How do you recognize you have a presentation? When building a business presentation, the most important thing is to know your material. The most difficult thing to do is often the one thing that separates the masters from the people. The term ‘presentation’ is capable of giving butterflies-in-the-stomach even to old hand managers. Anytime visual aids become the presentation and the presenter becomes the aid, you will perhaps be boring your audience to tears.

Choose only the top three or four points about your topic and make them over and over again throughout the delivery. To know one you need to ask some difficult questions and stand the discomfort of uncertainty. This is why it is important to be prepared not only in the topic of your presentation, but also the style and method of delivery.

The battle to stay alert and appear concerned has begun and it intensifies with every cartridge that appears. Often the bottom portions of slides cannot be seen from the back rows because heads are in the way. The one who talks more tends to reward away more information and more concessions. There are many training organization and institutions, which specialize in conducting capsule courses on donation skills. Unless the audience is taking notes, as in a training situation, wordy visual aids undermine an arrangement.

Dark text on light surroundings is best, but avoid white backgrounds — tone it down by using beige or another light color that will be easy on the eyes. After you have been introduced, move to middle stage, plant your feet then smile while looking at the audience for at least five seconds while saying nothing.