Time limit: 5 minutes
Before you plunge into creating your speech there are a couple of critical things you should know to save time and frustration later:
#1 Know: The requirements
These may be obvious, but these are things you don’t want to overlook!
Date:
Time:
Location:
Length of presentation:
Topic:
What you are expected to bring (e.g. handout/report/introduction):
Other:
#2 Know: YOUR Audience
Audience composition (executives, peers, customers, etc.):
Is there a segment of the audience of primary importance?
What level of knowledge about my topic does the audience have?
What are the audience pain points, as related to your topic?
Pain point 1:
Pain point 2:
Pain point 3:
Why would the audience care about your topic?
What do you want the audience to think, feel, and/or do?
Think:
Feel:
Do (do you have a call-to-action?):
This is the second of 9 posts with the steps to take plus 10 delivery tips to be ready in an hour to “wow” your audience! The steps only take 50 minutes, which gives you time to read the information before doing the step.
The course includes the material in the 9-part post sequence, plus worksheets for each step, and brief video instructions from me!
