Rule of “Three” in Presentations


Have you ever heard of the “rule of three” in presentations? This technique can really help you to deliver information effectively, and engage your audience, as well as making sure they take something away (hopefully what you had planned for them to take away!). Find out why this is useful and how you can use it below.

  1. Tell them what you’re going to tell them.
  2. Tell them.
  3. Tell them what you told them.
Look at the following extracts from presentations and decide which of the three categories from above they fall into.

1.

“Today’s presentation will be divided into three parts. Part one will be dedicated to the introduction of new technologies, part two will be about the proposed implementation of these technologies and the final section will be a question and answer session”.

 
 
 

2.

So let’s recap. We talked about the new legislation, looked at some extracts of documentation and discussed proposed time frames for implementation. Any questions?”

 
 
 

3.

Basically IOT affects us because it’s going to change the way we do business in the future. Let’s look at some case studies”.

 
 
 

4.

That brings me to the end of my presentation on the new ordering process, “Just-in-time”. We looked at some screenshots, and heard some testimonials from current users. Let’s wrap up with a question and answer session”.

 
 
 

5.

Let’s take a closer look at what that means. We can break it down into three parts. Increased overseas business, process updates and disruptions to services during the implementation phase”.

 
 
 

6.

Let’s get started. We’re here today to talk about “lean management”, and what this means for us as a company. We’ll talk about the processes involved and how these processes are documented. Finally, there will be a chance for discussion at the end. We have about 30 minutes in total.”

 
 
 

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Useful phrases for presentations

 

For other ideas about “speaking in threes”, have a look at our blog post:

https://www.targettraining.eu/presentation-techniques-speaking-in-threes/

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