Powerful Presentations

The RIGHT purpose & the RIGHT people

Powerful presentations can have impact on people and places where communication takes place:

People	Places	Purpose
Partners	Media interviews	Convincing
Potential partners	Elevator speech	Influence
Funders	Mobilization meetings with your partners and your schools	Inspire
Parents, Staff, Students	Media interviews	Connect
School Boards Commissioners	Governing board	Mobilize
Politicians	Keynote speeches	Delivering a message
School board or principals meeting to let them know what you’re doing	At a kiosk during a community day	Motivate

The WRONG purpose & the WRONG people

• Students (especially young ones), unless you keep it really short
• Those with hearing impairment or language barriers
• In environments with many distractions (noise, etc)

 

Tips for Newbies

• Keep it simple, less is more
• Play to your strengths, be yourself
• Prepare well, mentally and physically with power poses
• Non-verbal communication is so important
• Devil is in the details: pay attention!
• Practice makes perfect
• Visuals are important (your words & content are only 7% of what your audience will take away)
• Keep Handouts to the end
• Making a bad presentation can affect your credibility!
• Start and end on time
• Make sure the technology works: check, check and triple check
• Practice, practice, practice (can’t say it enough)
• Use appropriate humour
• Film yourself

 

Resources & Explorations

• Amy Cuddy on TED Talks, or any TED Talks to check out what good presenters do
• Youtube searches on “giving a good presentation”, “non-verbal communication”
• Watch Kid President!
• PowerfulPresentation
• AmyCuddy Ted Talk (22 minutes)
• Power Pose