The document provides 15 keys to winning presentations which include preparing well, believing in yourself and your idea, knowing your purpose and audience, having a clear theme and points, using visuals to reinforce messages, practicing and getting feedback, being passionate and engaging, anticipating questions, and enjoying the process. It also discusses six myths that can stifle presenters such as a lack of natural talent or increased nerves, and recommends a six-step approach to better presentations involving planning, organizing, supporting points, staging, delivery, and follow-up.

1. Fifteen Keys to Winning Presentation

2. Go in prepared. 1

3. Believe in yourself and your idea. 2

4. Know your purpose. 3

5. Have a focused central theme and core points. 4

6. Know your audience and tailor your presentation to them. 5

7. 6 For time-pressed audiences, summarize early.

8. Help them get it with powerful reinforcement 7

9. Make sure visuals add, don’t impede, communication. 8

10. Stage with care, ‘cause Murphy’s there. 9

11. Practice, and get good feedback. 10

12. Make your delivery personal and passionate. 11

13. Keep alert and flexible 12

14. Anticipate and manage questions well. 13

15. Keep your perspective - enjoy 14

16. Remember you’re selling 15

17. Becoming a Winning Presenter

18. Six Myths That Stifle Presenters

19. 1 You need God-given talent to be a good speaker (and I don’t have it).

20. 2 Good Speakers probably never had stage fright like mine.

21. 3 Good speakers don’t have to work at it (the way I do).

22. 4 Experience people don’t get nervous anymore (and I do, so I must not be meant for this stuff).

23. 5 I could never be a good speaker (so there’s no sense trying).

24. 6 I’ve tried all that and it didn’t work (so it’s futile).

25. Six-step approach for better presentations

27. 1 Plan

28. 2 Organize

29. 3 Support

30. 4 Stage

31. 5 Deliver

32. 6 Follow-up