Keeping stakeholders engaged during financial presentations can be challenging! I’ve found that focusing on clear, concise insights and linking numbers to real-world impacts helps make the information resonate.

When presenting, it's essential to understand your audience and keep your message clear and concise. Master your numbers thoroughly, and remember that preparation is crucial for delivering a compelling and engaging presentation.

Tell a story by simplifying your presentation using pictorial images that are relatable . Avoid using long paragraphs of just texts

Let’s be honest, financial data is just graphs and numbers to the stakeholders unless and until you can do the story telling. But how to be a great story teller? Combine your finance and accounting knowledge with data analysis and visualisation. Improving your excel skills and using softwares like power bi and tableau will help you gain meaningful insights and also create interactive dashboards. Once you have these inferences and dashboard ready, you automatically will have a lot to say during the meeting, keeping all the stakeholders engaged.

Divide presentation into: 1. Context building: A quick recap of the last meeting (challenges, targets..). 2. Current reality: improvements-impact, misses-cause & impact- with ref to point 1. Evasive measures/ counteractions/ etc implemented to arrest challenges/capitalise opportunities. 1&2: will be better in storytelling mode with pictorial stats. 3. Outlook: revisions to Target, basis, dependencies, requirements/ support.