Identify your strengths and introduce powerful techniques that can have enormous impact on your business. We will reinforce critical basics and sharpen your professional edge. Deepen your client relationships, dramatically improve your sales results, and enhance your professional profile.

Deliver powerful speeches and sales presentations totally from memory!

Memorize your presentation in half the time and deliver it confidently- without the stress of forgetting your words!

Learn how to memorize all the information vital to doing business like names, numbers, market statistics, product and client information, to do lists

Spend less time on training while increasing retention.

Kristin is a professional speaker in Portland Oregon leading sales trainings, sales and management meetings. Kristin spends much of her time teaching memory training and presentation skills workshops!

 Starting Your Presentation

We all know the enormous value of a powerful presentation.

A Powerful Presentation Can Help You:
• Position yourself as an industry expert
• Receive free publicity
• Gain exposure and name recognition quickly
• Build rapport and trust more easily with prospects
• Raise your professional profile at work
• Garner a raise or promotion
• Boost sales by reaching more prospects at one time
• Attract your ideal client
• Dominate a niche market
• Educate your clientèle rather than sell, sell, sell
• Lead more effective meetings at work
• Enhance your closing ratio
• Double your referral business
• Create sales momentum
• And more

Knowing this, many people are nervous about how to best start their presentation. How do you structure your opening or introduction? How long should it be and what should it include?

In my experience an opening does not need to be long-winded, nor should it be a monologue on your greatness. While you do want to introduce people to who you are, and you do want to create a sense of expertise, you do not want to sound ego-driven either. That is not a good way to form a quick bond with your audience.

The Key Elements of Your Introduction

• The topic of your presentation "The Top Ten Reasons to Buy Your First Home Now"
• Your name and brief qualifications "My name is"
• The amount of time you will be speaking "Thirty minutes"
• A funny comment, interesting quote, or attention-grabbing statement "A funny thing can happen when..."
• The three (or more) main points you will cover "You are going to discover three key reasons...."

Topic & Time Commitment.
There are two questions going through people’s head when you start speaking. What is this person talking about and how long will they be talking? So the sooner you answer them, the sooner people can relax and listen to what you are saying.

Do not over complicate this. It can be as simple as the title of your presentation or seminar and the length of your program.

“Today’s program should leave you feeling inspired and encouraged, because for the next 30 minutes we’re going to be talking about how you, or someone you care about, can become a first time home buyer.”

“This is going to be very eye-opening for some of you today. For the next half hour, we’re going to be talking about how you can use your IRA to purchase investment property.”

Finish this article, and learn more about how to improve your presentation skills on Thompson Professional Development's blog.