For a wide scope of positions, giving presentations can
often be expected. When you’ve worked long and hard on a project, getting the
green light to present to the company’s executives is one of the highest
rewards.
But then you find out there is a strict time limit or some
other limitation meaning you will now have to drastically shorten your
presentation, without losing the effectiveness. What do you do?
If you’ve really done as thorough of a job as you think you
have, condensing your material shouldn’t be a problem. The most important thing
to remember is your audience and what point you are wanting to bring across.
If you’re presenting to a group that wants the brass tacks,
no “interesting facts” or extra supporting statistics that you have already proved
a point without the extra little bits… You will literally go through and cut
out anything that can be taken out, anything that won’t add to the main focus
of the presentation.
What about if you’re talking to a bunch of account
executives? They aren’t going to want to hear about what they will see as
pointless details, they want the cost, the timeline, and the expected result. Period.
By keeping your target audience and target outcome in mind,
you can save yourself a lot of time and hassle. You should have confidence in
your presentation no matter what fillers you have to cut out, because you’ve
already worked hard and got the job done the right way.
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