No.2 Effective Presentations

During one of our communication lectures, we discussed the key elements you need in order to have an effective presentation.
One of the most important information that I got from our lecturer was there are 3 stages that are key to a good presentation which are:

1.       Tell them what you want to tell them
2.       Tell them
3.       Tell them what you told them

Part 1: Steve Jobs iPhone presentation .chttp://www.youtubeom/watch?v=6uW-E496FXg&feature=related



When I was on YouTube, researching presentations, I came across a man called Steve Jobs, who kept catching my eye. As I began to listen to him, I understood what an effective presentation consisted of, he had all the components as outlined by Eggleston Group, including;

·         Connection with the audience

·         Humour

·         Interest in his subject

·         A clear and loud voice  

·         He was calm and collected

·         He had a beginning, middle and an effective end

In Relation to the key components of the ‘Eggleston group’, here are examples from Steve’s presentation which he included and my personal response:

·         It was clear to see that he was very interested and educated in his topic which is very important because if you’re interested, the audience will instantly form a relationship.

·         His PowerPoint was in bit size chunks so the audience would stay tuned (NO JARGON).This allowed him to take breaks, to pause for a moment and gather his thoughts so that his ideas would come across calmly.

·         During his presentation Jobs had a technical difficulty with his PowerPoint, which we all dread happening but as he was aware that it can happen to the best of presenters, he was prepared and covered it up by creating humour with the audience as distraction.

·         What I most enjoyed was his effective end was that he ended it on a quote, from Wayne Gretzky; ‘I skate to where the puck is going to be not where it has been’. This ending for me leaves the audience wanting to know what’s next for apple.

                                                                         Bibliography:                                                                              

Jobs S. (2007). iphone presentation. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uW-E496FXg&feature=related. Last accessed 10th nov 2012.

 Jobs S. (2007). iphone presentation part 2. Available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Vququ7x8gnw&NR=1. Last accessed 10th nov 2012.

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