What are the secrets to hosting a successful business meeting? While it may be daunting to stand up in front of a room full of business professionals to give a presentation, there are certain keys to leaving your audience with a lasting impression. Be organized, be prepared and have seamless audio visual integration.
Be Organized
There is no worse feeling that speaking in front of a crowd when your notes or your visuals are unorganized. Not only will it throw off the presenter, the crowd may become uninterested and lose focus. It’s vital to practice your presentation beforehand and make sure everything is in order before the day of the event.
Be Prepared
Go into the meeting with a clear focus. What is it that you want to achieve? If you go in with a goal in mind, it will help you prepare to achieve the goal and stay on track.
It’s also a good idea to anticipate questions. Members of the audience may ask about certain topics covered during the presentation or more general questions about your company or your goals.
Have Seamless AV Integration
We live in a world where technology rules. Make sure your audience is able to connect on their laptops, smartphones or tablets and provide them with high-quality audio and visual. If the people in the back of the room can’t hear or see your presentation, chances of success are slim. This is why it’s important to hire a well-trained audio visual team!
CitiView Audio Visual has the tools and expertise you need to help organize your event. We bring your presentation to life by administering state of the art audio, visual, staging, and video streaming services. Call us today at 212-632-5196 to learn more!
How To Make A Business Presentation Stand Out
If you’re not the artistic type, coming up with visual aids for your business presentation can be a nightmare. But there’s a wide range of “good” visuals, from simple posters to complex videos, that can help make your presentation stand out. After all, nobody wants to sit there and hear you speak for hours with nothing to else to look at, right?
A simple speech is a great way to deliver a message, but it won’t necessary make it stand out. Presenting information with visuals can enhance any presentation and help to keep the audience’s attention. Some of the most effective ways to incorporate visual aids include PowerPoints, flip charts and posters.
PowerPoints
With hundreds of offerings including font, audio and images this is a great way to put together some visuals in an organized manner. There are however, a few things you should remember when creating a PowerPoint:
- Just because there are hundreds of fonts, doesn’t mean you should use them all. Throwing in too many whacky ones can throw off the audience, so keep it consistent.
- Choose font colors and backgrounds carefully. Colors like red and green can be difficult to see.
- Don’t put too much information on the slides. Highlight 5 points at maximum and elaborate on them.
Flip Charts
Having a meeting that involves brainstorming ideas? Flip charts are the perfect way to organize your co-workers’ thoughts. Make sure to use a dark marker and write big enough so somebody thats 8 feet away will have no problem reading your notes.
Posters
Believe it or not, something as simple as a poster can help the audience remember a key point. You can keep it simple by adding a few graphics and some text or go all out and have it professionally printed and laminated. Just stay away from posters that are too busy and stick with something that catches the eye.
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How To Host A Successful Corporate Event
A poorly run event can lead to nothing but an expensive cocktail party where interaction is non-existent. Although online communication has taken over the world, face-to-face conversations can still have immeasurable value. So what’s the trick to hosting a successful corporate event?
The first trick is to identify the reason behind your event. Whether it’s to pitch a new product to potential clients, share what’s going on inside the company or something as simple as growing your network you must have a clear objective. As you begin planning the event and brainstorming your goal keep this question in mind, “why are we hosting this event.” It will help you stay on track and maintain a clear focus.
Once you have your objective in mind you can begin thinking about who you want to invite and how to create a buzz. To do this, you need to give them a reason to show up. This can be accomplished by choosing a venue that people are eager to check out, or the special features that will be incorporated. That’s where we come in!
While we can’t generate interactions between your guests, we can surely set you up with a fantastic display. Whether you need projection screens, audio equipment or spectacular lighting we’ve got it all! Contact CitiView Audio Visual today at 212-632-5196.
PowerPoint Presentation Tips
When it comes to PowerPoint presentations a little bit of preparation goes a long way. After all, who wants to sit through another boring slideshow? Want to learn how to add a little pep to your presentation? See below for a few tips:
- One Step At A Time: in order to keep your audience focused on what you are saying, it’s a bad idea to display multiple bullet points at once. If you put up the entire slide at the beginning, they will likely read the entire thing before you hit on each point. Stick to showing one topic or focal point and move on to the next only once you have finished the previous thought.
- Keep It Short And Sweet: stay away from paragraphs. Big chunks of text will cause your audience to lose attention and become bored. The slides are there to highlight important points, not to display your entire presentation.
- Ask Questions: provoke some thought, arouse interest and keep the people engaged. There’s no better way to do this than by asking questions. Give them a short quiz to test their knowledge.
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April Cook
I really appreciate your tip to have seamless audio visual integration. Problems with this can ruin your entire meeting or presentation. No one wants to sit around while the presenter tries to figure out how to get he speakers to work! I’ll make sure to take your suggestion and use an audio visual team I need to present something. Thanks for this great information!