Be Clear

Clarity is key during presentations in order to be understood. 

There are three elements to consider while thinking about clarity:

1. Convey Your Key Message
2. Do Not Use Jargon
3. Avoid Digressions

Your Key Message:

Ask yourself, what do you your audience to know about your topic? Make sure to focus only on the main ideas of your topic. This causes less confusion among your audience members and keeps your audience engaged throughout your presentation. Just remember, if you want people to listen to you, you need to have a main point and know exactly how to convey it.

Jargon:

According to www.dictionary.com, the term jargon is defined as "the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group". Some examples include legal jargon and medical jargon. One rule to remember is to treat your audience members as students. Do not assume that your audience members will know the meaning of specific terms that you use in your presentation.  

Avoid Digressions:

According to the Oxford Dictionary, digression basically refers to "a temporary departure from the main subject in speech".  of the main problems faced by presenters is that they tend to stem away from the key message of their presentation and begin talking about situations and ideas irrelevant to their topic. This causes confusion and diverts the audience attention from the main topic of the presentation. In order to avoid digressing from your main topic, prepare an outline that you should religiously abide by. 

Always remember to stick to your outline and key message of your presentation.