Captivate Your Audience: 10 Tips for Speakers at Author Nation

Get ready to wow the crowd in Las Vegas with a presentation that’s informative, engaging, and unforgettable. We want to equip you with the tools to deliver your best talk yet, so we’ve compiled these 10 powerful tips:
1. Dream Big, Deliver Bigger: Aim high! This is your chance to craft your most impactful presentation ever. Share your knowledge generously, leaving attendees feeling enriched.
2. Clarity is King: Ditch the jargon and complex language. Explain your ideas plainly, using relatable examples, stories, and specifics.
3. The Stage Isn’t for Bragging: Focus on providing value, not promoting yourself. Leave your company and sales pitches at home.
4. Slides: Enhance, Don’t Replace: Slides are visual aids, not teleprompters. Use concise text, large fonts (42pt+), and common sans-serif fonts (think Helvetica or Verdana) for readability. Avoid cramming information into corners and stick to the broadcast-safe zones.
5. A Seamless Finish: Respect your fellow speakers and audience. End your talk on time.
6. Rehearse, Refine, Repeat: Practice your delivery for clarity, impact, and most importantly, timing.
7. Deadline Alert: October 1st: Get those handouts and slides polished and uploaded by October 1st, 2024. This allows time for final tweaks and lets you focus on refining your presentation.
8. Hook ‘Em Fast: Grab attention from the get-go with a compelling story. Remember, you’re a storyteller at heart!
9. Introduction: Short & Sweet: We already know you’re amazing, that’s why you’re here! Keep your intro concise – under a minute, preferably.
10. Be Part of the Community: Make sure your Author Nation Community info is up-to-date!
By following these tips, you’ll be well on your way to delivering a presentation that informs, inspires, and leaves a lasting impression on the Author Nation audience. We can’t wait to see you in Vegas!
Love these, Chelle!
In #6, you use the word Repeat which I would like to, ahem, repeat and suggest that speakers repeat key takeaways several times during their presentation. There will dozens (if not hundreds) of talks, presentations, and workshops, what word or sentence might you repeat so that at the end of the talk (or even the end of the day), the audience remembers it?
For example, I’m taking Jim Kwik’s Superbrain course right now (LOVE it) and I swear, he says every single lesson, “Practice is Progress.”
Great 10 tips!