The Rule of Three – We remember three things. 1. The audience are likely to remember only three things from your
presentation – plan in advance what these will be. Believe it or not, the chances are, people will only remember three things
from your presentation. So before you start writing your presentation, plan what
your three key messages will be. Once you have these messages, structure the
main part of your presentation around these three key themes and look at how
they could be better
illustrated. 2. There are three parts to your presentation The beginning, the middle and the end. Start to plan out what you will do in
these three parts. The beginning is ideal for an attention grabber or for an ice
breaker. The end is great to wrap things up or to end with a grand
finale. 3. Use lists of three wherever you can in your presentation Lists of three have been used from early times up to the present day. They
are particularly used by politicians and advertisers who know the value of using
the rule of three to sell their
ideas. Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) – Julius Caesar “我来了,我看见,我战胜”——凯撒大帝 A classic example of the rule of three was Winston Churchill’s famous Blood,
Sweat and Tears speech. He is widely attributed as saying I can promise you
nothing but blood sweat and tears. What he actually said was “I can promise you
Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears”. Because of the rule of three we simply remember
it as Blood sweat and
tears. 4. In Presentations “Less is More” If you have four points to get across – cut one out. They won’t remember it
anyway. In presentations less really is more. No one ever complained of a
presentation being too
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