This document provides 7 tips for giving engaging presentations: 1) Know your material and practice, 2) Don't just read off your slides, 3) Keep slides simple and focused, 4) Know your audience, 5) Interact with your audience, 6) Slow down your pace, and 7) Be passionate and share your energy. The tips encourage rehearsing, using slides to illustrate rather than distract, researching your audience, adding interactive elements, allowing time to absorb content, and conveying genuine enthusiasm.

1. STINSON DESIGN
7 QUICK TIPS
TO Rock
YOUR NEXT
PRESENTATION

2. PREPARING FOR
YOUR NEXT
PRESENTATION AND
NEED SOME HELP?

3. WE HAVE
7 ESSENTIAL TIPS
TO HELP YOU ENGAGE
YOUR AUDIENCE.

4. KNOW YOUR
MATERIAL AND
PRACTICE! 1

5. BE THE MASTER OF
YOUR PRESENTATION.
Rehearsing builds
confidence and allows
you to give your full
attention to your
audience.

6. DON’T READ
OFF YOUR
SLIDES 2

7. YOUR SLIDES ARE NOT
A TELEPROMPTER.
You are the star of the
presentation. If you are
simply reading off your
slides, why should the
audience listen to you?

8. KEEP YOUR
SLIDES SIMPLE
AND FOCUSED 3

9. Your slides should illustrate your ideas
and emphasize your key points - not
distract your audience.

10. Your slides should illustrate your ideas
and emphasize your key points - not
distract your audience.
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11. KNOW YOUR
4AUDIENCE

12. DO YOUR RESEARCH.
Your job as a speaker is to connect with your
audience in order to communicate your message.
The only way to connect with your audience is by
knowing who they are and what they like.
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13. INTERACT WITH
5YOUR AUDIENCE

14. A PRESENTATION SHOULD BE
MORE OF A CONVERSATION
THAN A ONE WAY STREAM.
Make your presentations
more engaging by adding
slides that encourage the
audience to interact. “ ”
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15. SLOW
DOWN 6

16. SLOW YOUR PACE WHEN
HITTING THE STEPPING
STONES OF YOUR
PRESENTATION.
Let your audience
savour your content.

17. BE PASSIONATE
AND SHARE
YOUR ENERGY 7

18. BE GENUINE - YOUR AUDIENCE
WILL KNOW IF YOU’RE FAKING IT.
You need to believe in yourself
first before your audience can
believe in you.

19. THERE ARE NO BORING
TOPICS, THERE ARE ONLY
BORING SPEAKERS.
- DAVID ELLIS-JONES,
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