Your outline template - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems

I chose a seat in the front row of this presentation, because I didn't want to miss anything important. I had been excited all week to learn from this productivity expert, who I was sure would help me finally figure out how to wrangle my unruly, exhausting to do list. I started out having a bunch of aha. And taking copious notes, but pretty soon my hand was hurting and I found myself lost and confused in the content. She was talking so fast and sharing what felt like an endless list of tips and tricks. Ultimately, I gave up and started people watching in the room instead of listening. It was just too overwhelmed. The bummer is this presenter was a well-known expert in productivity and she likely did have solutions for me. She just didn't know how to take her expertise and organize it into a presentation that was compelling and memory. The first step and creating that kind of presentation is structuring your content in the right way. In this lesson, you'll learn about the only presentation outline you'll ever need to Polian for short and how to use it. This is a simple, yet powerful outlining template that can be used for any kind of presentation. You can download your copy of this from the exercise files, but let me walk you through the outline. Step-by-step. First does this format look familiar to you in any way? Like maybe from fifth grade English class, if it does. It's because it's quite similar to your five-part essay with of course, some essential differences. You have an intro you wanted to captivate and engage them immediately. Fun fact, you actually plan out your intro last after you know, everything else you're going to say in this presentation, you have the body of your presentation. This includes your main points, ideally drawn from a brainstorming session and then gathering your best content into themes. Your support points, all help you expand upon or prove out those main points. Of course, you've got transitions between the main points and sections because those signposts are, would help your audience stay connected with where you've been and where you're going. Great presentation. Thoughtful consciously chosen transitions. Finally, you have your conclusion section, which includes the powerhouse elements of your call to action and your happy bliss, both of which help your audience take what you've shared with them and use that content in their life. Beyond the presentation event, I'm telling you, I wish that well-meaning productivity expert, who was speaking at that conference, had this presentation outline. But the good news is you now have it forever. It's easy to get overwhelmed with all the things you could say in a presentation. This flexible template can be used for just about any presentation you're planning, any time, download the worksheet here and keep it handy for all of your upcoming opportunities to present.