On April 1st this year I gave a TEDx talk, which you can watch here. I learnt quite a lot from it, such as: Be ready for tech failures (see if you can spot what happens at 5:28 and how I react to it). Rehearsal really, really helps. It means that when things wrong you […]
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There are various ways to end a presentation badly, such as: running out of time just trailing off: “so… I think that’s… yeah, that’s, that’s it.” “So, does anyone have any questions?” I see a lot of presentations which finish with that last one, where the final slide says ‘Questions?’. What follows in my experience
Presentation Fails and How to Fix Them #19: Questions? Read More »
Going over your time limit is unprofessional and annoys everyone; the audience, the next speaker, and whoever organised the whole thing. It may seem unimportant to you, but it could mean that your audience infers from you a sense of unreliability or arrogance. Either of which is a sure-fire way of sabotaging all your hard
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You have to give a presentation. You’re nervous; what if something unexpected happens? What will you do? Here’s the most important thing to remember: something unexpected will happen. The Problem Most people I work with are terrified of what might go wrong when they speak, and that if something does (and it probably will) that
Presentation Fails and How to Fix Them #17: Things Go Wrong Read More »
Pretty straightforward, this one, so I’ll keep it short. Strap in, here we go: Moving around is a lot more interesting for your audience than standing still. Got that? Great. See you next week. What? You want more? Oh, alright then. Quite Interesting If someone walks to the other side of the room when
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