Tips on Making Presentations / Setting Presentation Objectives
How many of you actually wrote down an objective before your last presentation?
If you said, “Not me,” you’re not alone! Most of us prefer to jump into writing our presentation instead of planning it out first.
Your objective needs to answer:
If you don’t clearly understand what you want to achieve in your presentation, your audience won’t understand either!
Use your objective as the guiding star for your presentation. It guides you about:
Think about the audiences you present to. What are some of the things you might want your audience to do as a result of your presentation? You might want them to:
In creating your presentation objective, make sure it’s SMART…
Specific: Not just “I’m giving you some information.”
Measurable: How will you know if you’ve accomplished it?
Achievable
Relevant: To the audience.
Time: Possible in the allotted time.