How often have you had to sit through presentations with speakers and slides that put you to sleep? If you can’t pay attention to the presentation, you can’t retain the information. What would have made those presentations—what would make your presentations—memorable, influential, and successful?
In this workshop, you will learn how to use structure, visuals, and stories to make memorable presentations. You will rethink how you have been making presentations, and you will end the workshop with a step-by-step plan for creating memorable and engaging presentations.
During this workshop, you will learn how to use various techniques to ensure your slides are not filled with mind-numbing text. Come to this session and leave with the confidence to make your next presentation a hit. And avoid falling into the most common pitfalls ever again.
You will:
– Discover how to cater to your audience’s working memory using schemas and chunking
– Learn how cognitive overload is rampant in presentations and how to prevent it
– Find out about the dual coding theory and the multimedia effect and how to use that to your advantage
– Hear why stories are so influential and persuasive and how you can use science to ensure your story is heard
– Learn how to implement effective visuals that will be more memorable for audience members
This is the first workshop in a multi-part series on developing and delivering presentations that leave an impact on your audience. Through the workshop-style sessions, we’ll learn and practice the skills needed to structure our presentation effectively, choose engaging content, create memorable slides, and present with confidence.