This document provides tips for delivering a great presentation, including getting the audience's attention, making the presentation relevant, establishing credibility, listing major points and big ideas, providing structure through problem-solution or question-answer frameworks, supporting ideas with examples and visual aids, telling stories, involving the audience, using descriptive language, engaging listeners emotionally and intellectually, and concluding by summarizing key ideas and next steps. The author is Paul B. Thornton, an author and speaker who has written e-books on leadership and case studies.

1. ARE YOU READY TO
DELIVER A GREAT
PRESENTATION?
Paul B. Thornton

2. Are You Ready

3. Introduction

4. Get their Attention

5. Make it Relevant

6. Establish Credibility

7. List Your Major Points

8. Your Big Ideas
Introduction

9. Provide Structure
Problem Solution

10. Provide Structure
Problem Solution
Question Answer

11. Provide Structure
Problem Solution
Question Answer
Opportunity Plan

12. •Don’t bury your big idea with
too many details.

13. Support Your Ideas
 Examples
 Pilot Programs
 Statistics
 Testimonials
 Visual Aids

14. Tell Stories

15. Involve the Audience

16. Use words to Create Pictures

17. Engage the Head and Heart

18. Conclusion
Your Big Ideas
Introduction

19. Summarize Your Ideas

20. Give the Audience…

22. Paul B. Thornton
•Author and speaker
•His latest e-books:
Leadership-Perfecting Your Approach and Style—
Amazon Kindle $1.99.
Leadership Case Studies—Amazon Kindle $4.99.