This document provides 8 tips for creating engaging presentations: 1) Plan your presentation beforehand, 2) Limit bullet points and include short sentences, 3) Use high-quality photos but credit sources, 4) Differentiate your presentation with structure and stories, 5) Keep the audience engaged from beginning to end, 6) Rehearse your presentation, 7) Use examples and statistics to illustrate points, and 8) Make eye contact with the audience. The overall message is that an engaging presentation requires planning, visual aids, rehearsal, and connecting with the audience.

1. TASOS VELIADIS – PARTNER/BUSINESS UNIT DIRECTOR -SOCIALAB
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2. WHO I am!TASOS VELIADIS

3. Each person has hobbies and one of mine is to create
presentations :)

4. So, Having more free time on my hands than usual
during my summer vacations, I set out to create a
presentation about my favorite subject...

5. Coming to think of it, it's very easy to create a
presentation.

6. However it's really difficult to create a presentation
that will keep your audience engaged,
without making it yawn their jaws off
till the slides run out.

7. SO, LET’S SEE
tips to increase engagement
with your audience through
8

8. 1. Plan your Presentation
2. Kill Bullet Points
3. Use Photos
4. Differentiation is Everything
5. Keep audience at the edge of their seats
6. Rehearse it
7. Use examples and stats
8. Look into the eyes of your audience

9. 1Plan your presentation
beforehand

10. 1
Plan your presentation
beforehand
Think about what point you want to make before starting todump
information intoa powerpoint file.It's better to create a word file withwhat
you want to say, divide your presentation in sections and thenget started.
This will certainly keep things tothe point while simultaneously saving you a
bit of effort later on.

11. 2Kill bullet points

12. 2Try to create slides withsmall amounts of text, as listeners are generally not
inclined tofollow a massive presentation and learn it by heart.
However, they will easily remember quotes or short sentences.
Kill bullet points

13. 33Use photos

14. 3No photos from Google though. Either buy stock photos or use freely
provided ones in good quality. A nice picture always gives a bit of extra
flair to any presentation. However, donot forget that in case that you do
use free photos you have to give credit to their creator.
As the saying goes, a picture = 1000 words!
Use photos

15. 4Differentiation
is everything

16. 4You surely have seen lots of presentations adorned withamazing
pictures.Nonetheless, this doesn't necessarily mean that all of them
are good, or that they can keep the audience engaged.
This is mainly because eachpresentation must come witha story and
the proper structure.
Think about jokes for example.Each joke has a very specific structure
that helps expand the storyline.
Differentiation
is everything

17. 5
Keep your audience
at the edge
of their seats

18. 5Try to structure your presentation in a way that will keep your audience
engaged from the beginning till the end.Start by presenting the subject
of your presentation, analyseit and expand it gradually and keep some
of the best bits for the end.
Keep your audience at
the edge of their seats

19. 6 Rehearse it

20. 6No matter how well you thinkyou know your presentation, rehearsing it
will help you put things in the right order and get confident. It's almost
imperative that you learn at least the main points by heart.Try not to
leave it last minute if you want to make the impression you intended to
from the beginning.
REHEARSE IT

21. 7
Use examples
and
show some stats

22. 7Always try to use examples.It's much easier for your audience to
understand what you want to say through a well placed example and
properly presented statisticaldata, than through tons of theory. In case
you present case studies from previous projects, try to pick the ones
you know you can explain and analyse best.
USE EXAMPLES AND
SHOW SOME STATS

23. 8Look into the eyes
of your audience

24. 8Visit the venue earlier than the time of your presentation tofeel more
comfortable withthe space.
In case of conference, attend all previous presentations soas to
understand the type of the audience and how it reacts.
LOOK INTO THE EYES
OF YOUR AUDIENCE

25. Lastly,
get on stage
and
Rock!

26. CONTACT ME
Facebook.com/t
asosvel
@tasosveliadis veliadis@socialab.
gr
Tasos Veliadis

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