How to deliver a presentation professionally (Tanya's version of)
- Start with a bang - summarise and explain your thesis in short punchy sentences, before going into more detail.
- Find out the audience's needs - plan according to THEIR needs.
- Don't oversell - give them just what they need.
- Don't present by rote - be loose, prompt cards, visuals that guide you, never read the visual content.
- When info gets dense - use humor.
- Rehearse - out loud and stand.
- Never exceed your time - rather be too short than too long.
- Be in control - your nerves, the audience, the room layout, the technical aspects of the talk, time, etc.
- Plan the end - it must be strong and confident, the audience must be left with an action plan.
- Be professional - look, act, behave, speak, and perform like a pro.
- map why people are going to resist the idea, "you might not want to believe this because you believe"
- marvel for the audience, compelling, modelling what you want them to feel
- find items you can to connect to the audience, take things from their culture and mention them
- tell a personal story
- say what is, say what could be
- call to action, describe the world at the end, how the world would look with the changes you suggest
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