| Presenters often get caught up in their subject matter and forget some of the basics that allow for clear informative presentations. If you're getting ready to present a session at a virtual event or a webinar, here are some tips to keep in mind. 1) Get the audience's attention by starting with an interesting fact or stat that encapsulates what the presentation is about. 2) Keep your presentation topic narrow in focus. You can't teach someone everything they need to know about a broad topic in one 30- or even 60-minute presentation. The more specific the topic of your presentation is, the more likely you'll deliver on what you've promised to teach. 3) Skip the background and get to the meat of the presentation. If someone has chosen to come to your session or webinar, they usually understand or have experienced the problem. So skip the details about why the topic is important (they know) and jump straight to the solutions you're teaching. 4) Keep the words on the slides to a minimum and use graphics to illustrate the point. It's been said before but it's hard to do. The words and graphics on your slides should illustrate and enhance what you're saying, not serve as a script. If you want your audience to have more details, provide them with a separate document or handout. 5) Keep your presentation very actionable. For most event and webinar presentations, the attendee wants to walk away with a new tip or technique they can use to improve their business. Providing step-by-step instructions or a framework are often successful ways of doing that. 6) Leave your audience with a summary or next steps. Don't make your viewers work hard, leave them with a list of things to get started implementing what you just taught them. | 
