Prizes throughout for answering questions or participating.
Incorporate humor into your slideshow or even an interesting video (of yourself or puppets acting out effective communication with others).
Schedule your presentation at a good time and most importantly find something funny about your subject matter. This will hep you in keeping the atmosphere free flowing and to keep the audience engaged.Go for improvisation in the presentation with interesting graphics as this may help people to go through the presentation easily.
First of all, cultural differences (especially in communication) is not at all boring. Start the presentation with some real marketing mistakes (do a search - you'll find plenty) and then gradually build up to your point from those examples. As others have noted, presentation interspersed with examples would always drive home your point and make it more comprehensive.
Try making it in a form of a story which will keep the audience interested. Give examples and get the audience engaged by asking questions and keeping them active.
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More pictures, less words. You should not make it your goal for them to look at the presentation, make it your goal to make the audience look at you. If you have less words in your presentations, you can elaborate through speaking.
I have to do a PowerPoint presentation for business about effective communication with other cultures. How can I captivate my audience with such a boring subject?
