1. Presentation Inspiration KineticFuture: Leadership Communications Coaching <br />It’s Not My Presentation!<br />It may not be 'your' presentation. You may not agree with what's in it. You may not even understand what's on the slide. But now you've got to stand up and present it. And worse, answer questions from an enquiring audience. <br />It's one of the biggest problems everyone faces. It's not right. It shouldn't happen. But it seems to be reality of life. So how do you cope? Change the reality <br />Agree a few new unbreakable ground rules now with the 'boss' and write them down. Get agreement that everyone needs to have seen the copy at least 24 hours before. That the person who's written the presentation presents it to you and answers questions. That you have the opportunity to change and reorder slides. That ideally you present the work you've researched. That the ideal scenario is that you write your own presentations. And if you are the 'boss', make these changes and your team's presentation performance will improve by 100%. If you don't make changes, you deserve the results you get! So let's assume so far no policy change has happened or it's an emergency what do you do if quot;
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is not an option? <br />Insist on a brief<br />Objectives, audience 'wants', 3 key messages, a view across the whole presentation and a detailed explanation of your slides. Plus timing for each part of the presentation. And predicted Q&A’s and who's taking them. Plus logistics. <br />Make it Your Presentation<br />Unless there are legal implications, you do not need to say what's on the slide and please don't read it. You can talk around the slide making your own key points in your own language using your own examples. You can reorder the slides. Think about structuring it like a mini quot;
7 minute presentationquot;
. (see last email) <br />Get Passionate<br />For the time you are in that presentation you must believe in what you are saying. Really convince yourself that it's great. Rehearse yourself to time out loud. Use strong performance technique to help you: eye contact, pauses, light and shade in your voice, strong hands.<br />