Preparation - The key to that "perfect presentation"

When deciding on the content of your presentation, detailed research can make your job easier.   You can establish what facts you must cover as well as research into the makeup of your audience can pay excellent dividends.   Your speech will be up-to-date and can even give them a glimpse of the future that will impress and inform.   It's a good idea to begin with acknowledging their present level of expertise and then come up with some additional facts.   This ties you in with the audience and starts them nodding their heads in agreement.   Phrases such as "As you know" or "These facts are evident to all of you present" create a bond of knowledge between you and your audience.   Then you expand on those facts with new information keeping to the positive side by suggesting that "I'm sure you will all agree with".

Collect up bits and pieces of facts for your presentations in your everyday experience, listen to news items about your particular area of interest and make notes.   You may also collect newspaper clippings of editorials or articles that may germane to a future presentation.   This "fact finding research" can add to you body of knowledge and make you a highly respected intellect and well worth listening to.   Remember, "An enquiring mind is a fertile place for personal growth".   Make copious notes; do not depend on your memory.   You will remember everything you read or witness but writing it down will assure your processing of the information and the placing it in it's proper context.

Keep your language in the proper context by referring to these areas of comprehension:   listening- "You must have heard of this…" visual- "You see what I mean", tactile - "I'm sure you feel the same way about this".   Never cross contexts whenever possible, people have a better understanding when you keep your speech in context.