10 highly practical tips that you can use to spice up your content as well delivery a powerful and impactful presentation. Use them and earn applause from your audience.

1. 10 Tips to shine as a
Presenter
3rd April 2017
Specially for those who have to present in front of a group , all
the time.

2. Have a very crystal clear objective in your head before you
start creating the content.
It can't be as high level as : I want to share a little bit about the
product of the company or whats happening in my department.
It should be very, very specific - I want to showcase these 3 most
important things that have happened in my department. - it has to be
that specific.
If your boss asks your to prepare a presentation, the 1st question to
ask is "What is the objective of this presentation" ?
TIP 1
SIGNIFICANCE/OBJECTIVE

3. TIP 2
WHAT IS THE ACTION
OR EMOTION YOU
EXPECT TO TRIGGER
AFTER YOUR
PRESENTATION
Along with the objective , its also important to have a
clear idea of the emotion you want to instill during and
after the presentation. Is the audience supposed to be
excited, reflective, determined, sad, etc. Make an effort to
emphasise and instill this emotion during the
presentation.

4. Understand who is part of the audience ?
Demographics ? Anything specific or
peculiar about the audience you are
presenting?
For Example : if you have to explain the
importance of playing sports and
encourage Kids to play different sports
would you have the same presentation for
Kids, their parents, their grandparents??
Obviously Not.
TIP 3
WHO ? AUDIENCE ?

5. Presentations are never about you, it's about the audience.
Its not a platform to showcase how much you know or how less the
audience knows, It's a platform to connect so that you can achieve
what you would otherwise not achieve via email.
That's why its important to CONNECT - and the best way to CONNECT
is to keep the audience's interest in mind..
TIP 3.1
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(WHAT IS IN IT FOR THEM)

6. Not very complicated, something your Grandma can understand. If it's
sounding too complicated that means you are not doing a good job as
a presenter.
TIP 4
SIMPLE

7. Now
Lets
Look
at content.
Delivery is more
important than content.
No, we are not saying
content is not important,
but good content with
bad delivery does not
make an impact.

8. Body Language plays a very important role
when you are presenting in front of a group.
Crouching, leaning, hands in the pocket for
men and playing with the hair for women are
considered signs of nervousness. Use your
hand gestures and move your
hands naturally .
Utilize the space on the stage/area where
you are presenting rather than restricting
yourself to one corner.
TIP 5
STANCE

9. This is a great way to start your presentation. This not only brings
down your own anxiety and nervousness but a warm smile helps the
audience to be more open to your suggestions or perspective..
TIP 6
SMILE

10. This is a very important aspect of a presentation and can make or
break the effectiveness of what you are trying to convey. There are 2
major aspects.
First is ensuring that your sound is audible to everyone and it's
projected well.
The second aspect is how you modulate your voice so that it does not
sound monotonous and boring.
Words by themselves don't have meaning - they need to be given
expression via sound.
TIP 7
SOUND

11. You obviously can't look at your toes
and present, even if you are scared to
look at the crowd. A lot of Presenters
tend to look at only a particular section
of the crowd where their acquaintances
are and do not make any eye contact
with the larger crowd.
Sight/eye contact with the entire crowd
helps you to connect better and get the
crowd involved in your presentation.
TIP 8
SIGHT

12. The idea during a presentation is not to
finish quickly and get back to your seat - it's
about making an impact while you are there.
These are conversations that you are having
with a large set of people VS a one on one
interaction - it's important not to go on and
on but have enough pauses and moments
when the audience is thinking, digesting
what you just conveyed, reflecting and
asking questions.
Remember - IT iS A CONVERSATION !
TIP 9
SILENCE

13. Everyone assumes that the presenter or speaker usually wakes
up,stands and delivers.For the vast majority - this is not true.Most of
the presenters and speakers spend a lot of time practicing their
approach , they play back the entire speech in their heads as it's going
to unfold including the pauses , questions they will ask , jokes they will
crack . Few aspects of-course are also added at the spur of the moment
but all successful presenters know when to emphasise certain parts of
the presentation so that the objective is met.This does require a lot of
practice and rehearsal , there is not substitute to that.
TIP 10
PRACTICE/REHEARSAL

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Stance
Significance
Emotion to be triggered
Structure
Simple
Practice/Rehearsal
smile
sound
silence
sight
WHY
WHO
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SUMMARY

15. THANK
YOU.