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Introduction to presentations
Creating the perfect presentation
Great presentations are a combination of passion, vision and the ability to communicate clearly. Three simple ingredients, abundant in all of us, yet, rarely brought together in a presentation. In my opinion, in the majority of cases, presenting is a skill that can be taught. The ability to be creative relies on the level of exposure or risk the presenter is prepared to take, which unfortunately is low in the business community as a whole, yet, when someone dares to be different, and raises their head above the parapet, he stands out a mile, and is immediately given recognition.
How individuals create presentations is largely prescriptive and non imaginative, rarely deviating from an ineffective tried and tested formula handed down through generations. An alternative approach is Nominal Reversion Techniques, NRT™, which is a methodology and framework for creating persuasive, clear and concise communication. NRT™ has been developed over a 15 year period combining all the elements previously discussed in what makes up a good presentation.
NRT™ is a new paradigm in communication which focuses attention on the presentation as a whole and not just the presenter him or herself. Through better preparation, anxiety levels are reduced significantly allowing practitioners to break away from dull and monotonous corporate presentations and begin to look at audience motivation, memory retention and coercion techniques. NRT™ expands on this by tapping into our subconscious, using tried and tested techniques to maximize memory retention, attention spans, and the ability to hold and comprehend key points. NRT™ creates a model to check for understanding, provides questioning strategies, and monitors through tone, rewards, concern and success.
NRT™ takes a stepped approach to presentations. This approach forces participants into a sequential framework that ensures key elements are checked off, enabling the presenter to spend more time on structure and delivery to best suit the audience. The following details in brief the six step NRT™ process:
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