The Parable of

Presentations





















































1. Plan Your Purpose

Know the outcomes of your
presentations. Please remember that
the end outcomes of what you want
to achieve and the outcomes of your
presentation are very different and yet
have to be in alignment with each
other.
For example: if my end outcome is to
sell an ide then that would not be the
outcome or purpose of my
presentation. The purpose of my
presentation would probably be:
a. To position the science or
facts behind that idea
b. To discuss the pros and cons
of the idea
c. To position the business case
of the idea
Quick Tips: Use verbs to set objectives.
Move from Low Order Thinking Skills to
High Order Thinking Skills Eg. List or
Define to Analyze or Create.
2. Use The 05 Greek persuasion principles
A. Ethos Using ethics, values and integrity to build credibility for you as a
presenter and the topic in hand.
B. Logos Using logical reasoning, facts and data to increase the authenticity
and thus the belief in whats being presented.
C. Pathos Creating an emotional connect, an emotional experience which is
engaging with the heart and not just the mind
D. Kairos The timing of the concepts, the key messages and the
presentation itself is very critical.
E. Topos The style and context that is used keeping in mind the audiences
is very critical to the acceptance of the presentation notions, ideas or
information.

4. Make use of all representational systems
A. Visuals Can you imagine; can you see the big picture
B. Auditory Do you hear the applause? The sounds of the crisp
notes
C. Kinesthetic How would that you make feel? Do you sense the
discomfort in doing so?
D. Olfactory I smell something fishy; the fragrance of flattery
E. Gustation How tasty that was? That is just not meant for my
palette
Each of us experience the world using these senses and this just
makes your presentations more engaging, connecting and
appealing. Your own 5D movie! The VAKOG

3. Use the old wise mans
saying
1. Tell Them what you
will tell them
2. Tell Them
3. Tell Them what you
have told them

7. Know your audiences
and accept them
To know your audiences, study about
them, ask them questions that tell you
more about them. Value their
experiences, their space for learning,
their past and their ambitions and ask
yourself what are you doing to add
value to them while they are with you?
The first step to accepting them is
to first accept your own self the way
you are. And when you do that you
begin to explore the beauty of helping
yourself and your audiences become
what they are capable of being. Thats
what acceptance does it nurtures, it
helps grow, it gives direction.
And if and when you stop accepting
and you start treating audiences the
way you want them to be rather than
who they are then you may land up
stunting development, being
apathetic to their needs and thus not
helping even yourself grow. And you
are smart enough not do that or want
that done to you.
As opposed to the conventional
meaning of Building a Bridge i.e.
breaking ice here building a
bridge means creating a structure
that takes your audiences along.
Thus CHUNKING is a very critical
skill. Use chunks of information and
support them with visual and verbal
chunks. Eg. I am going to talk
about 04 things this morning. When
you talk of 1. Use one finger to
visually illustrate. Before moving to
2. Use a TRANSITION STATEMENT
Eg. Now that we have detailed
out point 1. Lets move to point 2.

Practice Chunking and
Transitioning in your daily
communication and be
amazed by the clarity it gives
to you and your listener.