What makes an effective presentation?

1. The speaker must plan how to begin the presentation, what to speak in the middle of presentation and how to end the presentation without losing audience interests at any point of time.

2. The speaker should encourage more questions from the audience. He should be honest enough to answer those questions.

3. Summarize the presentation at the end. Give final comments. Leave a positive impact upon the audience

4. The speaker must have a presentable appearance while giving a presentation. The speaker should stand with feet far apart maintaining a good balance. He must use confident gestures. He must use short and simple words.

5. The speaker must state the objectives of the presentation at beginning of the presentation.

6. The presentation ideas should be well adapted to your audience.

6.1. Relate your presentation message/idea to the interests of the audience.

7. A good presentation should be concise and should be focused on the topic. It should not move off-track.

8. A good presentation should have the potential to convey the required information.

9. The fear should be transformed into positive energy during the presentation.

9.1. Be calm and relaxed while giving a presentation. Before beginning, wait and develop an eye contact with the audience.

10. the speaker should use more of visual aids such as transparencies, diagrams, pictures, charts, etc. Each transparency/slide should contain limited and essential information only.