10 Jul Top tips to attract your audience in Meetings & Presentations

An attractive and powerful presentation is much more than just a bunch of nice-looking slides. If you are presenting to your clients, capitalists, or senior management, you need to make an impression that’ll blow their minds and make you stand out from other dozens of speakers and businesses. Sometimes for some people, presenting in front of even a few people can turn out to be a nightmare. And things even got worse if the room is full of important business folks, majorly like collaborators or your boss.  If all these instances make you feel like it’s you, don’t worry. We got you covered to calm your nerves and bring back your confidence. 

In this post, you’ll find 5 expert tips to help you boost your confidence and to deliver a presentation that’ll leave imprints on people’s minds. 

1. Know your material – Before convincing anyone else that you are the master of your project, first, you need to completely sell yourself on the idea of your product. It is really important to know the stats you are presenting from inside and out. 

When you present before an audience, you’ll be using visuals & slides. The important thing here is the one-liner shouldn’t be the only thing that you are communicating. Your knowledge of your subject should be beyond your cue cards & slides. And you should communicate with them to answer effectively. Back up your slide points with some stats to inspire confidence in your presentation. 

2. Bring the vibes – Trust me, vibes do matter.If you feel tired & bored with your presentation, your viewers probably feel the same way. And no one wants to waste their time on something boring. 
Your presentation should shower your passion for your subject. This is mainly reflected in your body language, the way you speak, make eye contact and your confidence walk around the stage. You should feel that you are in the zone of powerful and passionate feeling. To feel that do some warm-up or vocal exercises before the presentation. Make sure to drink enough water & to keep a bottle with yourself.

3. Arrive early to rehearse and set up – Do not even think about arriving late. Your audience will lose patience quickly if you waste their valuable time at the beginning of the presentation just fiddling around. By arriving early make sure the room is properly set up so everyone in sitting can easily see you & the screen. Get comfortable with the space. If anything is blocking access for people to connect with you, move it because if people are uncomfortable trying to see, it will impact your presentation negatively. 

4. Open strong – Remember first impressions are everything. This is the 21st century and now the audience has a very low attention span and expects to be entertained. Start your business presentation with a bang to set the tone for the rest of your presentation. Layout the goals you hope to meet during the presentation. This will tell the audience beforehand why they should listen to you. 
Also, don’t just keep talking in a serious tone, during a presentation there is nothing more relaxing than a speaker who can make you laugh. Just start a friendly conversation to retain your audience’s attention. 

5. The rule of 10-20-30 – This rule makes sure that the presentation is not repetitive and boring. The 10 slide provides presenters plenty of space to summarize their argument. Adding more information might lead to lost focus. 20 minutes is the period a person can pay attention without wandering into dreams. A font size of 30 means that everyone from front to back can read your presentation. This rule majorly focuses on presentations given to a large number of people. 

Conclusion : Close on a high
The way you conclude your presentation should be powerful and ensure that the audience remembers you. Just like your opening, you can end your presentation with a personal quotation, or quickly remind them of your goals in pointers. 
Try to end in a euphoric manner and show that your ideas can achieve success.