How could you present your ideas so that they would have more impact?

Answer 1

tailor your words to the audience. what do they want to hear? what moves them to act?

if you're attempting to influence a group of youngsters, perhaps an accompanying video presentation with quick images appealing to their emotions and feelings would help your message get through... quotations of biblical references might help you sell more pies at the church bake sale.... you get the idea? learn what has worked in the past for your audience, find examples of effective communications, and follow their leads.

and perhaps most importantly, don't underestimate their intelligence. no one likes to be talked down to, and there's no quicker way to turn off a potential receiver of your message than to make them feel inadequate.

hope this helps.

Answer 2

Never and I mean NEVER sell a product. Always and I mean ALWAYS sell a dream. Some would tell you to sell the benefits, but that is really just the product. Sell the DREAM. The dream is of course that my life will be different. The most successful sales people can sell anything. They do not depend on a great product. That is because they have mastered selling the dream. You don't do that simply with words and pictures. Selling the dream is an art. Do you know how to make people feel hope? That is how you give your ideas impact. Be brief. Be brilliant. Be gone.

Answer 3

A few major ways..

1. PLay on emotions, use pity to your advantage if possible, tell them a sob story, without sounding like you are seeking pity, and preferably tell it about someone else who is related to your idea.

2. Let them find no loophole, allow people to ask questions if you are makeing a public presentation, and if you are writing a book, present ideas on a website, and see responses.

3. Look smart, sound smart. We all judge on appearances, and love frilly words.

4. Passion. It may of killed the fool, but if you aren't the fool, then your audience is.

5. Say something new, and different, take a new exciting stand, and word it so that the people will want to here it, and want to believe it.

6. Examine Nietzsche's works, he is very persuasive. And remember, simple humour, is not your enemy.

Hope it helps.

Answer 4

I have found that if you are presenting your ideas in either the classroom setting (as a college student) or in the workplace to your boss, one thing that definitely helps is to broaden your vocabulary in a way that still portrays the same meaning.

If you learn to do it right, you won't sound like a nerd, but it will often gain you instant respect, as long as you do it confidently and know what the words mean. ;) I keep an electronic thesaurus/dictionary handy in my classroom (I'm a teacher) and have found it very useful. And no, I don't just run to it before speaking with my administrator or use it to pep up every-day conversation with my colleagues!

I'll give you a recent example: I just had a very important interim self-evaluation due this past month. I had to prove myself in several areas by using concrete examples of my behavior, how I teach, professionalism, etc. My administrator came back very impressed and felt it portrayed an honest picture of me as a teacher. His only suggestion for refinement was to "keep doing what you're doing!" :)

So: learn new words, use them wisely and appropriately, and have lots of concrete examples readily available of what you are talking about. Good luck with your idea!

Answer 5

Putting my ideas onto my car would get much more exposure, therefore it would have more impact. Putting up a billboard in my yard, running across country like Forest Gump, sitting on my roof while not eating for a cause would have impact. Becoming a philosophy teacher would allow your ideas to have impact. Putting your ideas on paper and finding a way to pubilsh those ideas.

Answer 6

Ideas create impact based on the solidity of the logic and liquidity of the emotion behind them.... and a third dimension is provided by the commonality of purpose between the two parties involved in the conveyance of ideas.

Answer 7

I always like to involve the person I'm trying to convince. For example... let's say I want to convince my boss that the idea I have for a new fridge at my job is what we need, even if it costs WAY too much for our budget. I would approach him in this sort of way.... " Hi! Remember how you always encourage us to think of new ideas? Well I have one that I think will surprise you. I've always listened to your words carefully and found that in-between the lines, you have found that your soda has not been crisp and cold, but rather luke warm. I don't like to see you suffer, even if you ARE my boss ::smile or wink here to see if they are paying attention:: What I propose we do is simple. We need to purchase this fridge that I've already researched extensively. It's fairly inexpensive. It works in a way that saves the enviornment one molecule at a time, and in the end, your soda is really ice-crispy cold. ... and I KNOW you love your diet cokes!"

Whatever... that, of course, is WAY cheesey and should not be used in real life. But.. the idea is... mention the other person and get them involved. You will hold their attention longer to listen to your idea. It's difficult to get someone to see things your way, if their way has worked for so long up until now. Why fix something that isn't broken? It's hard to look outside the box.

I don't think you need fancy lights, slides, or reports if it is a simple idea meaning to be presented to just one or two people. I think props may be better for a bigger venue, say, the entire staff of a large company.

When all else fails, just beg for that person to listen to your idea... cry... flail your arms about.... jump up and down and say, " OH PUhLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEASE? My idea is GREAT!!!! C'MON! LISTEN TO IT!" You'll at least get some attention!

Answer 8

One way is to imagine beforehand what questions or disagreements people will have with your ideas. So besides just laying down your argument you can go ahead and disprove any objections that might come up, too.

Another good way to add impact is to use hard-hitting hypotheticals, ones that have an emotional payoff.

Answer 9

No effort required. Your ideas will impact on those who are a match for them, quantumly.
I will be moved to place my ideas where and when who is attracted to them AND also who is disgusted by them will find them.

Answer 10

You must be 100% convinced about your idea , its basic requirement to convince others or make an impact on others.