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10 Steps To Powerful Presentations PDF
10 Steps To Powerful Presentations PDF
to create
POWERFUL
PRESENTATIONS
Simple, Easy, Quick
Akash Karia
www.CommunicationSkillsTips.com
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The Promise:
In this short e-book, you will discover a step-by-step
proven plan which teaches you how to create powerful
presentations and speeches even when youre running out
of time!
If you find this e-book useful, then please share this e-book
to your friends and colleagues because Id appreciate it.
Akash. P. Karia
www.CommunicationSkillsTips.com
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Step 1:
Whats Your
Purpose?
Before you begin writing a single word of your
speech or start designing your Powerpoint
slides, you must identify the purpose of your
presentation. Knowing the objective of your
presentation will help you decide which points
to include in your presentation and which ones
to toss out. As a result you will be able to
deliver a focused presentation that drives home
your key message.
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What do I want my audience members
to do, think and feel after the end my
your presentation?
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The lesson here is simple yet powerful: Make
sure you identify the correct purpose of your
presentation.
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Step 2:
Whos Your
Audience?
Presentations are not about the speaker. They
are about the audience. Presentations and
speeches should be about the value that the
speaker can add to the audience members lives.
Therefore, you should spend some time
researching who your audience is and how you
can add value to their lives.
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questions you need to address in order to
persuade your audience.
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If you are trying to persuade them, what are the
possible objections you will face?
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Step 3:
Write Your Core
Message in less
than 20 words
Once you have identified your purpose and
gathered some information about your
audience members, you need to create your
Core Message. Your Core Message is the most
essential concept/idea in your speech. Which
one concept/idea do you want your listeners to
understand and remember? Or, alternatively,
what one single action do you want your
listeners to take after they have heard your
speech?
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To help you identify the core message of your
speech, answer these questions:
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Step 4:
Identify Your
Key Points
After you have written down your Core
Message, write down several key points that
you can use to support your Core Message.
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Also, arrange your key points into a logical
sequence so that each point naturally leads to
the next one.
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Step 5:
Anchor Your
Key Points
After deciding on your key points, you need to
tie them down with an anchor? An anchor is
a tool which will hook the Point into the
listeners memory. There are three anchors that
you can use. You dont need to use all three, but
make sure that you use at least one for each key
point:
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Activity If you can create some sort of quick
game/role-playing activity that will solidify
your point, then be sure to include it. Just
make sure that the purpose of the activity is
clear to everyone.
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Step 6:
Create an Attention
Grabbing Opening
The beginning of a presentation is one of the
most important parts of the presentation due
to the primacy effect. If you do not get the
attention of your audience members within the
first 30 seconds of your opening, they will
mentally tune out your presentation. Therefore,
you should take your time to craft a powerful
opening:
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Do Not Begin with a "Ladies and
Gentlemen, good morning. Thank you
for having me..." Do not spend a the most
important part of your presentation on trivial
formalities. A simple "Good morning" and a
smile is great, then dive straight into your
speech.
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Begin with a Question: Questions are a very
powerful way to begin because questions get
people thinking.
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Step 7:
Craft a Powerful
Call to Action
Powerful presenters take their time in creating
powerful endings. Instead of ending with,
"Thank you for having me" or the horrible
"And that's the end of my presentation", you
should use your conclusion to re-emphasize
your most important points. They then end
with a powerful call to action, letting the
audience what next step they should take.
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your audience to do as a result of listening to
your speech/presentation?
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Step 8:
Rehearse Your
Presentation
After you've written out the opening and
closing of your speech, it's time to rehearse
your speech.
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should have no problem with those two parts.
However, when you get to Key Point #1, you
may find yourself struggling. Don't worry, keep
talking and link Key Point #1 to Anchor #1.
Then transition to Key Point #2 and explain
Anchor #2. Do the best you can and don't
worry about how you sound. However, as you
ad lib your way through the key points and the
anchors, the best part is that you will find new
ideas occurring to you. Write those new ideas
down as they come to you.
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Step 9:
NowEdit
At this point you may be wondering, "Is it
necessary to write out my speech/presentation
word for word?" My recommendation is that if
the presentation is an important one and is less
than 15 minutes long, then you can script your
full speech. Use the recording from the
previous step to help you. The advantage of
writing your speech out is that you can edit the
content until it all flows smoothly. However, do
not try and memorize your script word for
word because this can lead to you sounding like
a robot. On the day of the presentation, don't
worry about sticking to the script...you'll know
your material well enough deliver it fluently
enough without having to stick to the script.
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If you are scheduled to deliver a 1 hour
presentation, then it may not be a good idea to
try and script the whole thing. Instead, write
a couple of bullet points for each Key Point
and related Anchor and think carefully about
the transitions between different points. Ad lib
each Key Point and Anchor until you're pretty
good at fluently explaining each of the key
points and associated anchors.
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Step 10:
Practice, Get
Feedback &
Improve
The final step is to practice your presentation
in-front of a live audience. Gather a couple of
friends and colleagues at your house and try
and go through your presentation as you would
on the actual day. At the end of your
presentation, ask them for their feedback
("What can I do to improve this presentation?").
Push them until they give you actual points for
improvement, and then go back and smooth
out your presentation.
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Wrap-Up:
10 Step System
For Creating
Powerful
Presentations
To wrap it all up, heres your simple 10 step system for
creating powerful presentations, even when youre running
out of time!
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7. Craft a Powerful Call to Action
8. Rehearse your presentation
9. NowEdit
10. Practice, Get Feedback & Improve
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