1. The first step of my presentation is to define the purpose, type of presentation and audience.
2. When deciding the structure of my presentation, I need to understand what we are trying to achieve.
3. Examples of formal presentations are ones in which the setting is completely professional.
4. Types of informal presentations would be social settings, internal meetings, or casual business presentations.
5. Questions are best asked near the end of the presentation or at other times depending on the situation.
6. The objective is meant to be a concise summary of our presentation.
7. We should try to draw a connection between the audience’s interests and our topic.
8. The conclusion is when we give the audience a small spark of what is about to happen next or why they should care.
9. The title is the subject of the presentation.
10. We want to make sure that our slides are easy to read.
11. For each point, we should have something to support it—either statistics, stories, or facts that we are working with.
12. If we have five key points and we suspect we must apply the information to our audience’s lives.
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