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Any good presenter knows the importance of keeping the audience the focal point of the presentation. To be successful, a presenter has to understand not only his or her own subject, but what the audience already knows about it, what they are hoping to learn, and even possible misconceptions that might stand in the way of their understanding or reaching common ground. It isn’t enough to just keep the audience in mind as you gather your materials and decide on content. To really move and motivate an audience with a presentation, you’ll need to be aware of how the audience is responding to you in the moment.

Emotional intelligence is sometimes defined as the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s self empathetically and appropriately; and to be able to use emotional information to guide behavior. How then is emotional intelligence used to strengthen presentation skills?

Next time you get ready to present, think about how you and your audience are responding to each other and how you can make use of that information to enhance your performance and your results. Some guides to consider:

BUILD IN TIME TO READ YOUR AUDIENCE: This sounds easier than it is. Many presenters think mostly (if not exclusively) about their own performance during a presentation. They understandably want that presentation to go smoothly and without mishap, so are focused on remembering details of what they planned to say, as well as how to get from point to point without missing anything. Master presenters, however, know the test of a great presenter isn’t whether the delivery proceeded without hesitation or that everything you thought you might include was delivered. The emotionally intelligent presenter is aware of the audience’s reaction. Make it a point in every presentation to gauge audience reaction as often as you can. You can do this either by literally stopping occasionally and asking for feedback (“Does this make sense”? “Everyone agree?” ) or you can simply build in pauses that allow you to gauge reaction yourself.

YOUR AUDIENCE IS COMMUNICATING WITH YOU IF YOU LISTEN: Audience feedback is often subtle, which is why for many presenters, it’s easy to overlook. Many audiences won’t interrupt your presentation or offer you the kind of verbal feedback that lets you know how you’re being received. The emotionally intelligent presenter checks for non-verbal signs. Are they maintaining eye contact? Are expressions neutral? Interested? Is body language open? Or are they shifting constantly in their seats, avoiding eye contact and giving you other signs of disinterest or disagreement?

TALK BACK: The point of being aware of audience reaction is to react to it. If you sense you might be losing your audience, don’t ignore the signs. Stop and react. If you sense boredom or disinterest, don’t stick to your script. You might quicken your pace or even skip ahead to a different section of your presentation. (“Why don’t we move ahead to some action items.”) If you sense disagreement, you might react in turn by testing the resistance. “I can see there’s some skepticism. Anyone want to offer some reaction?” That will give you a clue as to whether the resistance or reaction is shared by others or an isolated problem you identified and can quickly address.

TAKE IT IN STRIDE: The purpose of getting audience feedback is to increase your chances of successful communication. Don’t take any negative feedback you get personally, even if you disagree with it or think it unfair. You might even end the presentation portion early in order to devote more time to the q and a section of the presentation, to make sure you’re addressing your audience’s concerns. (I can guarantee that no one will complain about not enough slides, handouts, or data once you’ve gotten through the basics of the presentation.) Keep your additional materials on hand in case someone asks a specific question the additional data can help you explain, but let the audience guide you in when and how much to use.

Emotional Intelligence is now identified as a crucial leadership skill. Remember that displaying it, proving your ability to connect with others right in front of them, will do far more in proving your leadership ability than all the slides, charts and graphs you could possibly display.

For those who give presentations to educate, entertain or sell something it is essential to know your audience and perhaps there is no more interesting organization to present to than an HOA or Home Owner’s Association. Their needs, perceived needs and the organizations desires are so elusive that often the leadership involved does not realize the reality. So, how do you present or make a presentation to a Home Owner’s Association if this is the case?

Well, it’s not easy, but there are a few things you need to understand, namely that the board of a Home Owner’s Association is often as divided as a school board and the members are as diverse as the public politic in America. And if you have ever heard that all politics is local, then just imagine a Homeowner’s Association with 800 to 2500 homes, with each home owner having a different opinion and view of how things should get done?

Home Owner’s Associations realize that keeping the peace 100% of the time is nearly impossible, but that is their attempt. To approach a 100% approval rating they must remain in constant communication with the home owners and listen to their complaints, wants and needs. Thus, when presenting to an HOA the presenters must take this into consideration and explain how the project will help lessen complaints, make the home owners happy and save them money. If a presenter can do those things, then they are in like flint.

Not long ago, a local solar energy contractor was working with an HOA on putting up solar panels on homes and allowing the HOA to guarantee the loan, which would be paid off with higher fees, but would reduce everyone’s energy costs. Then the complaints started coming in, as no one wanted higher fees, then folks complained that their favorite trees would have to be cut down, trimmed or removed so the solar panels could get maximum efficiency, meaning the air conditioners would cost more to run, eliminating the savings.

The Solar Company was not ready for such a complaint. In the end it happened not to be the case, in fact, even without cutting any trees the solar would still pay off, but the damage was done, the board was threatened with being terminated and replaced and the whole thing was quite ugly, even though the idea was completely viable. See the point, communication is the key and these things must be full explained and presented up front. Think on this.

Its Christmas time once again, and everyone is having a shopping rush, a grocery rush, all are busy listing and preparing things for Christmas, well almost all of us waits and very much excited for this special day that is happening only once a year, so we tend to be more precise and concise with this day. Christmas is said to be the perfect day to make reconciliations, this works for almost all of us, we can’t do anything but forgive and forget during this day, heehaw.

Also this day suggest family gatherings and reunions, our relatives from different provinces and from abroad are coming home, usually the Christmas celebration is being held at our grandparents old houses, this is because most of them are not advisable to travel far and long, also this is the perfect time to see them and have some quality and quantity time with them.

As we aged our wants and needs decreases, we only want things that we usually need, and the things that we can really afford, we only rely on our personal savings, sometimes from our children’s if they have a good income and from our pensions, if we are hard working and saved a lot from during our younger years then we will not have that big problem with money when we are old.

Our grandparents usually are the ones who are giving us presents during our birthdays, when we excel in our academics and during Christmas, but it is also nice that we as their grandchildren would give something in return to them, maybe not that expensive but what matter is the intention and the tough of the gift you give. Here are some of the perfect Christmas gifts you can do and give them.

1: you can give them a Christmas cards, you can make them or you can also buy some, all you need to do is write your dedications or something that you want to say to them like thank you and I’m sorry, stuff like that, it’s simple but it means a lot.

2: you can give them a large or Big Scarf, it will be very useful for them as they can use it during cold and hot days.

3: You can also give them nice footwear, something that has a soft sole, easy to wear and comfortable.

4: you can give them a nice soft blanket, as elders usually have a decreased tolerance to cold.

5: you can give them a pain of pyjamas, blouse and polo, it will be the perfect sleeping attire for them

6: you can also give them a commode, diapers, this will be a lot of help for them they will no longer be tired of going to the Comfort room at night.

Something that cannot be bought, and is very much important, give them all you love, care, comfort and attention not only on this day but for as long as they are here with us. Loving and serving them is like serving and loving our own parents, and it is much pleasing top God’s eyes.