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Powerful Presentations
Why do you need Openers, Puzzlers and Energizers?
Just because your audience is there physically does not mean they are there mentally. Give them a challenge, a puzzle and a message to discuss around your topic as a launching pad or anchor for your presentation or training session.
Preface
In 451 BC, Confucius said, “What I hear, I forget; what I see, I remember; but what I do,
I understand.” This book, as is true of all the books we’ve written on presentations and
training, is based on the premise that the more we involve people in our presentations, the more they’ll remember and the more likely they will be to act on what they’ve seen, heard and experienced.
That’s the goal of this new volume—to provide you with powerful, easy-to-use templates
that you can drop your content into and create compelling involvement between your
audience and your content. This book can certainly be read cover to cover – and if you
choose that method then be sure to use a highlighter and some tape flags to mark
activities you can use now – and those that you readily see have future value.
Don’t be afraid, though, to use this as a cookbook. If you’re making an entrée, you don’t
read the entire cookbook – you simply go to the entree section. So if you’re looking for a
visual puzzler, check out the table of contents, and feel free to jump around.
Remember, too, that one of the most important points is that whatever you do, it must
relate to both your audience and your content. When everything you do is relevant, you’ll
get little or no push back about the audience being asked to participate. So press on, read on, and enjoy, but most importantly – use what you find on these pages.
Super Closers(12), Openers (15), Reviews (12), and Energizers (27)
Each activity has a Purpose, Audience, Time Needed, Materials Needed, Budget or Cost, Application, Process, Cautions, and Variations.
Preface
Someone has wisely remarked: “If you took all the bored participants from presentations, training sessions and meetings and laid them end to end – THEY’D BE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE!” Well, the purpose of SCORE! is to give you – the presenter, trainer or facilitator – lots of ideas so your participants don’t have to lie down to be more comfortable – they’ll be challenged and stimulated by your presentation!
Between the covers are Super Closers, Openers, Review techniques and Energizers! Rich and Doug have pulled together a variety of resources that you’ll be able to modify, adjust and adapt, then use with your own training. Use an opener instead of an icebreaker to begin a session or module with fun, energy and content-related material to help participants focus right out of the gate. Use a closer before break or at the end of the day to tie things together, action plan and celebrate what they’ve learned. Don’t review! Revisit content which requires participants to interact with the information helping put the knowledge into long-term memory. Finally, energize: what to do when participants, especially in the afternoon, lose focus and energy. Talking faster just won’t do it. Neither will putting people on the spot with pointed questions. But relevant involvement of the entire class will!
This is a cookbook. You don’t have to read every page and try every recipe. Use the table of contents to help you focus on what you’re hungriest for right now. I know you’ll have a great meal – and come back for more!
