Presentation

 

What is a presentation?

A presentation is an activity to express your ideas, or point of view in public or to an audience, or persuade the audience to take a specific decision. It could be pitching an idea, presenting your research, launching new products/plans, and many more.

Your presentation should match with your business or the idea that you are trying to present. Therefore, you need to understand what type of presentation is perfect for your presentation. Now let’s look at different types of presentations.

Types of Presentation

1.     Informative Presentations

2.     Instructive Presentations

3.     Persuasive Presentations

4.     Motivational Presentations

5.     Decision-Making Presentations

6.     Progress Presentations

Informative presentation

An informative presentation is a presentation where the audience is educated about a particular topic. The information will be to the point and concise, for example, a presentation for new employees about the rules and policies of the company. This has to be concise and to the point and in an easy-to-understand way.

Instructive Presentation

This type of presentation is used when you want to teach about a particular topic, which is similar to an informative presentation but here we go in depth. A person who attends this type of presentation will attend to learn something new and better understand the topic. Examples of this type of presentation can be, workshops, webinars, training, etc

Persuasive Presentation

Here with this type of presentation, the intention is to convince or persuade the audience to take certain actions. Here they usually present a problem that is there and then they give a solution to that problem. Examples of persuasive presentations are business pitches and sales proposals.

Motivational Presentation

One of the best examples of motivational presentations is TED talks. A lot of motivational people use TED talks to inspire and motivate people. Motivational presentations in the business world need not be as motivating as TED talks but for example, presenting a company overview can be used to motivate the employees by telling the story of how the company started and has accomplished so much.

Decision-Making Presentation

 Usually when there is a problem and there are multiple steps that can be taken that lead to different outcomes, can get a little confusing to choose a particular step to solve the problem. With the help of a decision-making presentation, we can make the process a little easier. For example, if a company is facing a fall in sales then during their meeting a presentation can be done talking about the problem and different steps that can be taken in order to get the sales back up.

Progress Presentation

For example, a company starts a project of constructing a commercial complex. Then they need to present the status of the project, the progress and how much time it will need to finish as it nears the deadline. These are the things that are usually discussed in the progress presentation.

Types of presentation styles.

1.     Visual Style

2.     Freeform Style

3.     Instructor Style

4.     Coach Style

5.     Storytelling Style

6.     Connector Style

Visual Style

This style is for you if you really feel that the sole purpose of slides is to support your talking points. Strong public speakers, visionaries, and storytellers may find that they need to invest a bit more effort in using this speaking style in order to captivate their audience, but the rewards can be enormous. This style is useful if you have to present in front of a very large audience.

Freeform style

Slides are not necessary for this kind of spontaneous presentation. Instead, the speaker uses compelling stories to support his argument. If you have a brief presenting window and are very familiar with your talking points, this presentation approach will work best for you. For example, Elevator pitches, impromptu meetings, etc.

Instructor style

Like your old lecturers and professors, you may convey complicated ideas using figures of speech, metaphors, and tonnes of substance by employing this presentation style. You should employ high-impact images to reinforce your points and keep the audience interested in your presentation, and your decks should be organised logically to help you deliver them.

Coach style

This presentation approach is more appealing to presenters who are animated and charismatic. Combining role-playing and listener participation, it enables them to connect and engage with their audience.

Storytelling style

For audience engagement in this manner of speaking, the speaker frequently uses anecdotes and examples. Stories bring your learning points to life, and the TED Commandments never fail to deliver: express your emotions and share your tale honestly.

Connector style

By emphasising their similarities to their listeners, presenters in this technique engage their audience. Connectors frequently utilise gestures and like freeform Q&A sessions. Additionally, they strongly encourage audience participation and criticism of what they say.