Hey, you're getting ready for a presentation? I've got a checklist for
you. Let's go to the checklist. Make sure you're not missing anything. So you're
good to go.
Hey, it's Kirk and I want to help you in getting prepared for your next
presentation. Because how often does this happen, right? You're given a speech, a
presentation, a talk. You're standing up in front of people and you know how it
is. If you're not prepared, you are going to feel weird. You're going to feel like
you're not doing a good job. So, you spend your time getting prepared. How much time,
right? How much time? Well, I think instead of trying to quantify how much time you
take to get prepared is you start getting prepared like 2 weeks ahead.
Because a little bit each day is a whole lot better than 10 hours the day before.
If you do 10 hour preparing the day before, you're going to fry your brains.
Don't do that. You start further ahead and you just spend an hour each day.
Looking at your content, looking at what you're going to do. But you're doing a
little bit each day so when the day arrives, you're not burnt out. And you
don't need gummed up brains. You know, when you spend 10 hours, you're going to gum
up your thinking. And then you're going to stand up there and you're going to just
sound like a gummy person. Not that gummy bear but just a gummy person. Just your
brains are just a mess. So, here's a checklist. Here's the checklist to get
you prepared on some things to think about in getting your content put
together. Now, there's a whole bunch of templates out there. Everybody's got
their own style, their own template and they claim that it's all, "This one's
better than this one. And this one's better than this one." There are hundreds
of ways to design a presentation. But how about we go through a checklist of what
you want to make sure it contains? What is it that it will contain? Well, number
one box you want to build a check is that your presentation is solving a
problem. No matter what is you're talking about,
what is it going to make better? What is it going to solve? What's it going to
improve? Because people, I mean information, they can get that off
the internet. But if you got some kind of problem you're solving, well now they're
gonna be interested because people have problems, they don't want solutions.
That's the come from. What are you going to solve? That's the first box. Next one,
you definitely organize your talking points. Not too many. Now, what is the
talking point? Well, that's the individual data that you're going to be speaking about.
And when it comes to talking points 3 to 5. If you come up with 10, Oh!
Too much. I've sat in presentations before where there was 10 talking points.
And it's like, "I'm so done with this." You got to be super interesting if you're
gonna go clear to 10. But 3 to 5, always a crowd-pleaser. Simple, to the point. 3 or 5.
And boy people can digest that, remember that, they can write that down. Super,
super, super important. Okay. Next one, diagrams. Most people are not thinking
about diagrams. How do you...? What about the visual learners? They need a screen shot.
They need a handout. They they need something to draw. Like you're up there in
front you draw something for them. But they want something to see. They just
need to activate their visual. Not everybody learns by listening. I don't
learn by listening. I learned by watching. And so your learners, your
visual learners which is 50% of your audience, if you use no visuals, they just
set there and stare at you. They are going to tell you you're boring. That you
need something to look at. So either a screen shot like on a PowerPoint or
keynote presentation or a handout or something. Something. Something they can
look at. And then of course this, story that you're going to tell. Got to have a
story. Man, have a story. Either it's about you or someone else. And the story must
relate to the content. Not some random weird story that has nothing to do with
the presentation. But your story, let me just
tell you, stories need to be practiced ahead of time. Never in front of the
audience. NEVER. You will... You will fail or you will glitch in front of an audience.
That that's the first time you're telling the story. But definitely have a
story because visual learners love stories, the audible... They just,
everybody love stories. Every one love stories. Because stories connect all of
the teaching to get it together. Okay, and of course, a presentation without a
challenge is weak. It's kind of weak. So, you got to offer some kind of challenge.
Something they got to do. Something they got to get up and go get going in their
life. And when you get to the challenge part, you challenge them. This is not just
a cute little suggestion. You're literally, literally giving them the
steps and then you challenge them to take it. You're not mean. But you're not,
you're not a pins either. You got to really be clear about how important this
challenge is that they're going to take action on what they just learned to
solve this problem. Then the last thing. Be sure whichever template you decide to
use that it has an invitation to do something more. Because this is not the
only presentation you have for people. It's not the only one. And so you
literally have an invitation for them to be on a conference call with you or go
buy this book or maybe they buy a class from you or they go see somebody else's
class. But boy, if you are a presenter that by at the end can give an
invitation, how they see you is you are a thought leader. You're not just a
one-stop-shop kind of person like you know more. You know other people. But this
is definitely a list I got a check off every time I do a presentation. Make sure
I got it together. Just to make sure. And I know,
the reason why you clicked on this is you're putting a presentation together.
And if you're wondering, if you're wondering what kind of template I use
for my presentation, click the link below. Click the link below and I'll share my
template with you of how I prepare a presentation. So, links below, click the
link. Be able to get that presentation
template. And you're set, you're ready to go. And another thing is click subscribe.
Boy, subscribe so I can share more with you. Because I'm gathering these gold
nuggets and just handing them out. Might as well hand you a gold nugget too. But
definitely of all things, check the boxes. Plan ahead and do a little bit of
practicing each day. A pair of practice, you get one shot to do the presentation.
One shot. And if you're going to present, this will help you get your information
in their head. That way you're not boring. Don't be boring. Have fun doing your
presentation.