Prepare presentations

CORRECT STRUCTURING

Whenever you give a presentation or lecture, the common thread plays a special role in the preparation. The common thread provides orientation and makes it easier for your audience to follow you in their argumentation.

A coherently structured structure supports the common thread and is an effective reminder for your listeners.

Take the time to analyze the concerns, needs, or perhaps fears that the audience might have about your topic. What are the most pressing questions they might be asking themselves?

Questions that you have crystallized in this way provide a logical structure and guarantee you the attention of your audience.

Whoever asks, wins!

Have you ever heard a presentation or lecture in which there was one statement after another?

Basically, it is not wrong to convey important facts to your listeners. After all, they sit in the audience to receive information, learn new things or get a basis for decisions or next steps.

Your presentation is even more interesting for your audience than just taking in information if you keep encouraging them to think along with small questions.

Tips for "fast talkers"

Perhaps you know from your own experience how you feel when you listen to someone who has a very high speaking speed. Often it is not the speed of speech itself that makes listening tedious. Rather, it has to do with non-stop speaking in the true sense of the word.

The brain needs an average of 0.2 seconds to decode language from the "word mush" and to inwardly confirm that what is being said has been understood. If the words flow quickly and there are no pauses in between to process what has been said, at least briefly, many lose touch or switch off at some point, because it is a peak of concentration to stay on the ball.

If you tend to speak quickly or have already received this feedback from others, you would do well to develop your perception of the listener's reaction. After a question or an important sentence, pause for a moment and pay attention to whether you get a sign of understanding from the audience. This can be, for example, a nod of the head or a "mmhhh hm".

In two weeks you will receive your third online tip "Hypnotic speech patterns" .

I wish you every success and much success!

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Arno Fischbacher