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The process of preparing presentations can be time consuming, but you need a plan of some kind in order to understand what your objectives are and how you are going to achieve them. Thorough planning provides you with the knowledge that you have done everything you can to ensure a successful presentation, and hence the confidence to stand up in front of a group of people. Don't assume that planning a presentation simply involves sitting down and writing out what you are going to say and show to your audience. In fact, it is a little more complex than that.
You must take three key aspects into account when planning any presentation. These are the:
purpose of your presentation
audience for your presentation
location of your presentation.
There is considerable overlap and linkage between these aspects, but we will now look at them in turn.
