Whether it's an intimate presentation to a small group or a TED-style extravaganza for hundreds, a ton of your time typically goes into creating presentations. Too often, it’s too much time. You have other things to do in your crazy-busy life - so how can you speed up the content development process?
Oratorio recommends the following sequence:
Determine your topic.
Who is your audience, what do they already know and what do they need to know?
What is your goal? What is it that you want to achieve from delivering the presentation?
What is your desired impression? In other words, what are the adjectives you’d like your audience to use in describing you?
Decide the three main points you must deliver, and then back up those points with compelling details, stats, and examples.
Then come up with a powerful opening. Is there a story or an image or a quote that will immediately grab your audience’s attention? Start with that when you deliver the presentation, then deliver your three key messages as the “body” of your presentation. Finish on a strong note by “bookending” the presentation with a final reference to your opening, to drive home the point.
Coming up with new presentation ideas is never easy, but this approach can bring your material into focus faster and more easily.