Written presentations are a powerful way to share ideas—if you create a deck that communicates your points clearly and effectively. However, a well-written presentation is a resource that your audience can revisit long after you’ve shared it.

The noun presentation means the official giving, or presenting, of something. The presentation of diplomas at a graduation ceremony is the part that makes many of the parents in the audience cry. In the 1600s, presentation was commonly used to mean “show or play,” as in “a theatrical presentation.”

Here are some adjectives for presentation: adequate but compact, direct and appealing, continual and agreeable, slyly concise and effective, slyly concise, convincing and comprehensive, forceful and common-sense, miscellaneous and ludicrous, former, ancient, effective visual, worst melodramatic, lucidly explicable.

Types of Presentations

• Informative. Keep an informative presentation brief and to the point.
• Instructional. Your purpose in an instructional presentation is to give specific directions or orders.
• Arousing.
• Persuasive.
• Decision-making.

Giving an effective presentation means working with both the audience and the topic. Think about the audience’s point of view and what they have in common when planning a speech. Appealing to emotions is a great way to convince and inspire action in others.

5 Essential Presentation Skills to Develop

• Enthusiasm and Honesty. One of the most painful things in a presentation is listening to a presenter who is clearly bored and uninterested in the topic.
• Focused on the Audience.
• Ability to Keep Things Simple.
• Great Body Language.

The Three Types of Presentations: “Why?”, “What Now?”, and “How?”

• Information that tells them WHY they need to solve the problem or solve it in a specific way, and.
• HOW to do it.

Here are 10 qualities common amongst successful presenters:

• 1) They own and organize the time.
• 2) They’re aware of their body language.
• 3) They engage in active listening.
• 4) They know when to stop talking.
• 5) They don’t use tons of fillers.
• 6) They bring a positive energy to the room.

The introduction

Prepare for every presentation by including five parts:

• Introduction.
• Objective.
• Overview.
• Presentation.
• Summary/Conclusion.

Just like other forms of academic writing, a presentation can be divided into three parts: an introduction detailing the purpose and structure of the talk; a body covering the main points; and a conclusion summarising and highlighting the significance of your talk.

The 6 Components of a Great Presentation

• Have an agenda.
• Keep it simple.
• Use visuals.
• Be honest and conversational.
• For in-person presentations, master non-verbal behavior.
• Rehearse and don’t be afraid to ask for help!

The three essential ingredients to a successful presentations are: the content, the design and the delivery.

Top Tips for Effective Presentations

• Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience.
• Focus on your Audience’s Needs.
• Keep it Simple: Concentrate on your Core Message.
• Smile and Make Eye Contact with your Audience.
• Start Strongly.
• Remember the 10-20-30 Rule for Slideshows.
• Tell Stories.
• Use your Voice Effectively.

1. Steps in Preparing a Presentation.
2. Planning Your Presentation.
3. Step 1: Analyze your audience.
4. Step 2: Select a topic.
5. Step 3: Define the objective of the presentation.
6. Preparing the Content of Your Presentation.
7. Step 4: Prepare the body of the presentation.
8. Step 5: Prepare the introduction and conclusion.

How to create an engaging introduction

1. Tell your audience who you are.
2. Share what you’re presenting.
3. Let them know why it’s relevant.
4. Tell a story.
5. Make an interesting statement.
6. Ask for audience participation.

Good things — strive for these:

• Not too much material for the time available.
• Clear speech (loud enough, not rushed, clear enunciation)
• Voice interest (not monotone, showing your interest and enthusiasm)
• Eye contact (looking mostly at audience)
• Supporting gestures (appropriate for what you are saying)