If you know the goal of your presentation, you can reverse engineer the points you need to cover. After this lesson, you'll be able to identify the overarching goal of your presentation.
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What do you think is the most often missed question during presentation preparation? It's this, what is your goal for this presentation and the price for skipping? This part can be pretty high because without that goal, as your sign post, you might spend all this time creating a presentation that doesn't even get you and your audience where you really want it to go. But if you know the goal of your presentation, you can reverse engineer the points you need to cover in this video. I'm going to walk you through the process of identifying your goal for your presentation. So you're ready to make sure it takes you where you want and need to. So before you start choosing what content to include or mapping out your slide deck, or thinking of the fabulous stories you plan to tell you need to get this single question answered with absolute clarity. The good news is defining your goal for your presentation is simple. First, take a step back from every idea you've had for what you will say. Do and create for this presentation. You want a fresh high-level view for this part, then answer these questions. Why am I creating this presentation? Why does this matter enough to me to do the work of creating an engaging experience? Do you want them to sign up for your program or buy your product or do you want them to feel excited to try the new software being rolled out? Company-wide you might have. 'cause I want my team to see how far we've come on this project in spite of all the setbacks or possibly your answer is more like my boss wants me to deliver a status report every month. And I want to show that I have a handle on this project, whatever your reason you need to know this ahead of time, so that you choose content that builds toward that goal. The next question is what outcome do I want from having delivered this presentation? In many cases, this is a direct extension of your answer to question one, for example, if your reason for creating this presentation is that you want your boss to know you have a handle on this project. Then the outcome might be, I want my boss to continue the hands-off approach they've been taking with me as I lead this. Ideally the answer to this second question leads to a measurable goal though. It's not required at this stage. So it might sound more like the outcome I want from this presentation is that my boss changes our meetings from a monthly meeting to a quarterly one. See how setting your goal will allow you to choose content that leads specifically to that out. As you move toward the crafting of the content of this presentation. Take a moment to get crystal clear on exactly what your goal is from here on out. Most of what we do is about your audience and what they want. So this foundation sets you up for mutual success for both you and your audience.