And now we move on to step number 4, which is to "Introduce Your Agenda." I recommend
you use a PowerPoint for this step, and the slide should look something like this.
The purpose of this step is to show your audience the takeaways for your presentation -- the
things they get to "take away" and use tomorrow after listening to your presentation.
Don't read the slide. They're adults. They can read. Instead, just give them a moment
to read it themselves, and introduce your agenda by summarizing what you'll be doing.
You do this by mentioning the number of takeaways you'll be giving them, and paraphrasing the
goal of your presentation.
Here's what it looks like:
"I'm going to show you 5 steps to deliver a killer opener."
What would this look like for you?
The last step is Step 5 Give a Credible Statement.
You can do this by giving relevant or compelling data to your audience to support your message.
Remember how I did this at the beginning of this video?
I said, "You probably already know that delivering great presentations is critical to advance
your career, but did you know that research says that most adults will stop listening
to your presentation within the first 10 minutes if they aren't convinced there's something
in it for them?"
When you do this within the first 2 minutes of your presentation, your audience starts
to trust you. Without bragging, your listeners start to think "oooh this guy knows what he's
talking about"
Done.