Great information.

Analyze Your Audience
Put yourself in the audience’s shoes – try to understand your listener’s level of understanding. anticipate what they want to know.

Plan the Parts of Your Presentation
List all points you plan to cover. Group them in sections and put your list of sections in the order that best achieves your objectives. Begin with the most important topics.

Plan Your Format and Delivery
How you give your talk can be more important than what you say. Whenever possible speak from an outline.

Present with Passion
When you speak, do your listeners sense how strongly you believe in what you’re saying? It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about the welfare of children, the newest software release or the latest financial report. If you want people to give you their undivided attention and feel compelled to heed your advice, they must hear and see in you an unwavering commitment to your message.

Keep Your Audience’s Attention
Promise to tell the audience how they can get something they want.
Outline the agenda – knowing your order increases attention.
The sound of your voice makes a great difference. Practice projecting enthusiasm. People aren’t going to be influenced by a lifeless voice. To hear yourself speak, record your voice during a phone conversation or practice your presentation using a tape recorder. Then make necessary changes.1

Do More than Lecture
There’s nothing wrong with lecturing, as long as you realize the limitations. Lecturing is a way of presenting information verbally and is teacher/trainer focused. The facilitator speaks and the learners listen. Learners can become easily bored and inattentive.

Using Videos
Videos can be effective training aids if you edit them carefully and use at the appropriate times. Videos can illustrate an idea and put it into action. The theme of the video must correspond with the main points you are discussing. Show only the parts that are related. Remember, the video is not the entire presentation, it just supports the main points. Give the participants suggestions of what to watch for.

Kind regards,

Nauman