Sometimes it
can be hard to think of a topic for your Feature Presentation; sometimes the
thought of doing one can be just plain scary. So how about this for an idea?
I saw this
presentation some time ago but was reminded of it while attending a recent
Member Success workshop. It’s clever, easy to put together and requires no
special presentation skills. But what I like best about this presentation is
that you are totally in control.
It’s a
variation on the ‘Any Questions?’ presentation where you just spend 10 minutes
answering questions and of course giving the answers. The problem is, and I’ve
seen it, with this type of presentation is that often members can’t think of
any (or enough) questions to ask. And there are worrying silences. Then, of
course, you have the pressure of having to ‘think on your feet’ to give good
answers, added to which the questions asked might not be the ones you really
wanted to answer.
So how was
this presentation different?
Firstly, it
got every member involved and so was very interactive. As I’ve already said it
was fun, there were more than enough questions, but the best part was that the
only questions asked were the ones that demonstrated exactly what the presenter
did and how he could help them.
He gave one
member a bingo machine to operate (with 49 balls in) and every other member a
folded piece of paper with a number on (1 to 49). Some members were given two
numbers.
The bingo
machine was spun, a number popped out, and the ‘caller’ gave the number. Then
the member with that number, unfolded their paper, read out the question and
the practiced answer given.
It was the
perfect answer, to the perfect question. Just brilliant!
Just one
thing to note; you do need to prepare 49 questions in advance.
