Presentation Basics - Is There A Purpose?

In this presentation basics post I talk about knowing your purpose of your presentation and why that is important.

When there is no purpose to a presentation it is like a ship without a rudder - you and you audience ultimately go nowhere and nothing is achieved.

The selection of the purpose will help determine the type of presentation you give and the materials needed to support it.

The presentation basics purposes I have identified are - to inform, to explain, to persuade or to entertain the audience. In helping determine the purpose it is important to consider - What response do I want the audience to take after the speech? It could be buy something, give money to a charity, to understand quantum physics?

To summarise this presentation basics post is know what you want to achieve with your presentation and be more productive.