Check out this video, also on the theme of Emotion! Beeeeeep! I see a lot of presentations that have effectively flat-lined: the speaker has zero enthusiasm for their subject, and guess what? As a consequence, the audience finds the experience tedious and are desperately looking for ways to escape. It’s a presentation crime which many speakers are […]
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Check out this one minute video, also on the theme of your presentation’s objective! Problems, Problems What’s the point of the whole thing? I find it frustrating when people give a presentation that just starts, continues and then just… stops. I’m a selfish audience member – I want to know what I’m going to get
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Check out this video, also on surprises! Right. Let’s go! Bad communication is predictable and therefore boring. It sometimes contains bad surprises (no-one likes those). Examples: The email/presentation/phone call is negative You try to impress with 100 words of eloquence when 10 conversational ones would do a better job in less timeIt features over-used phrases and
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Check out this video on the same theme of starting strong! The best way to lose your audience? Start badly. Want to avoid that? Here’s what you should do: Preparation Remember yesterday’s blog and video? If you’ve prepared correctly then you will be familiar with the tech, so you shouldn’t encounter anything too nasty. Preparation
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Check out this ‘Presentation Fails’ video on Preparation! Right. You’re going to give a presentation. Preparation is the first step, the fundamental one that everyone seems to get wrong in some way; usually by simply not doing enough of it (that occasionally includes me, I’m embarrassed to say). Look, I know that you know* that
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