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Characteristics of a effective Presentation
The presentation ideas should be well adapted to your audience. Relate your presentation message/idea to the interests of the audience. A detailed audience analysis must be made before the presentation, i.e., an analysis of the needs, age, educational background, language, and culture of the target audience.
A good presentation should be concise and should be focused on the topic. It should not move off-track. A good presentation should have the potential to convey the required information. To communicate the desired information, a person should use more visual aids such as transparencies, diagrams, pictures, charts, etc. Each transparency/slide should contain limited and essential information only. No slide should be kept on for a longer time.
The speaker must state the objectives of the presentation at the beginning of the presentation. A good presentation must be planned. The speaker must plan how to begin the presentation, what to speak in the middle of the presentation, and how to end the presentation without losing audience interests at any point of time. Rehearse and practice the presentation. This will help the speaker to be more confident and self-assured. The more the speaker rehearses the better the presentation turns to be.
The speaker must have a presentable appearance while giving a presentation. The speaker should stand with feet far apart maintaining a good balance. He must use confident gestures. He must use short and simple words. The speaker should encourage more questions from the audience. He should be honest enough to answer those questions. If any biased question is put forth by the audience, rearticulate it before answering.
Try to gain and maintain audience interest by using positive quotes, humour, or remarkable facts.The speaker must be affirmative and optimistic before giving a presentation. He should ensure all tools and equipment to be used in presentation are working well. Summarize the presentation at the end. Give final comments. Leave a positive impact upon the audience.
The main purpose of a good presentation is to give information, persuade the audience to act, and to create goodwill. A good presentation should have a good subject matter, should match with the objective, should best fit the audience, should be well organized with the input of customization.