How to make a presentation interesting

There is a classic rule when speaking, which says that it must have a beginning, main body and end. Finally, speakers began to follow him, holding presentations or opening events, making the same or official speeches. However, this does not mean at all that a speech built according to such a standard sequence should be insipid and boring.

How to make an interesting presentation?

Main part

I have to attend various events with speakers in front of large or small audiences. These are scientific reports, and corporate conferences, and presentations of new products or start-up teams, and just hangouts like pecha-heap.

Sometimes there is a desire to make a vinaigrette out of all the speakers: take an interesting topic of one, add beautiful slides of another, put on the next one, add a sense of humor and the ability to “dodge” the tricky questions of the fourth, back up with interesting facts and “zest” of the fifth. Please note: the last ingredient is especially rare, so we will pay attention to it.

You need to surprise. This has obvious benefits: first of all, it draws attention to the problem of speaking and to the personality of the speaker. It has been noticed that the more interesting the speech, the more useful contacts can be established (remember the positive power of networking).

In addition, the status of the speaker, according to others, increases, and also increases its attractiveness to people of the opposite sex. And, of course, we should never forget that people who come there will only be happy if, in addition to broadcasting tons of information, you sometimes entertain them.

An out-of-the-box medical presentation is a performance that leaves a pleasant aftertaste that makes the audience think, inquire deeper, and act. I will highlight two components in a speech that can be done in an unusual way: the visual design and the presentation itself. Of course, you should always remember the adequacy of your creative ideas and relevance for a particular audience.

Visualize it

The most obvious way to stand out is to show an interesting slide accompaniment. Here are ten simple ideas for interesting visualizations.

Minimalism in slide design. That says it all.

Make graphs or charts from improvised items. Feel free to demonstrate a creative hike.

At one event dedicated to the problems of agriculture, graphs and diagrams were used, which were made from ... cucumbers and cheese. Long, medium, and short cucumbers served as comparative histograms, and instead of using boring pie charts, a purchased head of cheese was sliced. Next, the speaker photographed the products and substituted expressions of quantities in the photo editor.

Remember the expression "business plan on a napkin"? One speaker used photographs of napkins with graphs, collages and key ideas drawn in pen. Very unusual, don't you agree?

Use emotional images, select photos, but not from standard clipart. If you're talking about "the pinnacle of possibilities," what's the first thing that comes to mind for visualization?

Make your presentation pecha-kucha- style with twenty slides that automatically change every twenty seconds.

Embed videos. If you talk about the fact that your social project helps people, then show these people! Film an interview with them or even invite them to speak.

Draw analogies, use metaphors to better communicate your information. If you are talking about such concepts as dimensions, weight, speed, then you can draw parallels with cars, animals, seasons, old and new computers, etc.

We are used to the standard style of slide design: Times font, center alignment. Use non-standard fonts (they are inexpensive), give up boring text alignment. Read the literature or attend a slide preparation workshop.

Present slides as comics: choose images and add text bubbles. Bring action into your speech, not just a statement.

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Rehearse your speech along with the slides. If you really do this banal act, then everything will be doomed to go smoothly and be pleasing to the eye and be different from the rest.

Remember that in the search for creative ideas you need to have a sense of proportion. It is important that the slides are not annoying, do not draw too much attention to themselves, and are balanced.

In addition to experimenting with slides to make your presentation unique, you can try to change something in your behavior, in the structure and dramaturgy of the presentation. Here are ten ideas to start from.

Performance

The most obvious way to stand out is to show an interesting slide accompaniment. Here are ten simple ideas for interesting visualizations.

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Start with a pre-prepared “author's voice” that speaks the recorded text before you appear in front of the audience. You can ask the organizers to turn off the lights in the room for a while.

Show focus. It is not necessary to saw your girlfriend, tricks with money or material values ​​make a sufficient impression. Remember to make a text connection between the focus and the topic of the speech.

Prepare excerpts from children's essays. If there are many women in the hall or the topic is related to children, education, then this can be spectacular.

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Guess the riddle to the audience. Just remember that if you are performing in the morning or one of the first and the riddle is quite difficult, then the audience must first be warmed up.

Demonstrate items if you are holding presentations of your tangible product. People are interested in not only looking at photographs, but also holding and feeling the object with their own hands. Think cell phone presentations, kitchen utensils, car test drives, you get to experience all the benefits first hand.

Find a unique way to use your product. In a playful way, you can show how it can be used to knead dough, prop up furniture, cool drinks, pickle cucumbers, etc. Don't be shy and make fun of yourself!

You can go on stage to the music. This is rarely done, although the music perfectly creates an emotional mood and excites. But keep in mind that you should not go out to music just because you love some artist or group - you may have too refined taste. As an example, look for Van Halen "Jump" or Survivor "Eye of the tiger".

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Start with something unexpected. One of the master classes of Radislav Gandapas began with the fact that he went out and threw balloons into the auditorium and asked them to inflate until they burst. In the first seconds, many participants are perplexed, then they begin to inflate the balloons, for some they burst. Further, Radislav makes a transition to the topic of leadership: “It happens in our life: someone waits, looks at others, thinks about how people will think about him, and someone takes and does and brings what he started to the end.”

At one of the TEDx VG conferences dedicated to life in modern cities, Danila Medvedev rode around the stage on a Segway.

Remember the presentation of the iPhone 2G, during which Steve Jobs made a phone call during a speech? You can also arrange, for example, a kind of reality show in the form of a video call with those who can evaluate your product or idea. The main thing is to think over the details of the conversation.

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Use the face of a famous character, a catchphrase from the movie. Make it your slogan or change it so that new meanings arise. But the recognition of a phrase or character should be 100 percent.