Why Your Presentation Needs to Flow: The Secret to Keeping Your Audience Engaged” 2 reasons why your presentation needs to flow Flow keeps your audience with you: A presentation that flows smoothly is more likely to keep your audience interested and engaged. When there are abrupt transitions or disjointed sections, the audience may lose focus or become lost and confused. Flow enhances credibility: A presentation that flows well demonstrates that the presenter has put effort into organizing and structuring their ideas. This communicates credibility and professionalism. It’s one way of saying “you are important to me” in a presentation. When your audience feels your commitment to them, they will want… Read More
Continue ReadingWhat’s your slide’s hang time?
In football (the North American usage of the word) hang time is the time the ball stays in the air during a punt. For example, in the NFL it’s typically between 4 – 5 seconds. For presentations I call the time a single slide is on the audience’s screen, when nothing much is changing or moving, it’s “hang time”. Your slide hang time is an important thing to think about for online presentations. I was reviewing a recording of a client’s online presentation the other day. I noticed that they seemed to speak quite a bit about each slide. That means the audience was staring at the same static image… Read More
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