05 Oct Roadmaps and Guardrails
At Eloqui, we train clients to work off an outline when preparing and delivering their presentations. Some resist, wanting to be “polished and perfect” or get every word just right– which can create presentation train wrecks. Backing us up is the recently published book What we Forget and How to Remember Better which is a 2024 PROSE Award Winner in Biomedicine and Neuroscience.
Authors Kensinger and Budson sound like Eloqui trainers, as their conclusions mirror ours. For example, they say “An outline is a roadmap for your presentation, providing a structured flow of your main points without locking you into a script.“ And “The practice of creating and rehearsing with an outline helps you internalize the core ideas and structure, rather than just the words.”
We also agree with Kensinger and Budson that memorized presentations sound canned and dull, whereas outlines elicit authentic delivery and audience engagement.
If you’ve ever attempted to memorize content, you know that If you miss one word or phrase, you can freeze and the presentation crashes. Few people outside of trained actors can make a script sound like natural speaking. Besides, do you really have the time to write out and memorize a lengthy presentation?
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