kind of emotional aspect, it will be more attention grabbing & memorable. Fear works well. For instance, put the audience in a narrative where some critical decision has to be made or something terrible might happen. Sex appeal also works well, although you might have to be discrete about how you go about utilizing it. Even something like pictures of delicious food might be enough to get people focused.
Make your point clear & succinct.
Some people like to make their point at the beginning; some at the end. The more times something is repeated, the more likely it is to be remembered. Consider putting it in both places.
Make your presentations interactive.
Narrative is one way to get the audience’s brain working, but you could also ask questions, for example. Attention spans can be extremely short, even for highly intelligent people. Some sources say you need to re-hook your audience every 10 minutes or so, so you might want to design “hooks” (emotional, interactive, or better yet both) into your presentations.
Don’t expect your audience to remember everything.
Human memories are terrible. A week after hearing a lecture, the average person will forget 90% of the material covered. Try to make your main points the 10% that stick. If you are doing a lecture series, you could even reinforce the main points of previous lectures by going over them very quickly as a review before the next lecture begins.
Some tips for presentations that I try to remember to incorporate (but don’t always succeed at):
Get the audience’s attention.
If you can involve some kind of emotional aspect, it will be more attention grabbing & memorable. Fear works well. For instance, put the audience in a narrative where some critical decision has to be made or something terrible might happen. Sex appeal also works well, although you might have to be discrete about how you go about utilizing it. Even something like pictures of delicious food might be enough to get people focused.
Make your point clear & succinct.
Some people like to make their point at the beginning; some at the end. The more times something is repeated, the more likely it is to be remembered. Consider putting it in both places.
Make your presentations interactive.
Narrative is one way to get the audience’s brain working, but you could also ask questions, for example. Attention spans can be extremely short, even for highly intelligent people. Some sources say you need to re-hook your audience every 10 minutes or so, so you might want to design “hooks” (emotional, interactive, or better yet both) into your presentations.
Don’t expect your audience to remember everything.
Human memories are terrible. A week after hearing a lecture, the average person will forget 90% of the material covered. Try to make your main points the 10% that stick. If you are doing a lecture series, you could even reinforce the main points of previous lectures by going over them very quickly as a review before the next lecture begins.
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Thanks for the help!
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