John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Leadership

Idea 86: Planning and writing the presentation

The key elements in planning and writing your presentation are:

1. Deciding your objective, which needs to be:
   • Clear.
   • Specific.
   • Measurable.
   • Achievable in the time available.
   • Realistic.
   • Challenging.
   • Worthwhile.
   • Participative.
2. Making a plan with a framework which has:
   • A beginning (including introductory remarks, statement of objectives and relevance and an outline of the presentation).
   • A middle (divided into up to six sections maximum, ensuring that the main points are illustrated and supported by examples or evidence, use summaries and consider the time allocation carefully – and test it).
   • An end (summarize, linking conclusions with objectives and end on a high note).

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