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Home / Resources / Guides and tools / Presentation formats

Presentation formats

When presentations don’t have slides

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Some people just seem to nail their presentations and they make it look easy! Here’s a secret, one of the first steps to delivering an outstanding presentation is to determine what format is going to serve your audience best and let you make a connection.

This guide will give you tips on how to determine your presentation format by helping you to consider audience size, presentation setting, and the delivery method that best suits your communication needs.
  • Presentation types
  • Presentation delivery styles
  • Audience size & setting
  • Communicating objectives

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