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Easy Ways To Master Your Powerpoint Presentation

Initiating a presentation on a perfect note is the most tricky part, and generally, the most practiced one too.

Easy Ways To Master Your Powerpoint Presentation

Wednesday June 19, 2019,

4 min Read

To begin with, before selling an idea to a particular audience, show your firm belief in that. The presentation starts with presenting yourself with respect to the subject you are talking about, and half of the work either gets done or goes wrong there.

Back your confidence with enough research to get in the pulse of the subject. This is the only mandatory part about presentations and rest follows with smart work, body language, and understanding of the audience.


Set the Tone ‘light’ -

The atmosphere around a business presentation is usually tense. Specifically due to a whole lot of people with different departments and totally different mindsets coming together.

The best way to make everyone comfortable on their seats and calm your own nerves down is to put up a light phrase. It could be about today’s climate, the general culture of the city or even about a trending affair in the news. Once you get a light smile on the faces, there you convince everyone to pay attention to you while speaking.


Manage the Tempo Smartly -

Not everything in a presentation is to be described in depth. However, nothing is irrelevant either. Emphasizing on the points which are of utmost importance should be the objective.

While the supporting points can be explained in brief to not stretch the time period of the presentation. For instance, take this point of the article into consideration, which is relevant but not the most important one. Hence, it takes less space on the page than the other points.


Check Your Presentation On a Demo Audience -

Rehearse your presentation on a demo audience, maybe your friends or colleagues, and check their reactions. This will ensure an error-free actual presentation and you will be aware of the queries and interruptions that might arise later.

While, even if they are not familiar with the subject you are presenting on and don’t understand the point you are trying to keep, their level of acceptance to your speaking style would be enough to suggest you changes.


Identify the most involved audience -

A presentation should be conversational, that we all know. But how to initiate that in-between presentation conversation?

Simply first, identify the people who seem more interested in your subject. They are more likely to respond positively or engagingly to any point you throw at them. This works, for instance, when you ought to raise a novel point in between the presentation and need someone from the audience to throw a few questions at them. A good audience interaction adds a big plus to your overall presentation.


An Impactful Infographic -

While pictures compliment the content, an infographic keeps the details in check. A self-made infographic shows the level of work one has put into the subject and clicks immediately. It opens ways to describe the subject in a unique way, impressively.

Content presented in a “non-paragraph” way is always appreciated and hence stands out. An infographic manages to fill up any gap in communication and boost your content’s impact.


Eye-Contact -

There are moments in between a presentation when a listener or viewer looks blank. It may be because of his/her lapse in concentration or simply because he/she is not interested in the moment and had to sit because of obvious reasons.

However, their vote to mark your presentation as effective or “so-so”, still matters. In such a case, eye contact can do the trick. Look into their eyes on an important note, to attract the attention back and make sure to get a “go ahead” nod. That confident eye contact might pay back a positive response at the end of the presentation.


Notably, its actually tough to receive stand out positives from everyone after the presentation. That’s the reason you should look to impress a majority of the people or those who after all will rate you after the session.