- Introduce the content
- Provide the intended benefits, organization, and ground rules of presentation
- Catch interest and attention of audience immediately
- Include an agenda and goals for the presentation
- A good introduction should: Secure attention, establish credibility, and establish expectations.
- Consider asking attendees to take a moment and introduce themselves to the people sitting around them. This will foster interaction both during and after your session, and ensure that attendees meet a main goal of Convention attendance: making contacts.
Questions a Good Introduction Will Answer
- What? An overview of the presentation.
- Why? The purpose of the presentation.
- How? The format you will use – what can the audience expect to see and learn.
- Who? Introduce yourself and your collaborators.
- What is the problem and why is it a problem?
- What has been done about it before?
- What is the presenter doing (or has done) about it?
- What additional value does the presenter's approach provide?
- Where do we go from here?
- What is the purpose of your presentation?
- What is the goal or end product of your presentation?
- What is your main message – the one thing you want your audience to remember?
- What's in it for the audience?
- Provide any background information necessary to ensure understanding of key points
- Place your topic in context
- Key points:
- Identify the priority topics that you want to present – refer to advertised abstract and learner outcomes
- Present each key point as an "argument"; only share the largest, latest, or most important data
- Create a list of the 5 key points that should be remembered; under each main topic, write out the main message you want to convey
- Organize points from most to least important
- Determine what supporting data is required to reinforce those points (evidence)
- Draw conclusions – where are we? What does it all mean? What do we do now?
- Summarize the presentation:
- Review, highlight, and emphasize your 3-5 key points
- Make a call to action (consider your information, do something, use on Monday morning, etc.)
- Re-convey your key message
- Acknowledge collaborators
- Thank your audience
- Information should be concrete, specific, practical, and relevant
- Candidly include pros and cons
- People remember groups of three ideas or points
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