• Introduce yourself with your name and title – it will get you started easily.

• If presenting in person, always stand up.

1. Tell ‘em what you are going to tell them

2. Tell ‘em

3. Tell ‘em what you told them!

• Use pauses for effect - they will seem 10 times longer to you than the audience. Get comfortable with silence for a second or so to let a message land. It is very powerful.

• Relax – you know your subject area. If you don’t, then go and research a little more!

• Talk to the audience, not the screen, lectern

• Don’t read the slides verbatim – people can read

• Use your dialog to convey the key messages.

• Let the document on screen or in people’s hands have more detail.

• Useful to know in deciding what to use and when

• Before you start…. What is the purpose and what outcome do you want?

  • Sell, educate, update, provoke, call to action - what is the best outcome and frame your words to deliver this.

BOMBER-B Approach

1. Bang – start with a hook to grab attention!

2. Opening – outline main messages

3. Message – 4 or 5 key messages

4. Bridge (between each message and audience experience). Put it into context. Make it understood

5. Examples – give frequent examples

6. Recap – summarise key points in context

7. Bang – always finish with a closing hook!