The Goal Of Effective Presentation Skills

The goal of effective presentation skills, in general terms, is to give an effective presentation. Effective presentation skills need to be assessed against this objective. It is important I give my definition of what is an effective presentation so there is understandable context for tips I give on developing effective presentation skills.

In deciding whether a presentation is effective it needs to considered from two parties perspective - the audience and the presenter. From an audience point of view an effective presentation is where they have benefited from listening from it - e.g. they have been updated and understand a situation, they now understand something better, or they have been entertained etc.

The presenter will have their own objectives and determines the effectiveness of the presentation by how well they achieved them - e.g. they have successfully informed or explained something to the audience, convinced the audience to take a certain course of action etc.

Effective presentation skills are the skills that result in a presentation that meets the objectives of the audience and the presenter.