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For example, if you need to persuade your audience to adopt a proposal or project plan. But meanwhile, all I can say is that the best idea in the world can become worthless if it is used in the wrong way. We will talk about the importance of identifying your presentation objectives in a later post. You need to structure it in a way that enhances its strength and meet your needs. Once you have a clear idea of what youвЂ™re going to present. DonвЂ™t go overboard with your central idea, as you should be able to explain it in a single sentence! If the project isnвЂ™t going so well, your foundational idea could be to explain what went wrong. If the project is going well, your foundational idea should emphasize it.

#SPECIAL OCCASION SPEECH CENTRAL IDEA UPDATE#

Make sure that your update stands out on its own and that unique information is given to the audience. If it is to update them on the progress of a project. Your foundational idea will be the reason why your audience will be tuning in to your speech. Which is why having a foundational idea matters a lot! It is very easy to lose the battle for attention.

Worse, your audience may have sat through similar presentations on the same subject before. After all, some of the information youвЂ™ll be presenting might easily exist elsewhere. There needs to be a compelling reason for them to do so. Time is a very valuable commodity, and if you expect somebody to actively listen to you for even a quarter of an hour. A lot of speeches and presentations lack a foundational idea, they lack a clear вЂwhyвЂ™.

#SPECIAL OCCASION SPEECH CENTRAL IDEA DRIVER#

However, an often-overlooked driver behind poor presentations is a lack of clarity regarding their content. Imagine listening to ten minutes of monotone voice for example. Poor delivery skills from the presenter can also play their part. Part of what makes a presentation boring are poor uses of PowerPoint. WeвЂ™ve all sat through boring presentations be it at meetings or conferences. This post is part of a series of posts aimed at PMO professionals ahead of my keynote Public Speaking Demystified at the Future PMO Conference on October 17 th in Hammersmith.

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