X204 Project

How many of you consider yourselves to be good at presentations? I know I am not the best, but hopefully by the end of this post you will learn a few ways to improve and what makes a presentation good. I watched a Ted Talk, about being “Inside the mind of a master procrastinator” by Tim Urban. I will dissect the following presentation and what he did that made it successful.

• Strong introduction

1. He started off with a story
2. You could start off with a quote or a story to grab the audience’s attention.

• Talked to the Audience

1. Urban prepared a presentation that addressed the targeted audience, people who do and don’t procrastinate
2. He maintained eye contact with as many people as he could

• The Floor was his Stage

1. The speaker used body movements to emphasis on his points
2. The speaker was entertaining and humorous

• Used Visuals but didn’t overdo it

1. The speaker used pictures to demonstrate how the mind of a procrastinator works, this included funny graphics.
2. He did not read from his visuals
3. The visuals went along with what he was talking about at the moment

• Keep it simple

1. Focus on the main message
2. Don’t use complex vocabulary that well confuse the audience. Urban used simple words.

Here is the link to the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU

I hope today you learned a few things that make a presentation good and that you use these for future presentations. We are not all great at presenting, but we can most definitely improve.

Lilia Perez Business Major- IUPUC.