When you’re creating your presentation remember that people don’t want to be told information; they want to be transported to a place where they can feel what you felt and experience what you have. They want to feel good, or, if you’re relating a ‘poor boy makes good’ example, that there is an uplifting process to go through.
Good presentations are a combination of story-telling and learning points. If you only have stories you’ll find people come away feeling that it was ‘quite interesting’, but don’t know what to do next and can’t see the point. If you only have learning points, people will leave feeling that it was dry and, perhaps, tended towards preaching.
The place to start is to know what you want them to get from the whole presentation (I know I’ve said that before - it’s still true), then to decide what the three key steps are to get them to that point. Once you have your facts in place you can start weaving your personal experiences into the presentation. You’ll end up with a much more powerful presentation.
Remember stories sell - but you have to have something to sell first!
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