If you want to deliver a memorable presentation, you’ll need to excel at every step in the process. That includes the initial brainstorming. Even when you begin to write down the first few rough ideas about what kind of presentation you think you’d like to create, you have to keep in mind the elements that will make your presentation unforgettable. Here are a handful of ideas that you can periodically review. Keep them in mind the when you sit down to brainstorm your next presentation. If you know what you are aiming for, you’re more likely to hit the bullseye!
Who is Your Audience
If you don’t know who you are talking to, how will you know how to make your best possible impression? Will it be a room full of ultra-conservative introverts? You better button down and streamline that PowerPoint till you can slice bread with it. What if it’s a hall full of Alpha Male rowdies who won’t pay attention to anyone who can’t hold the stage? You better get your presentation down to the point where you can ad lib like Miles Davis. Even at the beginning of your brainstorming keep your audience in mind.
Leave the Visuals Out
Don’t start thinking about the visual aids you’ll be using until well into the process of creating your presentation. Like it or not, you have to do the presentation. Keeping it memorable isn’t about trying to think of ways to hide. Bring the visuals in later when they can support your unforgettable stage time.
Do the Snow White
While you are brainstorming, refining and finalizing the elements of your presentation, imagine the Magic Mirror in Snow White. Is your presentation the fairest of them all? The smartest? The most engaging? Be merciless in your self criticism and make sure that everyone in your group can voice their misgivings. Get your ego out of the way. It will make your PowerPoint shine and make your presentation something that will end happily ever after.
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