How do you make your presentations?

Hi Luis;

First few slides included an agenda and objectives. Throughout the presentation/ discussion, I repeated the key points, and at the end I had only three key takeaways.
The client still wanted a detailed presentation for future reference, so that is part of the reason why I still kept the detailed slide deck. The point I think most agree on is that the slide/ presentation should be more of a support tool for the presenter to aid in the discussion. There is no point in reading slides bullet by bullet to the audience, as after 15 minutes of that, you will have already lost their interest. In summary, the feedback seemed to be very positive, such that I will likely be providing the same presentation to others within the directorate in the near future.

Less wordy the slides the better. If the slides are too wordy then people tend to focus more on the slides than you. I typically leave bullet points on the presentation and elaborate when I am presenting. (Key facts, Metrics, etc). Also being prepared makes you more confident. You can have all the knowledge in the world but if you are not prepared for a presentation, you will very quickly lose your audience.

Dear Stéphane:
Thanks for sharing your opinion and especially the concept of "learning by doing".
Coincidence.
I was Sponsor of and later President of PMI Portugal Toastmasters Club.
(Interestingly the Toastmasters sent me a Club Sponsor certificate and I'm still waiting for PMI to tell me something about it :-))
When I was evaluator or general evaluator I often repeated: instead "Show me your PowerPoint", "Make your Point, show me your Power"
Only in advanced speeches do we learn to use PowerPoint
Do you use strategy "Make your Point, show me your Power" in your presentations?