We each have an important message to share – with our families, communities and world. And it’s essential to have the skills to communicate your message clearly so that other people are inspired to listen and take action toward a common vision.
One important way to empower yourself and others is to learn to deliver powerfully persuasive presentations.
They say that public speaking is one of the biggest fears people face. And yet, at some point, we are all called upon to stand up and deliver. Some people are born with natural skill and talent for it, while others sweat and torment themselves just thinking about it.
How many times have you heard a speaker that puts you to sleep? Or maybe you’ve left a presentation entertained, but it doesn’t translate into significant, measurable results in your business or life.
It takes just a handful of simple steps to elevate your skills and deliver powerful, persuasive presentations, leaving your audience entertained, inspired, and motivated to support your cause. And with these keys, your presentation can have the power to create quantum improvement and lasting change in people’s lives.
Also, these same simple steps can be applied to positively influence your family, friends, clients and colleagues every day!
Here are three essential keys to deliver persuasive and dynamic presentations, every time:
1) Congruency: How strongly do you believe what you’re saying? How committed are you to your message? Your audience will champion your vision to the extent you believe in it. This is true not just for presentations, but also for life. So how do you enhance your congruency? Congruency is part confidence, and part knowledge. When you know your subject inside and out, you have the confidence to speak with authority. But even if you don’t yet have total confidence on a subject, passion will make up the difference! So put yourself in states of excellence. Create juice, momentum, inspiration within you, and it will ooze and infect your audience with enthusiasm, too.
2) Rapport: Does your audience unconsciously feel drawn to you, knowing that you have their best interests at heart? Do they embrace your suggestions and say, “me too!” instead of “so what?” Rapport takes the struggle out of the interaction, and makes it easy and enjoyable for everyone. Rapport is more than just “liking” someone – it’s having a deep connection, or feeling of familiarity. People like people who are like themselves – so observe your audience and respond to their needs. Ask questions and engage them in dialogue. Respect your audience’s intelligence, and assume you have their respect, too.
3) Flexibility: Keep changing your approach until you reach your objective. Adapt your communication to speak into your audience’s listening. Everyone learns differently, so adapting to the needs of your group ensures they get the message. Flexibility comes with awareness of subtle cues from your audience. Are they twiddling their thumbs, texting, or tapping their feet? If they are, they’ve probably lost you for a second, and it’s time to grab their attention with something unexpected. Are they totally with you? Then go deeper, and give them even juicier bits of information – beyond what they were expecting. Tailor your presentation to your audience’s needs and they will be equally responsive and appreciative of you and your message.
With just these three keys, you can quantum leap your results in your presentations and become the dynamic speaker that has the audience begging for more.
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