Make It or Break It?
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The document lists 10 ways to ruin a presentation, including taking too long to explain the topic, speaking slowly and dramatically, subtly mentioning how important you are, repeatedly referring to notes, overloading slides with text and fonts, using technical jargon, speaking at length about history rather than the topic, failing to rehearse or check timing, delivering in a monotonous tone, and avoiding eye contact with the audience. The purpose is to humorously advise presenters how not to conduct themselves rather than to give actual tips.
Make It or Break It?
- 1. Do you want to make it or break it? Sharon Davidson sharon@aresko.co.uk 01550 720902 / 07932 641313 Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 2. 10 Ways To Ruin Your PresentaHon • Giving a great presentaHon is quite difficult (say the Harvard Business Review, 2012) but blowing it completely with your audience is really easy • What follows are ways to keep blowing it! Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 3. 1 Take a really long Hme to explain what your talk is about Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 4. 2 Speak slowly and dramaHcally. Everyone loves oraHon right? Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 5. 3 Subtly, throughout the presentaHon, let everyone know how important you are! Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 6. 4 Refer to your notes repeatedly, or even beZer read or quote them Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 7. 5 Jam pack the slides with numbers and lots of text or even beZer, mulHple fonts Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 8. 6 Use lots of technical jargon and sound very important and smart Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 9. 7 Speak at great length about the history of the organisaHon/project and its glorious achievements Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 10. 8 Don’t ever bother to rehearse or check the running Hme of your presentaHon Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 11. 9 Deliver with a monotonous tone and sound as if you’ve learnt it by heart Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 12. 10 Never, ever, under no circumstances, make eye contact with anyone in your audience Aresko: You stand out when we step in
- 13. Result! You now have a perfect recipe for ruining your presentaHon. You don’t want to do that now, do you? Aresko: You stand out when we step in
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