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How to End a Presentation with Punch (17 Techniques)
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- March 5, 2019
In this post you’ll learn 17 different ways for how to end a presentation that you can test out.
Why worry about the ending?
Because how you end your presentation is just as important as how you start your presentation ( details here ).
If you start strong but flounder at the end of your presentation, what feeling are people going to be walking away with?
Not a good one, that’s for sure! That’s why the ending your presentation is so important.
1. Call to action
2. Skip the Q&A at the end your presentation
3. End your presentation with a rhetorical Question
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4. Conclude your speech with a story
As you can learn in our post on the best ways to start a presentation ( details here ), emotional listeners retain more information. An emotional story, whether it’s funny, sad, or thought-provoking, is a sure fire way to engage your audience.
If you can, try to tie the beginning and end together with your stories, like Heather Lanier does here:
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5. The power of 3 for your conclusion
6. Come full circle at the end of your presentation
- Pose a question which you answer at the end
- Tell a story and either refer to it or finish it at the end
- Repeat the first slide, this work especially well with powerful images or quotes
7. Demonstrate your product
8. End with an either / or scenario
9. End your presentation on a high note
10. A sound bite
11. End with a provocative question
12. Use the title close technique
13. A quick presentation recap
14. End with a powerful quote
15. End with a strong visual image
16. Close with a clear cut ending
17. End your presentation on time
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From summarizing key points to engaging the audience in unexpected ways, make a lasting impression with these 10 ways to end a presentation: 1. The summary. Wrap up your entire presentation with a concise and impactful summary, recapping the key points and main takeaways.
This can be linked to your ‘call of action’ ending in tip 1. For example, you can close a presentation by saying something along the lines of, “We can do this, or we can do nothing. The choice is yours.”. 9. End your presentation on a high note. Whichever way you choose to end your presentation, end it with energy!