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Improving Your Presentationsby David SteeleI recommend recording all of your presentations and seminars for future reference. You may use some of these recordings for products such as tapes or CDs, however the best use of these recordings are to monitor and improve your presentation skills. Listen to yourself and use the questionnaire below to rate your performance. You may wish to give this questionnaire to a few audience members willing to provide you feedback. Use the items in this questionnaire to strategize your next presentation.
Take some notes as you listen to yourself and use a scale from 0 (really bad) to 10 (excellent) in rating yourself for: Were you loud enough be easily heard by everyone? Were you putting people to sleep or stimulating them? Use of "uh," "um," "ah," "you know," etc. Effective presentation of content, such as "Point, example, point" and Tell them what you'll tell them," Tell them," "Tell them what you told them" Were you monologuing or involving others? Were you using people's names, asking for their input, sensitive to their needs, creating an intimate space? Were you incorporating participant comments and questions in your presentation, or were you thrown off when comments were made, questions were asked? Did you move through your planned agenda and end communicating what you wanted to communicate (content, calls to action, Q & A, etc)? Did you share yourself with participants in a personal way? 10. Multi-media Did you use handouts, overheads, video, etc, effectively? Did you have something to stimulate your audience besides your physical presence and voice? Did you accomplish your desired result for conducting the presentation? Did you generate leads, get clients, sell books, etc? If not, identify what prevented you from doing so. Final score ______ / 110 Areas of strength:
Areas that need improvement:
Ideas/strategies for future presentations:
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