Small Business Column: Top tips on how to do a great presentation

Presentations can often be quite daunting, yet at some point, your business will have to do one.

Recently, I did a Smarter Egg talk in Ballincollig where I spoke about how we should embrace failure and how it’s a greater part of our lives than we think it is. So, here are some ideas I learned on making a good presentation.

* It needs to be you: People come to a presentation for two things — to be informed and to hear your take on the subject matter. This means you need to be you, and convey your passion for what you’re talking about. That means few words on the screen, no scripts, and keeping your head up. You want people to be interested in what you’re saying, so sound interested yourself!