5 key questions when planning presentations


	5 key questions when planning presentations

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2ffce7a3-6959-4fa2-a715-36c791ac7cb9/80ED5109-5BF3-4A9E-8AEF-937B9A97C6AC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/presentation-masterclass-part-1-introduction.html" href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/presentation-masterclass-part-1-introduction.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.lifehack.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/presentation-masterclass-part-1-introduction.html"><P>
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</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/presentation-masterclass-part-1-introduction.html"><P>In almost every sphere of human endeavour, the outcome can be plotted on a bell-curve – a few really skilled people over on the right, a few really hopeless people over on the left and a whole bunch or just-above or just-below average people in the middle:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/presentation-masterclass-part-1-introduction.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.lifehack.org/img/7A9AC9B4-C381-406D-AEB6-659C4B03515F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/5-key-questions-when-planning-your-presentation-presentation-masterclass-part-2.html" href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/5-key-questions-when-planning-your-presentation-presentation-masterclass-part-2.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.lifehack.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/5-key-questions-when-planning-your-presentation-presentation-masterclass-part-2.html"><P>To rise above the background noise of a zillion average-to-bad presentations, here are a handful of key questions to ask yourself as you put your thoughts together:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/5-key-questions-when-planning-your-presentation-presentation-masterclass-part-2.html"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Do I really need to present?</STRONG></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>What do I want to occur as a result?</STRONG></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>What is the mindset of my audience?</STRONG></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>How am I going to structure my points?</STRONG></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>Do I need to use visual aids?</STRONG></LI>
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