When presenting, many people lose sight of what is most important:- What is your actual purpose for the presentation?
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This is the first question to answer to yourself, before you even begin to prepare. To answer this question, you first need to understand two key factors:
- Who is your audience?
- Why are they attending your presentation?
As a presenter, your primary objective is to satisfy the audience’s needs!
At pdtraining, we are expert presenters, and happy to share our skills and experience (after all, that is why we conduct Presentation Skills Training.
Once you have identified the reason that you have an audience, and worked out what they want to take away from your presentation, only then can you begin to determine the best presentation methodology.
Always remember:
“Presentation success is defined not by what you bring with you, but by what your audience takes away”
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Thanks for the good comment! I agree absolutely, but Presentation Techniques are not the only skill needed to conclude a deal! If you present well, but lack sales training , you may get the interest of your target decision-maker, but not have them reaching for the chequebook, and even after that point, unless you both understand the science behind, and are skilled in the art of, effective Negotiation, you may make a single sale, but are unlikely to cultivate an ongoing mutually beneficial business relationship!
Nonetheless, what you say is certainly true – personal branding is a great mechanism for the experienced business professional, though for those new to the profession of sales, leveraging corporate branding can be a more easily achievable aim
“Shoot for the “YES”, not for the stars”.
pdTraining, 2010