In this episode of Basic Bananas TV, Franziska and Christo talk about their insights from presenting at TEDx. They discuss five key elements to make your presentation memorable.

1:07s Scripted vs flow
3.00s The power of humour
5:40s Are you a tiger, a lion or an owl?

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Transcription:
Christo:                                   Hey there, guys. Welcome back to Basic Bananas TV. Today we have a tip for you. We’ve just been at the Tedx presentation today. Tedx is where there’s all those different inspiring speakers talking about different topics, innovative topics. We presented, we were super stoked to present, it was pretty cool. I think we can give ourselves [crosstalk 00:00:23] a pat on the back. That was really cool. We were super stoked to have gotten to present at Tedx, and because the Tedx presentations are all short, you get 18 minutes or less each presenter. We got to see a bunch of different presenters throughout the day today, so we thought we’d share a tip on what makes a good presentation.

Franziska:                         Yeah.

Christo:                                   What makes a good Ted presentation, but then you can apply it to doing [crosstalk 00:00:49] any talk or any presentation that you’re going to do. There’s some lessons that you can take away and these are lessons that you can take away and apply immediately.

Franziska:                         We thought we’d give you 5 quick tips here. The first one is scripted versus flow, and here is a quick shoutout to my friend Maria, who I had discussed this with in earlier. She asked me, “Are you really scripting your talk for Tedx, because obviously 18 minutes is really tight?” I said, “No, we have it roughly outlined, but I want to leave enough room for flow.” With any presentation you will sometimes notice, some presentations are very scripted and some are a little bit more flowy, or leave room for flow.

It’s actually the same even when you run videos. This one here is one such video where we don’t have a script, we have bullet points. You have to find your own method, but for me personally, I like just bullet points. I know I’m going to talk about this, this, and this, but I know enough the topic to just let the flow happening. That’s the first little tip, either scripted or flow, or on a spectrum between scripted and flow, you choose wherever you want to be.

Christo:                                   Yeah, that’s a good point. Wherever you sit naturally in. Tip number 2 for this one, to make a good presentation, is having a clear core message. Sometimes the message will be clear to you, as a presenter, I remember seeing today a bunch of different presenters at Ted in all different areas. Sometimes people take you on this journey and you kind of come away from it thinking wow, that was good and was entertaining. However, then we forget what it’s kind of all about. It’s good to reinforce the core message throughout the core message a couple of times, 2-3 times to reinforce what its about, and not having here’s 15 different messages to take away from the one presentation, but just the 1 or 2, because people aren’t going to go away and remember 15 core messages that you shared. If it’s succinct, maybe 1-2, but really, what’s the one main main umbrella message that you want to send people away with …

Franziska:                         Exactly.

Christo:                                   So they’re very clear on that and making sure that people walk away, it’s like you’ve armed them with that knowledge to then go away and they’ll remember you.

Franziska:                         The third one is humor, and really humor combined with education. There is some sort of code, I can’t remember it anymore, but it’s something about people will learn faster and will remember more if they also had fun doing so. I believe with every talk, with everything, that whenever you present, if you can just add a little bit of humor, people will generally have more fun learning from you, but also they will remember more. Try and add a little bit of humor included with the educational part, and that’s tip number 3.

Christo:                                   Yes, tip number 4 for this presentation is presenting with passion. Sometimes if you watch a presenter, there was one guy who spoke today, he spoke about designing boats. A topic like that, I looked at him, and I thought, “Oh my goodness, I’m not interested in the art of designing a boat.” However, he spoke so well and was passionate about it and into these interesting facts about boat design, that it was really engaging. I was engaged, almost hypnotic for the whole thing. The passion thing comes across, passion is hypnotic no matter how much you know your content, if you then present it in a way that doesn’t come across as very passionate, it can be perceived as though you actually don’t really know the content that well, and it’s disengaging. People aren’t going to want to follow, they’re not going to follow, basically follow along.

In working with hundreds of different business owners each year, we always, our marketing that we teach them brings them a lot of new clients. A lot of these businesses, they still have to have a conversation. We see it happening in sales conversations, too. Whether it’s presenting in front of 500 people or whether its a 1 to 1 conversation, passion is contagious. Speaking about the topic that you’re speaking about with real passion, I always like to say, talk about it as if you were talking about the best holiday you’ve ever had in your life. Then you have that enthusiasm and that excitement when you’re talking and when you’re presenting, and that will be really engaging [crosstalk 00:04:55].

Franziska:                         You know, passion is different for each person. That boat guy, for example, he wasn’t loud or crazy with his hands, he just had that passion in him without really [crosstalk 00:05:05]

Christo:                                   You can tell that he just loved it, he was just excited about it [crosstalk 00:05:08]

Franziska:                         He was excited about it. Then, the last point is your body language, which probably goes with passion. In terms of body langue, you want to make sure that, especially when you present on a stage, you don’t want to walk all the time. You don’t want to be pacing like a tiger or a lion or a wildcat, even though they are the most beatiful animals, I love them, you don’t want to be a tiger on stage. You can be a tiger somewhere else in your life, if you want to be, you want to be the owl, maybe, the steady [crosstalk 00:05:35] stable, rock solid person on stage. You want to have your feet planted and then they’ll know [crosstalk 00:05:42]

Christo:                                   You can move around …

Franziska:                         You definitely can move, but you don’t want to be pacing. In terms of hand movements, you have to do what’s right for you. I definitely talk a bit like an Italian sometimes, and then some people tell you you only have these certain hand movements, but whatever comes natural to you. I definitely use my hands a lot, but it’s natural. I don’t practice my movements, they just come. Whatever is natural for you, just maybe watch yourself do it and decide whether it’s too much or too little, but make sure that you are aware of your body language, because your body language talks a lot. Those are the 5 quick strategies that we wanted to share with you today. If you know someone who is presenting a lot, or someone who is doing talks, or even sales talks, make sure you share this video with them so they can take some of these tips on board.

Christo:                                   Yes.

 

 


Transcription:
Christo:                                   Hey there, guys. Welcome back to Basic Bananas TV. Today we have a tip for you. We’ve just been at the Tedx presentation today. Tedx is where there’s all those different inspiring speakers talking about different topics, innovative topics. We presented, we were super stoked to present, it was pretty cool. I think we can give ourselves [crosstalk 00:00:23] a pat on the back. That was really cool. We were super stoked to have gotten to present at Tedx, and because the Tedx presentations are all short, you get 18 minutes or less each presenter. We got to see a bunch of different presenters throughout the day today, so we thought we’d share a tip on what makes a good presentation.

Franziska:                         Yeah.

Christo:                                   What makes a good Ted presentation, but then you can apply it to doing [crosstalk 00:00:49] any talk or any presentation that you’re going to do. There’s some lessons that you can take away and these are lessons that you can take away and apply immediately.

Franziska:                         We thought we’d give you 5 quick tips here. The first one is scripted versus flow, and here is a quick shoutout to my friend Maria, who I had discussed this with in earlier. She asked me, “Are you really scripting your talk for Tedx, because obviously 18 minutes is really tight?” I said, “No, we have it roughly outlined, but I want to leave enough room for flow.” With any presentation you will sometimes notice, some presentations are very scripted and some are a little bit more flowy, or leave room for flow.

It’s actually the same even when you run videos. This one here is one such video where we don’t have a script, we have bullet points. You have to find your own method, but for me personally, I like just bullet points. I know I’m going to talk about this, this, and this, but I know enough the topic to just let the flow happening. That’s the first little tip, either scripted or flow, or on a spectrum between scripted and flow, you choose wherever you want to be.

Christo:                                   Yeah, that’s a good point. Wherever you sit naturally in. Tip number 2 for this one, to make a good presentation, is having a clear core message. Sometimes the message will be clear to you, as a presenter, I remember seeing today a bunch of different presenters at Ted in all different areas. Sometimes people take you on this journey and you kind of come away from it thinking wow, that was good and was entertaining. However, then we forget what it’s kind of all about. It’s good to reinforce the core message throughout the core message a couple of times, 2-3 times to reinforce what its about, and not having here’s 15 different messages to take away from the one presentation, but just the 1 or 2, because people aren’t going to go away and remember 15 core messages that you shared. If it’s succinct, maybe 1-2, but really, what’s the one main main umbrella message that you want to send people away with …

Franziska:                         Exactly.

Christo:                                   So they’re very clear on that and making sure that people walk away, it’s like you’ve armed them with that knowledge to then go away and they’ll remember you.

Franziska:                         The third one is humor, and really humor combined with education. There is some sort of code, I can’t remember it anymore, but it’s something about people will learn faster and will remember more if they also had fun doing so. I believe with every talk, with everything, that whenever you present, if you can just add a little bit of humor, people will generally have more fun learning from you, but also they will remember more. Try and add a little bit of humor included with the educational part, and that’s tip number 3.

Christo:                                   Yes, tip number 4 for this presentation is presenting with passion. Sometimes if you watch a presenter, there was one guy who spoke today, he spoke about designing boats. A topic like that, I looked at him, and I thought, “Oh my goodness, I’m not interested in the art of designing a boat.” However, he spoke so well and was passionate about it and into these interesting facts about boat design, that it was really engaging. I was engaged, almost hypnotic for the whole thing. The passion thing comes across, passion is hypnotic no matter how much you know your content, if you then present it in a way that doesn’t come across as very passionate, it can be perceived as though you actually don’t really know the content that well, and it’s disengaging. People aren’t going to want to follow, they’re not going to follow, basically follow along.

In working with hundreds of different business owners each year, we always, our marketing that we teach them brings them a lot of new clients. A lot of these businesses, they still have to have a conversation. We see it happening in sales conversations, too. Whether it’s presenting in front of 500 people or whether its a 1 to 1 conversation, passion is contagious. Speaking about the topic that you’re speaking about with real passion, I always like to say, talk about it as if you were talking about the best holiday you’ve ever had in your life. Then you have that enthusiasm and that excitement when you’re talking and when you’re presenting, and that will be really engaging [crosstalk 00:04:55].

Franziska:                         You know, passion is different for each person. That boat guy, for example, he wasn’t loud or crazy with his hands, he just had that passion in him without really [crosstalk 00:05:05]

Christo:                                   You can tell that he just loved it, he was just excited about it [crosstalk 00:05:08]

Franziska:                         He was excited about it. Then, the last point is your body language, which probably goes with passion. In terms of body langue, you want to make sure that, especially when you present on a stage, you don’t want to walk all the time. You don’t want to be pacing like a tiger or a lion or a wildcat, even though they are the most beatiful animals, I love them, you don’t want to be a tiger on stage. You can be a tiger somewhere else in your life, if you want to be, you want to be the owl, maybe, the steady [crosstalk 00:05:35] stable, rock solid person on stage. You want to have your feet planted and then they’ll know [crosstalk 00:05:42]

Christo:                                   You can move around …

Franziska:                         You definitely can move, but you don’t want to be pacing. In terms of hand movements, you have to do what’s right for you. I definitely talk a bit like an Italian sometimes, and then some people tell you you only have these certain hand movements, but whatever comes natural to you. I definitely use my hands a lot, but it’s natural. I don’t practice my movements, they just come. Whatever is natural for you, just maybe watch yourself do it and decide whether it’s too much or too little, but make sure that you are aware of your body language, because your body language talks a lot. Those are the 5 quick strategies that we wanted to share with you today. If you know someone who is presenting a lot, or someone who is doing talks, or even sales talks, make sure you share this video with them so they can take some of these tips on board.

Christo:                                   Yes.