How To Close A Good Presentation?

The final step in structuring an oral presentation is to use an effective closing. As the audience memory curve illustrates your audience is most likely to remember your first and last words. If you ever doubt that your audience listens at the end of a presentation, trying saying so in conclusion and watches the nonverbal sign from your audience. They perk up and listen.

What happens so often in business presentations however is that speaker waste this valuable time? You have probably heard speakers wind up by saying something as useless. Instead use a strong transitional phrase such as "In conclusion" to introduce your closing remarks. Then for formal presentation close with a restatement of your main points.

Again you may feel you are being repetitive but this kind of reinforcement is extremely effective if you are explaining or instructing. As other options you could close with a reference to your opening, the rhetorical question the promise, the image, story or statistic you used to grab your audience attention. Finally you might close the classic sales presentation ending. What precisely do you want your audience to do and be sure to refer again to the benefits they will accrue from taking that what next action.