tailieunhanh - presentation zen Simple ideas on presentation design and delivery phần 10

Một trong những điều quan trọng nhất cần nhớ khi cung cấp một bài thuyết trình là hoàn toàn có mặt tại thời điểm đó trong thời gian. Một người thuyết trình tốt là hoàn toàn cam kết thời điểm này, cam kết đó với khán giả rằng địa điểm cụ thể và thời gian. | Keep the Lights On It is a common reaction all over the world Just as the presenter is ready to begin someone shouts could you get the lights please And the room becomes shrouded in darkness save for the light reflecting off the screen. The presenter She must be there somewhere I can hear her speaking or is that the audience breathing . If you want your presentation to be more effective then don t touch that light switch. Even when you are using slides the more lights you can keep on the better off you will be. Remember you re trying to connect to tell a story to sell an idea to the board or other decision makers. It is very difficult to make a connection if the audience can t see you. The audience is not there to witness the narration of slides they are there to listen to you and become engaged with you and your topic. If the audience can t see you they will find it difficult to listen and they are certainly more likely to tune you out. The audience must experience both your verbal speech and your visual speech. A relatively small part of your message is actually verbal. The rest of your message is expressed visually and vocally. Influencing people verbally becomes far more difficult when they can t see you. Cliff Atkinson reminds us of the evidence that supports the claim that the more the audience can both see and hear you the better. It turns out that when you watch people speak the visual cues help you to predict and understand the auditory cues that follow soon after. These visual cues are actually not limited to the lips but include the entire human face says Atkinson. According to the authors of Why Business People Speak like Idiots Free Press .human beings are hard-wired to draw much more meaning from people than they are from the information that people present. True but they ve got to see you. Ten years ago projectors were not all that bright so turning the lights off made more sense. Today even inexpensive business projectors are usually bright enough .