When the moment of truth comes you are working on a project, the first steps are done, and it is time to present the results. A very everyday operation, whether you support a clients as project managers are working in the company, or as an external consultant. And yet, often mistakes are made here, which affect the result of the work, even if core content and ideas are. A look at the following tips can be hopefully helpful to some of these mistakes to avoid. Content & form, be specific. Well-known and unnecessary fillers"are a red cloth for your clients.
Fighting to take advantage of the desire in itself, the presentation as a vehicle for this, you have to show how much work you invested. The results include, less is often more. You cover all essential information and conclusions in an Executive Summary"on a page together, and place them at the beginning of your presentation. Prepend a table of contents with your presentation. Do think This close and open one, maximum two levels, and stick to it. Keep out of course personal views, political and philosophical from your presentation only, if that is not the real issue. Give information about the employee in your project and about themselves if they are not widely known.
"Business is people". You think this just, and in particular: relevant (experience, skills, etc. Private things, like your enthusiasm for Japanese food or your 1st place at the City Marathon, are quite sure not in demand). Tell what to say, and not vice versa prove it with data, facts, figures. Assign data, facts and figures with precise bibliographical references. Explain your inference. If you present a business plan, it prepare so thoroughly, that also a salutary chartered accountant with too much time would find a hair in the soup. Who knows, maybe one is next, your Presentation on the table gets.