Evaluate the results of your presentation

After making a public presentation, the process of evaluation and reflection becomes fundamental for the growth and development of public speaking skills. This stage gives us the opportunity to objectively analyze the results obtained and obtain valuable information about our performance.

By conducting a thorough evaluation, we can identify our strengths, those areas in which we excelled and which contributed to the success of the presentation. These strengths allow us to understand what aspects of our communication worked well and how we can capitalize on them in future presentations.

Indicators: Establishing indicators will help you have objective criteria to evaluate the results. Before making the presentation, define concrete indicators that will allow you to measure the success of your presentation. These indicators may include:

• The generation of questions or discussions, among others.

• The level of audience participation.

• Understanding of the message.

• The emotional impact generated.

What to do?

To evaluate the results of a presentation more accurately, consider the following approaches:

• Prepare surveys with specific questions on the objectives of the indicators you measured earlier to get feedback from the audience.Use closed-ended questions with response options to facilitate analysis of results. Also, include space for additional comments or suggestions, where attendees can provide more detailed information or express their ideas freely.

• Collect all relevant information related to the presentation. This includes video or audio recordings of the presentation, visual material used, and any other resource that facilitates the review and analysis of the content.

• To assist you in this process, schedule individual interviews. In this way, you will be able to obtain detailed data on the perception of your presentation and identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Feedback: Obtain feedback from attendees through surveys, open-ended questions or verbal comments, and analyze their responses to evaluate how they perceived your message and whether you were able to capture their attention and interest.

Once you have collected and analyzed the information from your presentation, identify areas for improvement and set clear and realistic objectives to work on in future presentations. This includes aspects such as content, structure, body language and verbal expression, among others.

Additional indicators: Here are some additional indicators that you could consider to evaluate the success of your presentation:

• Information retention: You can measure information retention through post-presentation evaluations that assess the audience's ability to remember and apply the key concepts presented.

• Question quality assessment: In addition to measuring the generation of questions, you can assess the quality of the questions. For example, you can consider the level of depth, relevance and originality