By Ora Dickson


Presenting in front of a crowd can be nerve wracking. This is especially true when the crowd you are presenting to is composed of executives and C-level personnel. If you are not careful with what you present, you will end up losing their trust. Here are tips that can help you achieve a successful prezi like presentation in Powerpoint.

The first tip that you should follow always is to start presenting on time. If you are late or if you are dilly dallying with the said task, you will end up putting your crowd in a bad mood. You will lose their interest if you do this. Presenting to a crowd that is not interested in what you are offering them can be quite tough.

The next factor that you should consider when you are into the report is its message. It is highly recommended that a person consider what the whole gist of the said report is and sum it all up in a single sentence. This should make it possible for you to show off your mastery in the given topic as well as your knowledge on it.

Summing the whole message of the said report in one single sentence will be helpful when you are researching information that you can add to it. When you have a single sentence you can work on, then you can narrow down the information you have into those that are related to your report. You can also position them in your report correctly.

It is also a given to think about your opening as well as your introduction. You have to make proper preparation for this because this is what will decide whether or not you can catch the attention of the executives. The opening can come in the form of a scientific question, provocative statement, or catchy phrase.

Do not forget to greet the crowd before you actually start presenting though. You have to acknowledge those who have come to listen to what you are presenting. You should even give honor to those who deserve the honor. If you greet the crowd, they will feel that you are really interacting with them.

You should try to use graphs and tables when presenting. Instead of writing out the numbers and putting them in bullet forms or such, having graphs and tables should let the crowd understand what you are presenting to them easily. These are visual aids that can help the crowd catch up to your explanations without having to read a lot of text.

Keep what you are presenting brief and concise. It will be bad if you make it too wordy because not only will the crowd lose you and your explanation, not everyone will be able to read words in the board too. The ones at the back will have a hard time reading the words that are too small for them to read.

There has to be a conclusion to the report. This conclusion must be the bottom line of what you are reporting to your executives. It is important that the executives understand well your message as well as the conclusion that you are trying to get across to them.




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