Alright. So, you're real excited here to be able to go do a presentation. Haha!
You're probably nervous. You're probably shaking inside. You're
probably thinking, how do I get this ready?
I don't know. You've either been asked to give a presentation, do a training or maybe
you're a volunteer and you're in an organization and they picked you to
stand up and deliver information to people. Or maybe it's just time for you
to get out there in the world and deliver a presentation. Ah, but here's the
biggest question you have on your mind. How do I organize my content? Right? How
do I do this? How do I deliver a great presentation that people will say you
did a good job and you don't look like a fool.
I know. I know. We don't want to look like fools, right? When we're doing our
presentations. We want to do a good job. Alright. Well, let's get into this so
you can get organized and feel confident about the message and the content that
you're delivering. Let me show you a format or a particular template that I
believe will support you in creating your message. So, whenever I am putting
together a message, it's great to have some kind of framework or format to
follow. So, I feel like I'm getting organized. Because there's lots of things
you can say. You know, a 30 minute presentation, 15 minute or maybe even
2-hour presentation. If you have a type of format or a template, you can feel
like you got a rail to run on. There's a point A, a point B, a point C. And you can
just work all the way through the steps. So, when you feel organized, you can feel
confident about what it is that you're doing. Now, here's a couple points
here I want to show you in organizing your content. First and foremost, who are
you talking to? That right there is a really big game-changer in the quality
of your content. And knowing your audience helps you in the structure of
putting together your content. And the context in which you're going to deliver
the message. So who is it that you're talking to? That would be something to
get clear of. Who's all going to be in the room? Who's all
be watching? And that will help you in knowing who you're looking at and who
you're talking to. Because when you have 5 or 10 different ideas about
who's in the audience, you literally will feel more scattered in the way that
you're presenting your information. So, dial in on who. The second part of this
is why. Why are you giving this presentation? You know this is the
outside of the box. Outside the boxes who is that you're speaking to and why is it
that you're giving the presentation? Is it a training? Is the education? Is it
informative? Is that motivational? Is it transformational? What...? What is the reason
for you to stand up and to talk to people? To dial in on that why of what
you're doing there in that presentation, supports who it is that you're speaking
to. And I'm going to come back to these and share a little bit more details as
we go through I just want to run through the particular template. Who you're
speaking to? Why you're up there speaking is the outside of the box. On the inside
of the box, there are 4 different components of giving a presentation.
There's how you introduce yourself, the way in which you deliver the instruction,
be sure that you're going to inspire them and one way or another and using a
story to inspire people is great. And then at the end be sure that you're
actually inviting them to take specific action. Alright. So let's back up.
Outside the box is who and also why. Inside the box, there. First here is the
intro. The intro. The people need to know who you are. Sooner or later, they need to
know in the presentation. Who are you, where'd you come from and what gives you
the right to stand up there. 3 questions that their minds as an
audience, they're asking. They're wanting to know.
Second part is they want you to answer some questions for what is this that
you're teaching us? How does it work? When and where should I use this? And what's
my first step? When it comes to inspire, this would be examples of using the
content that you just shared or this would be your personal experiences of
using the content that you just shared. Then at the end, be sure that when you go
to invite them to take action that you give them a very specific action
step. This gets missed by presenters. I don't know why they do this. But they
think that the the audience is picking up what they're supposed to do through
the intro, the instruct and inspire. But that doesn't that that's not
obvious to the audience. Be a great presenter by the end of your
presentation. Giving them a very specific step that they can take action on and
complete within 24 hours. I was at a presentation once in it a presenter did
do the invitation part at the end. But it was like some 30-day program. I had to
like you know journal for 30 days straight. I walked out of that event
thinking, "Well, that's going to be a fail. I can't go 30 days straight." I think would
have been smarter as if the invitation was you know let's journal in the next
24 hours. Well, as an audience member, I would feel like that was an instant win.
So, you want the people at the end of your presentation feel like they know
what to do in the end and whatever it is that they're going to do, it's an instant
win within 24 hours. And this invitation part. If you want to like, you know, be a
great presenter and have this invitation part at the end, you give them the action
stuff they take within 24 hours then give them the next action step after
that that they can finish in 24 hours. If they can win and then within 24 hours
win again, that just made your whole presentation awesome because people go
to presentations to learn information, get inspired and take action. That's what
they're there for. They're kind to listen to you because they want to learn
information, get inspired but they need to know what to do. And if you can narrow
that down to a 24 hour and a 24 hour step that they can take, because they won
in the action step that they took at the, you know, that you gave them there at the
end. They then will turn around and start telling people about your whole
presentation. This is like the missing piece. This is a missing piece. This is a
missing piece. When it comes to putting your presentation together. So, we're
going to review this again. Let me just review this again. Because this is a
great agenda. Simple framework to organizing a presentation. Clarify who it
is you're speaking to. And this is what you do. You get a get a
piece of paper, write a paragraph this bit of who you're speaking to. Get really
clear on it. Write it down. Paragraph that big. Why are you giving this presentation?
That's another little paragraph. You're writing this out so you're getting your
mind super clear about what you're doing. Write out who this is, write out what
this is, then the intro. Who are you, why are you
up there and what gives you the right to be able to be up there. So, there's 3
questions there to answer. Boom, boom, boom. So, notice you're just going right down
the page just to gather your insight here about how you're going to do this. When
it comes to instruction, this is what they're looking for. What is this? How
does this work? When and where do I use it? That's.. Those are there questions. What
is this? How does it work? When and where do I use this? And that's what you want.
Those are the questions you want to answer in the instruction section. Now
here, as an extra little suggestion to you. Here, be sure that you use a diagram
or some type of imagery to help those visual learners. Because there are 7
different learning styles in the room. 7 different learning styles. But here
instead of just rattling through instructions, be sure you give them
something to look at. But they want to know what is it that you're teaching? How
does it work? When do I use it? Where do I use it?
Then here for the inspire somebody else's example that they went through
and how they use this and it worked. Or your personal experience of using the
information and how it worked. And then of course I just reviewed the invite a
whole bunch. This is where you invite them to take action on this particular
action step within 24 hours. And it's going to be a win. And then if you decide
to move forward, here's the next action step.
There'll be 24 hours and you will win. That is a winner right there. It works.
You know, after the 5,500 presentations I've given. 5,500 presentations I've given,
I've narrowed it down to these 6 different parts of this particular
template to give presentations. And what's great about that is I don't have
to wonder if I'm missing anything in my presentation. Because part of a
presentation is psychology. You delivering information
to other people. And all those questions I just gave you for you to answer when
it comes to your presentation unlocks the mind. Because if you can't unlock the
mind of the listener, they can't listen. And each one of those
questions I just gave you are those different doors of the mind you've got
to unlock so that they can hear you. Learning is not automatic anymore. It's
just not. People have so much going on inside their mind. So many things are
thinking about to get their attention and to be able to deliver information to
them that they actually can hear is a psychological game. It's a game because
it's like, "Wow, I got to make sure I cover all these." Because if I'm not covering
all these and I'm missing some of these points that I just covered with you, if
I'm missing some of those, then the audience can't hear me. And then they
just sit there staring at you. So, the game for me is cover each one of those
sections. Know those answers before I deliver the message. So I can unlock
their mind so that they can listen. Because it's only after listening and
understanding that a person will actually take action. And if your
audience can take action on what you just taught them, they're going to talk
about you. They're going to spread the word. They're gonna tell people about who you
are and what you do. And now those people are going to be interested in what you had
to offer. And so, delivering a presentation is powerful, it's exciting
it's fun, it sure stirs up the butterflies on the
inside, right? But it's so fun when you have a template to follow and you have
literally boxes to check there so you don't miss one of the important
psychological parts of teaching and opening up the person's mind. Well, there
you go. If you've missed what I just share and said to you here, go and rewind
and listen to it again and write down all the questions that gave you. Because
I wanted to give this to you in a really nice concise way so that now you can do
the work. And prepare for your presentation. You usually never get a
second chance. and when you got one chance to open up the mind of that
listener, you take that chance. You take that
chance in a very focused way. Do the planning and preparing ahead of time.
don't wing it. If you wing your presentation, you're not
using all of the steps. Have psychologically open up the person so
that they can listen, they learn, they understand, they can take action. Because
as a presenter, I hope that I can cause people to take action. So here's your one
step is to take a look at who you're speaking to.
If you can think about who it is you're speaking to and at least take a moment
and consider who the listener is, you begin to focus and on how you're going to
help them, support them, teach them, serve them. But remember that the most
important part about a presentation is knowing who you're talking to. The second
part is why. Why are you delivering this presentation? Who and why. But the first
step is take a moment and think about the audience you're speaking to. Really
think about them. Think about their life, think about what they do in a common day,
think about their challenges, their struggles, think about what they wish for,
think about what you could do to help them. But to take a moment and to write
that one little paragraph. Just a one little paragraph about who is the person
who's going to be listening to you? Because that one step causes your mind
to dial in and it also pulls on your heart to dial in. Because it's a person.
Preparing for a presentation isn't just about content. It's about caring about
the listener. And the more you care about them and you understand who they are,
your words, your thoughts, your tone of voice will calibrate to connect to that
person. If you take a moment and write that small little paragraph, that will
calibrate you in how to organize your content. And it's a step that presenters
miss. They get all caught up in to just content. Thinking it's all the
information. And then when stand up to deliver their presentation,
they don't even act like they even know who they're talking to. They removed the
human experience. Us as teachers. We have a responsibility to connect to the
people. But we connect through mind and heart. And that happens because you take
the time to write that first little paragraph of who it is you're speaking
to. Calibration to the audience is important to create great content. And
then that makes you a great presenter. So, you're getting ready to put a
presentation together? Well don't put it together in some random way. Follow this
template and just knock your presentation out of the park. Now, if you
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