You’re sitting down to start your new presentation. You know you have a lot of slides to build. Where to start? The end – course!
Most presenters start at the beginning, creating slides in order without really thinking about what they want to achieve.
But the best presentation thinking actually starts at the end.
Start by thinking about the end goal for your presentation – what do you want to achieve? Do you want your audience to change their minds? Understand a new technology? Commit investment to your company?
Now that you have that down, think about the end conclusions to get there. Next think about the supporting points for each of those conclusions. Build out each supporting point.
By starting with the end-goal in mind, you can build a better and more compelling presentation. And you can probably do it in less time since you’ll be focused on what you want to achieve rather than getting lost in the weeds of the unimportant.