As an executive, chances are, you make business presentations quite often. As an EMBA McGill-HEC Montreal participant, you also need to take the stage sometimes. The current EMBA class will soon be having a workshop on making persuasive business presentations.
However, for all alumni and future candidates, we looked through the web and picked six articles that will certainly help you improve your presentation skills and make your presentations more compelling, persuasive, captivating and less confusing!
Five Presentation Mistakes Everyone Makes
«We all know what it’s like to sit through a bad presentation. We can easily spot the flaws — too long, too boring, indecipherable, what have you — when we watch others speak. The thing is, when we take the stage ourselves, many of us fall into the same traps.»
How to Present to Senior Executives
«Senior executives are one of the toughest crowds you’ll face as a presenter. They’re incredibly impatient because their schedules are jam-packed — and they have to make lots of high-stakes decisions, often with little time to weigh options. So they won’t sit still for a long presentation with a big reveal at the end. They’ll just interrupt you before you finish your shtick. »
Fix Your Presentations: 21 Quick Tips
«Drowning in a PowerPoint swamp? Use these easy tricks to make your presentations more compelling and persuasive.»
Don’t confuse your audience. Six tips for great presentations
« The big problem with business presentations is not boredom but rather confusion, argues author Dave Paradi. Sure, there are times when presentations are dull, with little information transmitted. But more often, says the Mississauga, Ont.-based presentations consultant, the audience can’t pierce to the heart of the message because the information is presented so poorly.»
7 Lessons from the World’s Most Captivating Presenters
«Chances are, you’re going to be standing in front of an audience delivering a presentation of some kind at some point in your career. So learn from the best. Take these 7 lessons from the world’s most captivating presenters, and apply them to your next presentation. You’ll also find them in the SlideShare, sliced up into 10 lessons.»
Create a Presentation Your Audience Will Care About
«The people in the audience are the stars of your show. If they don’t buy what you’re saying, it won’t go anywhere. To keep them engaged and make your case, you’ll need to focus on what matters to them. If you don’t, they’ll have to work hard to figure out why they should care about your presentation and what it’ll help them accomplish, and they’ll resent you for the extra effort they’ve had to put in.»
