Make your point, briefly.

I’ve just been listening to Pakistans presidents response to the recent Osama drama on Sky and was amused by the summation of his speech which he illustrated in point form. He did’nt make 1 point, 3 or 5, but a massive 15 points! thats longer than a lot of presentations that I’ve seen.

If you need to make a point, keep it brief, no more than 3 please, your audience needs to be reminded of your key overriding messages only.

Simply presentations for clearer presentations.

Words to conjure up a positive emotion

I’m often asked how we can create emotion and a positive experience in my presentation training courses, and the answer is both complicated and simple. There are many factors that control positivity including delivery, subject, the environment, but also the words you use will have a huge effect.

Certain words carefully placed throughout your speech will engender a more positive response from you audience. A small sample of these words include:

Acquired Advised Arranged Augmented Built Completed Conducted Converted Corrected

Created Decreased Designed Developed Devised Directed Doubled Effected Engineered

Enlarged Ensured Established Expanded Facilitated Generated Implemented Improved Increased

Initiated Installed Instigated Integrated Introduced Launched Managed Negotiated Optimised

Organised Persuaded Planned Prepared Presented Produced Rationalised Reduced Saved

Set up Specified Steered Streamlined Strengthened Succeeded Supervised Trained Won

A presentation trainer abroad

I’m sure you too can’t fully switch off when you’re on holiday, and it was in a darkened conference hall in Corfu that I found myself sat alongside another 300 plus guests being tormented by a corporate presentation from our Thompson representative.

Now I don’t mind nervousness in a presenter, but what I can’t abide is poor continuity and presentations that don’t translate well from corporate headquarters down to the shop floor.

In summary, the slides didn’t correspond to the speech and the message was better at home in an Evangelical church than in a holiday resort.

So come on Thomson Holidays, get some presentation training for your reps and save the suffering for your holidaymakers.