Maximum Impact: Organizing Your Presentation

Abstract

The outline has proven to be a useful organizational technique for preparing a presentation. This article discusses three approaches to constructing an outline, all of which address the issue of how many points and sub-points should be used to make the presentation as effective and compelling as possible. The first model is a summary of Cicero's six rules of discourse, the second explores Montre's Motivated Sequence, and the third illustrates the details of a simple, three-step organizational strategy. A sidebar to the article provides tips for effective speaking.