Know Your Audience
Understand your audience first. What audience are you speaking to? And where do they stand in the chain of command? Even though you are discussing the same topic, the presentation you make to a group of technical system designers will be substantially different from the one you make to the CEO.
Knowing a little bit about the audience will help you customize and mold your presentation for them.
Prepare Your Presentation
Instead of telling people what you want to hear, what will others be most interested to hear? What goals does the presentation hope to achieve? How can you use statistics or facts to support your arguments? You must be knowledgeable about your subject to be prepared for questions.
To get across the message, you would like the audience to remember; you must also be able to shape it.
Assemble Your Data
The information you will require for your presentation together, and then proceed. Your presentation flow should be planned so that you can hit the main points and render the main
ideas apparent.
Keep it Short
You’re making a presentation at work or in a meeting. This isn’t an after-dinner comedy lecture or an evening session where you have to give an hour-long speech. Keep it brief.
Avoid Jargon
This guideline applies to all office communications. Even if you are speaking to co-workers who understand the jargon and acronyms, stay away from using them in your presentation. Make it simple to grasp at a glance.
