IDG Contributor Network: Your first 60 seconds

Every minute in your presentation has to be earned. In the first 60 seconds you must earn the audience’s permission to continue for the next 60 seconds. That next 60 seconds earns the 60 seconds after that. You have to earn an audience’s permission to continue.A business audience makes up its mind very quickly whether they want to invest their time and attention listening to you. So, unless you are the boss and they HAVE to listen to you, in that first 60 seconds you need to grab the