INTRODUCTION
We all know that creating a slideshow is a straightforward task, but it’s not a piece of cake. While using Slideshow Makers, we have to choose all the options to make our slideshow stand out in front of the audience; whether it is your boss, your manager, or your fellow juniors, you have to keep it good and presentable to keep the audience glued to what you have created and make them feel and understand the topic that you are trying to explain. Check out Intro Maker, a video editor tool with slideshow makers that have a wide variety of templates to use.
Nine enhancing tips for creating an outstanding business slideshow are discussed below:
- SHOW YOUR CREDIBILITY.
- You have to show the audience that you are credible enough, or else they may not listen to you, and even if they listen to you, they may not take you seriously because you are not credible.
- If you want your audience to listen to you, you should establish your credibility, which isn’t simply showing lengthy intros and videos of yourself.
- You can try to show a short story of yourself to your audience, about your background associated with the topic you are presenting, or even share an experience that helps you mold your presentation accordingly.
- You can also show some framework and other references to your audience that you used to make your slideshow and support your concerns.
- It is one of the ways to enable the audience to trust you since you are showing them your credibility quickly.
- INCLUDE THE GOAL AT SOME POINT EARLY IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
- If your audience knows your ulterior motive, i.e., your goal at the end of your presentation, they are more likely to vibe with you as you present your slideshow to your audience.
- It proves to be beneficial at the end of your slideshow, as your goal is to get funding and approval towards a particular perspective or simply get an agreement for any topic and general understanding.
- Incorporating your motive earlier in the presentation would also help you focus on the goal only rather than swaying away from your destination.
- MAKE YOUR INFORMATION CREDIBLE TOO!
- When your credibility is established, it does not necessarily mean that whatever information you are presenting to your audience, all of it holds for the audience.
- In your slideshow, you should provide references and support for what information you are presenting to your audience.
- A Slideshow maker tool allows you to keep ‘speaker notes’ in your presentation, containing the necessary extra information or simply something you don’t want to include in your production.
- This speaker notes feature is hidden from the audience when they watch the presentation. Speaker notes will help you keep all the necessary information about a slide in quick access.
- For example, you can present statistical parameters, provide relevant research on your topic or even give credible quotes from a well-researched scholarly article. All of this would support your presentation.
- You don’t have to be shy about showing the credibility of your content, and you can even use quotes like these “I know that this may sound dumb but….” or “You may have known about this for a long time but….”.
- INCLUDE DIFFERENT QUOTATIONS OR REFERENCE IMAGES AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SHOW SOMETHING NEW.
- Instead of including boring statistical slides in your following slideshow, you should try to have reference images or powerful quotations that would evoke thought in your fellow audience.
- Instead of directly going into your topic, you can say a few words about it and the image or quotation you are trying to incorporate into your slide show.
- It will ensure that this quote or image you have attached in your presentation will stick to your audience, and they will retain it for the rest of the topic you are trying to explain to them.
- Also, they will listen with maximum concentration because of the quotation or the image you included.
- Incorporating quotations or reference images like this would make the presentation more attractive to the audience, especially in boring slide shows, where you have nothing interesting to show per se graphical information or bullet points that would kill the purpose of your presentation by making the audience bored or sleepy.
- PUT UP THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS
- A good way of starting your presentation is to directly ask a question before starting your slideshow or even proceeding to the next slide.
- It will make them dive into insight into the question you asked.
- Also, make sure that you ask relevant questions concerning the topic you are presenting to your audience to provoke thoughts in them, and also, at the same time, you should advance towards your presentation.
- MAKE ASTONISHING STATEMENTS.
- Sometimes the best way to grab people’s attention to the information you are presenting is through making startling statements.
- It gets your audience’s attention, and if you can back it up with your information, you will be able to make your point promptly.
- If necessary, you can pull out a fact and throw it, even if it isn’t your main point. It is simply a catalyst to start your presentation.
- It can catch your audience off guard so that you can present them with the information. However, try not to overdo it and understand the boundaries.
- BE PREPARED FOR DIFFICULT QUESTIONS.
- Well, you just presented a fantastic slideshow! Cheers to that! But wait, all of these presentations are incomplete without questions from the audience, showing their inquisitive nature.
- Just as during our school times or teachers would put up questions in front of us, it is now our turn to answer all possible queries and doubts!
- Be frank as you answer questions. Don’t forget to drift from your slideshow because that is the core. Don’t get startled upon hearing any questions.
- Ensure even vague knowledge about the created slideshow. It is necessary to put up a glorious image in front of the audience since concluding with a dissatisfied audience will be troublesome for your business, let alone its growth.
- HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS MADE!
- Regardless of any slideshow, it would be best if you give some time for questions and answers. Having some questions ready for the audience would let you know whether or not they have listened to or understood the presentation.
- If no one asks any query in the audience, you should always be prepared to put up some uncommonly asked questions to your audience.
- If no one answers any questions, don’t worry because you already have a closing Q&A session.
- HAVE A CLOSING Q&A SESSION.
- At the end of a slide show, you should briefly summarise what you have presented as of now and tell the audience the take-home message and let them ask any questions.
CONCLUSION
I conclude this article by saying that, by keeping in mind all the essential points to make a powerful presentation, your audience will surely get your message & nothing could stop you from making an excellent presentation. Some of these points we discussed are: –
- Making startling statements.
- You are showing the audience your information credibility.
- Putting and asking relevant questions will make your audience feel satisfied.
- Addressing the query of your audience also removes any doubt from their minds.
Have your questions made to check whether the audience absorbed at least some percentage of the message that you tried to convey.
