How did your presentation go?
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The document discusses evaluating the success of a presentation by defining objectives and benchmarks beforehand. It emphasizes the importance of reviewing various aspects post-presentation, including communication clarity and audience engagement. Ultimately, it encourages learning from the experience to enhance personal and professional growth.
How did your presentation go?
- 1. How did your presentation go?
- 2. If you’ve just had an important presentation, meeting or even just finished a significant project, how do you know if it went well? “My presentation to the directors was awful as I didn’t get much attention”, a friend recently told me. It’s often easier to focus on the negatives in a situation such as this, thus failing to recognise the positives from the same situation. But how can you evaluate the success of what you have done if you don’t define ‘success’ ahead of the actual event? How did it go? www.angelabelotti.com
- 3. Let’s assume you are going to give an important presentation to the company’s board or to a prospective client. You have prepared and rehearsed your presentation, but you still want to make sure it’s a success. What could you do? www.angelabelotti.com ?
- 4. What is the ultimate objective of your presentation? And what is the objective your audience wish to meet by listening to your presentation? Defining the objectives will play a key role not only in the presentation content, but also in your review following the event. First, define the objectives www.angelabelotti.com
- 5. What does a ‘successful presentation’ look like to you? What does it sound like? What is it made of? If you were to take that presentation down a notch from being successful, how would you define it? As a good presentation? If so, what would ‘good’ look and sound like? What would it be made of? What about if you took it up a notch from being a successful presentation, how would you define it then? Then, describe the components www.angelabelotti.com
- 6. Once you’ve given the presentation, what will you review to measure its success? Will you review how clear your communication was? How effectively you answered any questions? How you built rapport with the audience? How you dealt with challenging moments? What else? Once you have decided what you will review, define (for example) what ‘clear’ communication would look and sound like in a successful presentation. By repeating this process for all of the elements you decide to review, you will set the benchmarks to meet. Next, decide on the benchmarks www.angelabelotti.com
- 7. Once the presentation is over, refer back to your benchmarks. Where the objectives fully met? Which aspects met your benchmarks for a successful presentation? And which ones exceeded them? Then, acknowledge what was successful... www.angelabelotti.com
- 8. You are still reviewing how your presentation went and you are considering everything that has happened. If you could do it again, what would you do differently second time round? And how would you do it differently? This step will yield priceless awareness and knowledge which will enable you to automatically assimilate this kind of insight going forward. ...and what could have been more successful www.angelabelotti.com
- 9. What did you discover about yourself? What enabled you to meet your benchmarks? What stood out for you from the overall presentation experience? What can you take away and apply to other areas of your work and life? Finally, get the strategy… www.angelabelotti.com
- 10. Evaluating the success of what you do gives you confidence. Learning from any situation, regardless of its outcome, enables you to grow and increase your success in any area of your life. ... for personal and professional growth www.angelabelotti.com