Learn how to create engaging presentations by incorporating storytelling. Discover the importance of structuring presentations, choosing and ordering arguments, and making personal connections. The speaker emphasizes the power of storytelling in presentations and provides strategies for using personal experiences and connection stories. They also discuss the ineffectiveness of normal communication and offer a PDF with steps and ideas for creating presentations.
Defining the key takeaway helps ensure clarity and direction throughout the presentation preparation process.
Strong arguments in a presentation should be ordered in a crescendo, building towards the most persuasive and conclusive argument.
Deep dives
The Importance of Determining the Takeaway
Before preparing a presentation, it is crucial to determine the key takeaway or what you want the audience to think, feel, or do by the end of the presentation. This serves as the destination or goal of the presentation. Defining the takeaway helps ensure clarity and direction throughout the preparation process.
Crafting Strong Arguments
After identifying the takeaway, it is essential to develop at least three strong arguments that support the desired outcome. These arguments could rely on data, examples, numbers, or successful actions taken. The selection of the strongest three arguments is crucial, and they should be ordered in a crescendo, building towards the most persuasive and conclusive argument.
Harnessing the Power of Storytelling
Storytelling plays a vital role in engaging the audience and making them care about the presented content. Effective storytelling can be achieved through examples that illustrate the problem or create a connection between the speaker and the audience. The use of personal experiences, discovery stories, or connection stories can captivate the audience and enhance their understanding and interest in the presented material.
Episode 117. What's an easy way to put a presentation together? What do you do first? What steps come after? And how do you include storytelling?
Welcome to The Storypowers Podcast, the show about the power of stories, the people who tell them and why you should be doing it too. I’m your host, keynote speaker and storytelling coach, Francisco Mahfuz.
This is a solo episode, where I share a simple structure you can use to improve your presentations and include storytelling.
To get the structure worksheet, drop me an email at francisco at franciscomahfuz dot com.
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