1. The 10 rule: This is a slide show given by Guy Kawasaki. This rule declares a PowerPoint presentation should be no more than 10 slides, last more than 20 minutes, and have no text with less than 30 in size. He says no matter if your idea will revolutionize the world, you have to do is explain in detail the important parts in a few minutes, a couple of slides, and a few words per slide.
2. Be funny: Exposures should be fun and informative. I’m not saying you should act like a monkey dancer when given a serious presentation. But unlike an email or an article, people expect some appeal to their emotions. The simple frugal recite facts without any passion or humor, decrease the likelihood that people pay attention to.
3 Slow: nervous speakers and inexperienced tend to speak too fast. Beam deliberately slow your speech and add pauses for emphasis.
4. Visual Contact: Make eye contact with everyone in the place.
5. Summary of 15 words: Could you summarize your idea in fifteen words? If not, rewrite it and try again. Public speaking is an ineffective means of communicating information, so you must know the fifteen important words in order to repeat them.
6. 20-20 rule: Another suggestion for a PowerPoint presentation. It says you have twenty slides with an exact duration of 20 seconds each. 20-20 rule requires us to be concise and keeps people from getting bored.
7. Not read: This is a trifle, but somehow the PowerPoint makes people think they can get away with it. If you do not know your speech without a sign, this will not make you more enjoyable. Instead, it shows you really do not understand your message, it will be a great disappointment to any audience that has put trust in you.
8. Discourses are about stories: If your presentation is going to belong, explain your points through short stories, jokes, and anecdotes. Great speakers know how to use a story to create a connection emotionally between their ideas to the audience.
9. Projecting your voice: Nothing is worse than a speaker who can not be heard. Even in the world of high technology, microphones, and amplifiers, you have to be heard. The projection of the voice does not mean shouting rather stand straight and allow the voice to resonate in the air of the lungs, rather than the throat to produce a clearer sound.
