Presentations (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

Harvard Business Review

• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781625270863
• eBook ISBN: 9781625270870
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Communication
• Index: Business

Feeling stressed about your upcoming presentation? Whether you're nervous about how you'll organize your thoughts or how you'll articulate them on the big day, Presentations provides the quick guidelines and expert tips you need to:

• Craft your message
• Prepare and rehearse effectively
• Engage your audience
• Manage Q&A sessions

Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly read and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives--from the most trusted source in business. Also available as an ebook.

Index

action, call to, 33

analogies, 61

anecdotes, 19. See also humor

arguments

—sequence for, 28–31, 33

—supporting, 27–28

assumptions, of audience, 18–19, 52

attention, of audience, 20, 29, 60–61

attire, 54

audience

—assumptions of, 18–19, 52

—engagement, 43, 60–61

—following up with, 81–82

—getting attention of, 20, 29

—input from, 32, 67–72

—interacting with, 55, 71–72

—knowing your, 17–21

—needs of, 21, 31

—nonverbal cues from, 60

—questions from, 53, 62–63, 67–72

—relationship with, 19

—size of, 17–18

—surveying, 14, 61

—test, 52

background information, 18, 28

breathing, 54, 60

call to action, 33

clothing, 54

colleagues, feedback from, 77–78

contact information, 71

conversational tone, 53, 59

core message, 26, 62

critiques, 75–78

data, supporting, 27–28, 62–63

debriefing, 75–78

deliverables, 14, 20, 38, 71

delivery

—analyzing your, 75–78

—practicing your, 51–55

—tips for, 59–63

engagement, 43, 60–61

equipment, 39–40, 52

eye contact, 60

facial expression, 60

facts, 27–28

feedback, 38, 52, 68, 71, 77–78

flexibility, 61–63

follow-up, with audience, 71, 81–82

goals

—conflicts in attendees’, 19

—defining, 11–14, 26

humor, 61. See also anecdotes

information, background, 18, 28

input, from audience, 32

jargon, 53

main point, defining, 26

mental preparatio...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• The Key to Presenting
• Why Give a Presentation?
• Define Your Goal
• Know Your Audience
• Craft Your Message
• Identify Your Resources
• Plan the Visuals
• Practice Your Delivery
• Deliver Your Presentation
• Manage the Response
• Debrief Your Presentation
• Follow Up with the Audience
• Learn More
• Sources
• Index
• Back Cover