Speaking Your Best (TM) Accent Reduction and Communication Skills Training
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About Us
    • Testimonials and Clients
    • Policies
  • Zoom/Skype Classes
    • speech assessment
    • SYB 7-Week Course
    • SYB 12-Week Program
    • SYB 24-Week Accent Reduction Course
  • Informational Articles
  • Accent Guides
    • Chinese Accent Reduction/Chinese Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • Indian Accent Reduction/Indian Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • Japanese Accent Reduction/Japanese Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • Russian Accent Reduction/Russian Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • Spanish Accent Reduction/Spanish Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • Arabic Accent Reduction/Arabic Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • Portuguese Accent Reduction/Portuguese Accent Reduction Made Easy
    • French Accent Reduction/French Accent Reduction Made Easy
  • Contact Us

Want to Have a Great Presentation?  Tell a Story!

2/16/2017

0 Comments

 
In the business world, so many of us are required to give presentations and engage our audiences.  There is usually a lot of information to present, and we are left wondering how we can connect with our audience and leave a lasting impression.  How do we make our presentations memorable?  After all, there is nothing more boring than someone showing us charts and spitting out numbers and percentages.  

While there are obviously important facts that are mandatory, remember that a presentation is really a way to “talk” to your audience and let them become a part of your message.  What better way to do that than to tell a story?

So, how do you do create a story that makes your audience truly interested in what you have to say and want to hear more?

Your story must be relevant and fit your audience.
Telling just any story won’t make a great presentation.  You need to make sure that our story is relevant to your topic and fits your audience.  You want to the audience to respond with an “oh!” or “ahhh”, or be surprised in a way that really gets their attention.  

Your story must have a point
You want to build the story right into our presentation framework so that it is something they can relate to and makes practical sense. The point of the story must be clear.  Rather than just spitting out numbers and charts, make it realistic and fun.  The story puts everything together so that all of those numbers and all of the information make sense.  

Make your audience laugh
If your story is funny, that’s even better. Sometimes, you might want to relate something that actually happened to you that was funny and relevant to your project.  This keeps the audience engaged and interested. 

Always tell a story about a person and an experience they had.
Your story can be a success story, a failure, a humorous story, or something personal.  You may even want your story to have a lesson for others to learn.  If your story doesn’t have a personal message, then it won’t hit home with your audience. They should reflect on how the story affected someone and how it relates to the topic.

It’s not enough just to present information in a presentation, as it tends to make it dry and dull.  Spicing it up with a story or two that are relevant to your topic, teaching a lesson and saying something funny all help to engage your audience and keep them asking for more.  Your presentation is a way to deliver a message in the most interesting way possible so that they walk away actually remembering what you said, the important information and practical ways to use it.  ​
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Author

    Cheryl Posey is a licensed and nationally certified speech/language pathologist.   She specializes in accent reduction and communication skills training and provides useful tips and suggestions to help you improve your spoken English and reduce your accent with articles from Speaking Your Best's blog.  Subscribe today so that you don't miss any articles!

    Archives

    June 2020
    May 2020
    September 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    February 2016
    January 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    February 2015


    Categories
    Accent Reduction 
    Accent Reduction Classes 
    Accent Reduction Online 
    Accent Reduction Specialists 
    American Accent Training 
    ​
    American English Pronunciation 
    American Idioms Using The Word "up" 
    Common American Expressions 
    Communication Skills 
    Improve Spoken English 
    Improving Presentation Skills 
    Improving Public Speaking 
    Improving Vocabulary Skills 
    Presentation Tips 
    Pronounce The "r" Sound 
    Public Speaking Tips 
    Reduce Accent 
    Skype classes
    Small Talk 
    Speak Like An American 
    Spoken English 
    Understanding The American Culture 
    Vocabulary 
    Vocabulary Building 

    All

    RSS Feed

Cheryl Posey, MS CCC-SLP
speakingyourbest@gmail.com
774-212-3241


Copyright 2005-2023
Proudly powered by Weebly