Reading this article will take you only 9 minutes — 9 minutes to?find out how to draft great presentations and to become a more effective?and?convincing?presenter. Nine minutes which can change your?professional – and most likely – also your personal life.
閱讀這篇文章只會花費(fèi)你9分鐘的時(shí)間——用9分鐘的時(shí)間發(fā)現(xiàn)如何起草一場偉大的演說，同時(shí)變成一個(gè)更有說服力的演講者。這九分鐘可以改變你的職業(yè)生涯，甚至是你的個(gè)人生活。

1. Use multimedia wisely.
1. 智慧地使用多媒體。

Presentations must be both verbal and visual. Don′t overwhelm your audience with too much information, animations and pictures. Question: Can your visual be understood in 3 seconds? If not, don't use it!
演說應(yīng)該是包含了聽覺和視覺兩方面的。不要給你的聽眾提供過多的信息，動(dòng)畫和圖片。想想：你的這些圖像可以在3秒內(nèi)被理解嗎？如果不能，那就不要用它！

2. Include short stories to explain your main points.
2. 用短小的故事表達(dá)你的主要觀點(diǎn)。

The best presenters illustrate their points with the use of stories, especially personal ones. Stories are easy to remember for your audience.
最優(yōu)秀的演說家往往用故事來表達(dá)觀點(diǎn)，特別是個(gè)人親身經(jīng)歷的事情。因?yàn)楣适峦菀妆挥^眾記住。

3. Respect your audience.
3. 尊重你的觀眾。

There are three components involved in a presentation: the audience, you, and the medium (e.g. PowerPoint). The goal is to create a kind of harmony among the three. But above all, the most important thing is that you get your audience involved and engaged.
一場演講包含三個(gè)組成部分：觀眾，你，還有媒介（比如，演示文稿）。我們的目標(biāo)是讓這三者和諧共處。但最重要的一點(diǎn)是，你要調(diào)動(dòng)起觀眾的積極性，讓他們參與進(jìn)來。

4. Limit your ideas to one main idea per slide.
4. 每一頁幻燈片只表達(dá)一個(gè)主要觀點(diǎn)。

If you have a complicated slide with lots of different data, it may be better to break it up into 2-3 different slides.
如果你有一張幻燈片，上面包含了不同的數(shù)據(jù)，你最好把它分成2到3張幻燈片。

5. Move away from the podium.
5. 不要一直呆在講臺上。

Connect with your audience. If at all possible get closer to your audience by moving away from or in front of the podium.
與你的觀眾交流。如果可以的話，盡量離開講臺。

6. Take it slowly.
6. 語速放慢。

When we are nervous we tend to talk too fast. Get a videotape of one of your presentations to see how you did — you may be surprised at the pace of your talk.
當(dāng)我們感到緊張的時(shí)候，往往會加快語速。觀摩一下自己的一場演講錄影——你可能會被自己的語速嚇到。

7. Keep the lights on
7. 不要關(guān)燈。

If you are speaking in a meeting room, etc. the temptation is to turn the lights off so that the slides look better. Turning the lights off puts all the focus on the screen. The audience should be looking at you more than the screen.
如果你在一間會議室里做演講，你會想關(guān)掉房間的燈，以便更清楚地看到幻燈片上的內(nèi)容。關(guān)燈將會把所有的關(guān)注都集中在屏幕上。但實(shí)際上，觀眾應(yīng)該關(guān)注的是你，而不是屏幕。

8. Keep it simple.
8. 保持簡單易懂。

Avoid cluttered slides. Be brave and use lots of "white space" or, how the pros call it, "negative space." The less "chunk“ you have on your slide, the more powerful your message will become. Already Leonardo da Vinci knew: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
避免雜亂無章的幻燈片。勇敢一點(diǎn)，并且大量使用“空白區(qū)域”，或者如專家所稱的“負(fù)空間”。你幻燈片上的垃圾越少，你傳達(dá)的信息就會越強(qiáng)。達(dá)芬奇早就知道這個(gè)道理：“簡約是復(fù)雜的最高境界”

9. Talk "to" the audience.
9. “面對”觀眾說話。

Never turn your back towards the audience. You do not want to conduct a monologue with the screen. Look at your audience instead and make good eye contact. Try looking at individuals rather than scanning the group.
千萬不要背對觀眾。你并不像跟屏幕演一場獨(dú)角戲吧?？粗愕挠^眾并且常常跟他們眼神交流。試著專注看每一個(gè)觀眾，而不是掃視一群人。?