Anyone good at presentations
Discussion
Mobile Chicane said:
Pictures, lots of pictures. The more senior the audience, the more of these you will need.
FFS don't read your slides - the audience should be looking at you and what you are saying rather than being distracted by visual 'aids'.
Google Steve Jobs if you want examples of a master presenter at work.
YES! I did one last week that went down well and used pictures and humour to get my point across. FFS don't read your slides - the audience should be looking at you and what you are saying rather than being distracted by visual 'aids'.
Google Steve Jobs if you want examples of a master presenter at work.
The other thing is practice, practice, practice and then another 20 runs through (not learned off by heart though - just a practice pitch of it). This means you can relax and just let it flow on the day.
ETA: b****ds, sorry to hear it. You've got a good presentation in the bag for the next one though. Out of interest what sector are you in?
Edited by jobswill on Tuesday 9th March 18:44
Arse. Sorry to hear it didn't come off, Vron.
I present for a living and am told I'm exceptionally good at it (given the chance to get in there - another story
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A key attitude if you're not comfortable with presenting is to imagine that you're playing a role - think 'LA Law'.
Don't be afraid to control the room - fire out questions to anyone who looks as though they may be losing track.
Walk around a bit. Gather the audience up. Notice how Jobs does this?
Finally, be yourself. If you're a wavey hands type of person, let it show. Anyone who tells you that you shouldn't inject your personality into what you are saying is misguided.
Keep positive, and keep trying
I present for a living and am told I'm exceptionally good at it (given the chance to get in there - another story
)A key attitude if you're not comfortable with presenting is to imagine that you're playing a role - think 'LA Law'.
Don't be afraid to control the room - fire out questions to anyone who looks as though they may be losing track.
Walk around a bit. Gather the audience up. Notice how Jobs does this?
Finally, be yourself. If you're a wavey hands type of person, let it show. Anyone who tells you that you shouldn't inject your personality into what you are saying is misguided.
Keep positive, and keep trying
Mobile Chicane said:
Arse. Sorry to hear it didn't come off, Vron.
I present for a living and am told I'm exceptionally good at it (given the chance to get in there - another story)
A key attitude if you're not comfortable with presenting is to imagine that you're playing a role - think 'LA Law'.
Don't be afraid to control the room - fire out questions to anyone who looks as though they may be losing track.
Walk around a bit. Gather the audience up. Notice how Jobs does this?
Finally, be yourself. If you're a wavey hands type of person, let it show. Anyone who tells you that you shouldn't inject your personality into what you are saying is misguided.
Keep positive, and keep trying
Thanks Chicane I know when a presentation or pitch goes well and when it doesn't but this helps me understand why!I present for a living and am told I'm exceptionally good at it (given the chance to get in there - another story
)A key attitude if you're not comfortable with presenting is to imagine that you're playing a role - think 'LA Law'.
Don't be afraid to control the room - fire out questions to anyone who looks as though they may be losing track.
Walk around a bit. Gather the audience up. Notice how Jobs does this?
Finally, be yourself. If you're a wavey hands type of person, let it show. Anyone who tells you that you shouldn't inject your personality into what you are saying is misguided.
Keep positive, and keep trying
I always think to myself that most of the time, most of the audience will find most of what you are talking about fundamentally boring - hence why injecting personality and humour works a treat!
jonlk said:
Sorry to hear that Vron.
You think the Finsbury situation came into play?
Nope I think they will be offered / absorbed into a new support role (x6) thats starting. You think the Finsbury situation came into play?
My Feedback was basically I was excellent - couldn't give me a reason for not giving me the job really and said the next time there was a vacancy it would be a 'slam dunk' that it was mine.
Having been there 10 years I know the system so the danger always was that the Graduate Trainee as part of their development (and their regional Manager's team development objectives) have to be given the role when one becomes vacant unless they are really poor at interview or literally a couple of months into the Company.
Its annoying because this week a role has just gone onto a recruitment site with the same parent company that I know is already a done deal. So some poor saps will be going through a 3 stage interview just to be told they are unsuccessful at the end.
Edited by Vron on Friday 12th March 19:43
Edited by Vron on Friday 12th March 19:44
Happens all the time Vron, I think a lot of the thinking behind it is being seen to be 'fair' by opening a role to the rest of the market. Whereas the reality is a bad impression is created and everyone (the company and recruiters) get a reputation as time wasters, therefore the standard of applications drop.
Who wants to apply for a role you know (rightly or wrongly assumed) you're not going to get - Only the desperate.
Shame really.
On the flip side it sounds like you're sorted for the future!
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