How To Structure a Technical Presentation People Will Remember
From Tech World Human Skills by Ben Pearce
June 10, 2026 · 36 min
About this episode
Ben Pearce discusses how to structure a memorable technical presentation using two key frameworks.
Most technical professionals can fill a presentation with content. The harder problem is deciding what belongs, what order it goes in, and how to stop the audience forgetting everything before they walk out the door. In this solo episode, Ben unpacks two frameworks he comes back to every time he coaches someone through a high-stakes presentation. One is AOREN, a five-question template that acts as a North Star before a single slide gets built. The other is his go-to presentation structure, which maps the whole session from opening to close. AOREN stands for Audience, Objective, Remembered, Emotion, Next Steps. Ben walks through each element in detail: who is in the room and what they care about, how to hold two objectives in mind at once (yours and theirs), why narrowing down to three key messages before you start designing dramatically sharpens everything that follows, how to build emotional connection into content that is often dry and data-heavy, and how to be deliberate about what the audience should do the moment the session ends. He draws on recent coaching work with a head of data presenting an AI strategy to senior leaders, a professional navigating a difficult budget…
People in this episode
Host: Ben Pearce
Topics covered
- technical presentation
- presentation frameworks
- audience engagement
- communication skills
- emotional connection
Keywords
- AOREN
- presentation structure
- audience
- objectives
- key messages
- emotional connection
- high-stakes presentation
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