¿Cuáles son algunas maneras efectivas de administrar su tiempo durante una presentación?

You should always know what the context (C), topic (T), and purpose (P) of your presentation are. There are several ways to structure your presentation or set your objectives, such as the 10-minute highlight, the 3-point rule (3 causes, 3 effects, 3 objectives) and the 5-question approach. C: Is it a one-way speech in front of a large audience, a problem-solving presentation, or strategy layout? (Large) Audiences tend to have an attention span of approx. 10 min., meaning every 10 min. you should re-capture their attention, so structure wisely. T&P: Turn the topic into a question (e.g."Customer satisfaction decrease" to "Why is custormer satisfaction low?") and cascade a series of 5 "WHY" questions until you get your answer.

Your presentation should have ONE single objective. With that objective in mind, stick to one to three memorable points to deliver to your audience. Your goal is that your audience should remember these points by the time they go to bed that day. Jamie Dimon had a townhall in Hong Kong when he first started as the CEO of JPMorgan Chase in 2005. But I still vividly remember, almost 18 years later, he said (more than a couple of times) he wanted to "do business better, faster and cheaper".

Write down your presentation script, not for you to recite your presentation word to word, but for you to estimate the length of your presentation. An average English speaker speaks about 140 words per minute. If your script is significantly longer or shorter, don't adjust your speed of speech; Adjust your script.

Step 1: Write a skeleton of your presentation with key-words to highlight your main ideas. Step 2: Practice the presentation and time it. Save some time for Q&A. Adjust the presentation until you reach the desired time. (Don't speed up, but remove excess/less important content.) Step 3: Prepare a short version by halfing the time from step 2. You can switch between the two versions in case of unpredicted questions or events.

If you have to skip a few sections because of time constraints, give a summary in few words, and take a pause. The audience should know what was skipped as some of them might be looking for this exact piece of information in your session. If someone is interested in this information, tell them that they can reach out to you later for more discussions in that area. If many people seem to be interested in this, it was NOT a good candidate for skipping. Cover this area and find out something else to skip.

While humour is one of the best ways to engage audience, asking questions sometimes can derail your session. In my case, many times when I ask question(s), people start with their responses, some of them tangential to the topic being discussed. Sometimes it leads to more tangential conversations. And it becomes a little difficult to cut the random discussions at a logical point. So in my case, I usually try to start with some humour or story-telling to catch their attention. If I ask questions, usually I keep some pre-filled answers in the next slides to keep the responses within the context of the session.