Planning for the Big Day
Research to put face-to-face tools in placeMake sure the presentation venue, be it a conference hall, stage or classroom, is equipped to support your live show.
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Make resources available for previewConsider the flipped classroom. Is there anything you can take away from this Washington Post article that you could apply to your big day?
Will you be presenting complicated graphics? Providing them for review before the presentation can save time that could, instead, be spent on discussion. If presenting to a mixed audience, provide links or other references to any background information that you will assume participants already know, in case some of them don't. Consider providing ideas and examples beforehand and ask participants to use face to face time to ask more questions or brainstorm and plan how they will use them. Remember that not everyone will be able to take advantage of the pre-homework. To encourage them, be sure to make materials simple to access and worth their time. Emphasize that you plan to use the information in a specific way once everyone is together. Have the pre-homework accessible in some form during the face-to-face for last-minute joiners so they can catch up. |
Start building connections nowDo you include in your presentation information about your education, a short anecdote about how you go to where you are, how you came up with this technique, etc.? Is there more to the story than you have time to tell? Do you anticipate stragglers at the end who will want to ask you more about yourself? Is it already written down somewhere anyway? Maybe in a blog, or in LinkedIn? Direct them to that information beforehand. If you can, allow a place for your visitors to introduce themselves to you - invite them to! If you have their names, look them up. The more information you know about your audience, the more personalized your presentation can be.
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