10 tips for powerful persuasive presentations

Craft presentations that move your audience

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What you'll learn

You have important ideas to communicate, and presentations are an effective way to deliver them. However, delivering a presentation that succeeds isn’t as simple as getting up and reciting facts—even if those facts are extremely compelling. You need to do more with your presentation: tell a relatable story, design compelling slides, build suspense to engage your audience, and more. We’ve studied history’s best presentations to understand what makes them so powerful and have pulled together ten tips that will help you craft presentations that persuade. Read this document as you’re finalizing your presentation and use our checklist to more clearly convey your ideas and get your audience to support your message.

Creating powerful presentations
Knowing your audience
Presentation checklist

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