lead from the front of the room
DESCRIPTION
This is a presentation that I did about how to make your presentations audience centered so that you could lead from the front of the room.TRANSCRIPT
Lead from the front of the Room
We shared what we knew
We read from slides like these
Our audience left confused
I wish I knew what I was
supposed to get from that !
Should you Lead From the Front?
50/50 chance
When you don’t:
It’s a roll of the dice about whether or not
You are actually leading your audience to do what you want them to do
People Connect With your Information
Coach
Mentor
Teacher
Me
• Run Social Change Diva- A leadership development firm
• I focus on the structure of the content and secondly design
• Ran annual conference for over 1000 attendees
• Recruited speakers and coached them on their presentations
What I know for sure is that
• The Material
• The Audience
• The Format
if you focus on:
You will lead from the front of the room
Material
• Sift through, what is nice to know vs .need to know
• Make it digestable, gain influence
The Material
You will have too much information
• Edit it by asking yourself:
– If they don’t understand this then what I am telling them does not make sense
– If they do not know
how to do this, then they will not be able to do this
Be relentless in asking:
What is nice for them to know
VSWhat do they need
to know
The Audience
Find out the answers to
these questions
• What do they know about your topic
• How are they going to benefit (WIIFM)
• Why are they interested in this subject
But, most importantly
What do you want them to THINK or be able to DO
When they walk out the door:
What do they know about your
topic
• Is this completely new• Is this a refresher• Is it too basic
How do I benefit from this OR What is in it for me?
(WIIFM)
The benefits you state (confidence, more skills, Money, love of your life)
+Their own
conclusions
Why Do I (insert name) Care?(Hint: make it personal)
•If you know something about them, this is the time to show it .
•Relate to them
• Give some common knowledge, assumptions or applications about what you are telling them
Make it Personal
What are the 3 things you want them to do or know?
1. 2.3.
When they walk out the door,
The Format The “Best” Format
• Information Transfer
• Awareness Building
I want them to KNOW
something
• Skills Building
• Professional Development
I want them to DO
something
Information Transfer
DefinitionTo inform the learner. Teaching participants about a subject.
Information Transfer
To inform the learner. Teaching participants about a subject.
FormatLecture and Q & A
Awareness
To get people’s attention or raise their awareness about an issue, topic or concern.
Awareness
Format•Lecture•Q & A•Self Report- “ When I came in I was ____, but now I am ____.
To get people’s attention or raise their awareness about an issue, topic or concern.
Skills Building
To teach a task or specific technique. Learners develop specific, oral, written or physical skills
Skills Building
• Format– Lecture – Hands-On- Activity– Demonstrations and Drills
To teach a task or specific technique. Learners develop specific, oral, written or physical skills
Professional Development
To increase the learners knowledge as it relates to non-technical aspects of his or her job.
Professional Development
To increase the learners knowledge as it relates to non-technical aspects of his or her job.
• Format– Brief Lecture– Discussions– Group Activities– Action Plans
If you:
Get to know your audience ahead of time and tailor your materials to what they need to know
AND If you deliver information in a format
that is easy to follow and immediately applicable;
THEN
lead from the front of the room?
YOU WILL
My offer
• Office Hours Thursday and Friday
• Brief Blueprint coming out soon
• One on One Coaching
Thank youReady to Lead?