Sometimes, in the heat of our presentation, we tend to get carried away with the points and ideas on the visual aid and ignore the most important aspect of our presentation, which is our audience. After all, they are the reason we do the presentation.
To avoid talking to our visual aids such as flip charts or PowerPoint slides (any slides for that matter), we can use what I call the 3T Method. 3T which are; Touch, Turn and Talk are the steps that we can use when presenting with visual aids to be more effective.
When we want to refer to a point on our visual aid say, a flip chart, we Touch it (either with our palm, preferably open palm - it is more respectful; or we point it with a laser pointer) and quickly glance (not read) the points.
After glancing at the points on the visual aids (by now we know what to elaborate), we Turn and face our audience. This is the crucial part of the 3T Method as when we face our audience, we are connecting with them logically and emotionally. We are building a bridge each time we face them.
The last part of the 3T Method is Talk where we explain the points to our audience. We can do this using stories, acronym, metaphors and others. The key idea is this - each time we talk, we need to face our audience. As long as we remember this very important idea then we are doing our job as a speaker.
Try the 3T Method in your next presentation today and feel the positive results.
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