Strategies for when there is no instruction
If you need to give an impromptu presentation, which you only have few minutes to prepare, with non instruction. How can you overcome it and provide a powerful presentation?
Following strategies would help you to achieve non instruction presentation
Another structures you can use in your impromptu presentation
Following strategies would help you to achieve non instruction presentation
- Think when was your last time to give a powerful presentation and how was you performing that, and use these scenarios to help you realise that you have ability to provide a great presentation 'thinking on your feet'. Build confidence.
- Impromptu presentation is different with unprepared presentation, understand impromptu doesn't mean you don't prepare, and if you only have few minutes to prepare, the only thing you need to do is: Sear the structure of general prevention into you mind, and follow the way you usually do, the more practise you did before, the more comfortable you become doing so.
- Follow rule of three, it means the structure of your presentation contain three main components: an opening, a body and a closing. This will be the main part of your presentation, and you will be comfortable and easy to organise your speech every time.
- Get off on the right foot, Start with impressive opening, sometimes audience would expect you be witty or humorous.
- Grab your listener's attention right away by beginning with the issue about which you are asked to speak, you can do this by asking a question to reflect the topic directly.
- Keep it going, They body of your presentation, no matter 5 or 15 minutes of your presentation you need to speak, answering the question in your opening to trigger the point of presentation.
- Plan cover no more than three points in the body of your presentation, remember rule of three, people best retain up to there pieces of information, therefore build three main points in your body of presentation.
- Tell them in broader detail what you just outlines, to summarise the three points of your body of presentation, better just broader detail for what you just outlined.
- Bring it to a close, finally is your closing, to bring your presentation be prefect, probably you can call the group to action or reaffirming everyone's commitment to the project.
- Burn this basic presentation structure into your mind
Another structures you can use in your impromptu presentation
- P.R.E.P. (Point. Reason. Example. Point)
- Start off by clearly stating your point.
- Share the primary reason (or reasons, if you have more time).
- Share an example (preferably in story form) where your main point or reason is supported.
- Conclude by summarising your central point again.
- Issue, Pros vs. Cons, Conclusions
- Start off by framing the issue.
- Talk about the benefits.
- Talk about the drawbacks.
- Conclude with your recommendation.
- 5W
- Who started it, and who is involved now.
- What the goals are;
- When it started, and the schedule for the future
- Where does it take place
- Why are you involved.
Reference
''How to Give a Powerful Presentation when You Have Little Time to Prepare'' by wikihow
''How to Ace the Impromptu Speech'' by Andrew Dlugan
''How to Give a Powerful Presentation when You Have Little Time to Prepare'' by wikihow
''How to Ace the Impromptu Speech'' by Andrew Dlugan