Fleshing out your content - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems

Well, it's important to have a clear core message and a structure for your talk. Those two elements alone. Aren't enough for a presentation. You might be wondering, what do I actually say during my presentation in this lesson, I'm going to share with you two ways to go from a great structure to a fully fleshed out presentation. Some of us love to write. We access our best ideas when we create the space and time to sit down with a pen and paper in front of our computer and just lay it all out there on the page for some of us writing is torturous. Actually I fit in that category. So going from an outline, which is pretty easy to pull together with a clear template to a fully fleshed out presentation can still feel. So instead of forcing myself to sit in front of a computer, I pick up my iPhone and my AirPods and I start walking and talking. I grab a printed copy of my outline and I talk each section through out loud after I've done this a few times, I record my. In essence, creating a full draft. And as far as people I walk by on the streets, now I'm chatting with a friend or a work colleague. Once I'm finished, I upload my recording to a transcription service. So I can then have my presentation written out. Now this is a great strategy for making a first draft, but what do you do with your draft? Do you turn it into a perfect script that you'll follow for your presentation? Or do you turn your draft into an outline you could bring to your presentation with. My advice is that while scripting can feel good in the moment, and for some people, it creates a sense of being better prepared. It's not a good idea for most presentations. When you rely on a script, you're requiring memorization. Or reading, neither of which feels as genuine as extemporaneous speaking. This is simply speaking in the way that comes to you best in that given moment, based on what you've outlined, it's prepared speaking, but not memorized speech. So rather than committing to a script, write out or talk through your content, whichever works best for you. Work through a couple of drafts again, either by writing them or talking them through multiple times. When you get to a place where you feel really clear about the most important content for your presentation, create a written version. Yeah. Fleshed out outline. Now you have content clarity with flexibility for extemporaneous speaking during delivery. Every time you talk through that outline, you'll get more familiar with the messages and refine the way you express the ideas. When it comes time for the actual presentation, you'll be able to really bring your presentation to life.