How To Relax Your Audience When Delivering A Presentation

Business audience around the world usually face boring PowerPoint Presentations. There is nothing like presentations are monotonous, it’s just some presenters make uninteresting presentations that may put any listener to sleep. If you are planning to deliver a presentation soon, then make sure you let the audience take a rest during a PowerPoint presentation and certainly you will be able to engage the audience effectively. To keep the audience interested, it would be recommended to keep the presentation simple. Further on, you will be able to communicate your thoughts easily and simply.

Making people listen to you isn’t easy, as it demands adequate attention of the audience. It is a fact that people can’t keep listening to the speaker for a longer period of time. When one person is hearing attentively, the respiration rate increases and with this, heart starts beating up at a faster rate. Thus, as a presenter, you have to give some break to your audience while the presentation is going on.

There are some things that you need to take into consideration to allow the audience to take a break during a presentation.

• Don’t read the slides as these can be sent to the listener as well. The audience wants to hear what you feel and think about the topic. Thus, instead of relying on the slides, share your information and knowledge with the use of illustrations, charts and graphs

• In between the presentation, make eye contact with your audience and give smiling expressions. If you are trying to use stories and examples then do ensure they are relevant to your situation.

• Don’t cut the listener short, when someone asks you a question. Be polite and don’t look at your watch as it shows that you are not interested. Don’t let the audience ask questions till the end of the presentation.

• It might also be a good idea to serve tea or coffee before the presentation starts. This might help make the audience more attentive. Research has also shown that caffeine puts people in a good mood, which can help persuade them more easily.

The above mentioned points will give you a clear insight about how you can give rest to your audience. If you want to know more then you may read Spice up your Speaking Presentations book which has been written by Jim Ocque who has a lot of experience creating presentations. His speaking experience consists of technical presentations, persuasive sermons, informative presentations and more.