Closing: How to Finish Your Presentation and Close with Real Impact

People will most easily remember two parts of your presentation: the start and the finish. So, you need a powerful way to close. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite ways of closing.
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PRESENTATION SKILLS
This video is part of course module 2.2.1
Program 2: Manager as Communicator
Course 2: Presentation Skills
Section 1: Preparation
Other videos in this section include:
Define Your Presentation: Defusing the B.O.M.B. https://youtu.be/-MHhwQxE3yg
How to Craft a Compelling, Persuasive, and Powerful Presentation https://youtu.be/AKtI5QgLFX0
How to Craft a Compelling Presentation Structure https://youtu.be/cwdhUk2IZPQ
Five Simple Structures for a Compelling Presentation https://youtu.be/fqTA6Kybw0E
Opening Your Presentation: How to Hook your Audience https://youtu.be/oIIsJZWd1QU
How to Make the Key Points of Your Presentation Memorable https://youtu.be/fHDLO6f2Syc
How to Create Excellent Visual Aids for Your Presentation https://youtu.be/jP2Q5Kdq_Ww
Preparation is Key: How to Review and Rehearse Your Presentation https://youtu.be/_9bOgcBNaeU
LESSON NOTES
Pathos
1. Tell a story
2. Give a personal anecdote
3. Quotation
4. Close a loop
5. Summon up an emotional state in your audience
6. Describe what it will feel like when the audience has made the change
7. Ask a rhetorical question, and answer it
8. Do or say something unexpected
Summaries
9. Make three simple points
10. List the benefits or valuable applications of what you have said
11. Counterpoint
12. Restate the problem and then your solution
13. State how your points prove your argument
14. Make a clear and definitive statement
15. Link back to your opening
16. Transform your central idea into a simple slogan

Calls to Action
17. Conditional close
18. Give instructions
19. Lay down a challenge to your audience
All three in one
20. The three-part close.
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
1. Next time you prepare a presentation, use one of these approaches to closing it (2 MC CPD Points)
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RECOMMENDED READING
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How to Speak so people Listen - https://geni.us/HSPL
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The Presentation Book - https://geni.us/6sqr
Presentation Zen - https://geni.us/mrvmeh
The Pyramid Principle - https://geni.us/9cbjvBs
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs - https://geni.us/KJpG
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CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - The importance of a strong close
00:25 - Three types of closers
00:58 - Closing your presentation with pathos (emotion)
02:30 - Closing your presentation with a summary
03:30 - Closing your presentation with a call to action
04:09 - A triple-close
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