LITTLE Things. BIG Difference!
When it comes to delivering a great presentation, LITTLE things can make a BIG difference!
You don't always need to make major changes to improve your presentations. Sometimes, a few small adjustments can dramatically improve how your audience receives and remembers your message.
Here are three examples of LITTLE Things that make a BIG Difference.
1. Use HIGH-QUALITY Images!
People believe what they SEE!
Use high-quality, universally understood images that reinforce your message.
If your audience has to figure out what an image is or what it means, they'll never GET IT!
The right image can communicate a message faster and more effectively than a screen full of words.
LITTLE Thing: Choose images your audience will immediately understand.
BIG Difference: They'll focus on your MESSAGE, not try to decipher your slide.
2. Eliminate CLUTTER!
Your slides are NOT your presentation. YOU are!
You don't need corporate templates, your name, logo, and contact information on every slide.
That's CLUTTER!
And clutter competes with your message for your audience's attention.
LITTLE Thing: Remove everything that doesn't support the point you're making.
BIG Difference: Your audience can concentrate on what really matters.
3. Use BLACK Slides!
When you're speaking and don't need a visual, blank the screen!
Use a black slide, blank slide, or a remote with a screen-blanking feature.
Why?
Because when the screen goes black, your audience looks at YOU!
And that's where they SHOULD be looking.
Your facial expressions, gestures, and body language communicate messages your slides cannot.
LITTLE Thing: Blank the screen when you want your audience's full attention.
BIG Difference: YOU become the focus, not your slides.
More LITTLE Things Are Coming!
This is the first in a series exploring small changes that can make BIG differences in your openings, appearance, slides, body language, voice, audience engagement, rehearsal, Q&A, and closings.
Remember: You don't have to make BIG changes to become a better speaker.
Sometimes, it's the LITTLE things that make delivering your next presentation absolutely, positively—NO SWEAT! —————————————————————————————————————————————
About the Author
Fred E. Miller is a speaker, an international coach, and the author of the books, “NO SWEAT Public Speaking!” and “NO SWEAT Elevator Speech!”
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