Presentation Anti-Patterns
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The document outlines ten presentation anti-patterns to avoid for a successful presentation. Key points include steering clear of offending the audience, avoiding unnecessary changes to slides, and not relying on others' equipment or materials. It emphasizes the importance of keeping the presentation professional and engaging without disruptions.
Presentation Anti-Patterns
- 1. PRESENTATION Anti-Patterns 10 THINGS YOU should avoid IN YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION
- 3. 10. NEVER OFFEND THE AUDIENCE
- 4. OFFEND THE AUDIENCE EITHER intentionally or unintentionally AND YOUR PRESENTATION IS AS GOOD AS OVER
- 6. 9. HAVE NO EGO
- 7. THIS JUST IN: YOU JUST MIGHT NOT BE THE rock star YOU THINK YOU ARE
- 9. 8. AVOID POLITICS AND RELIGION
- 10. UNLESS YOU ARE presenting about politics or religion, BE WARY OF VOICING AN OPINION ON EITHER
- 13. At best, YOU MIGHT DRAW A LAUGH At worst, IT CREATES A SENSE OF AWKWARDNESS WHERE PEOPLE WILL CRINGE
- 15. 6. NEVER PRESENT SOMEONE ELSE'S PRESENTATION
- 16. THERE WILL BE no story, YOU'LL BE UNPREPARED, AND YOU’LL LIKELY END UP reading the slides VERBATIM
- 18. 5. NEVER PRESENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE’S MACHINE
- 19. STUFF INSTALLED or missing FROM THAT MACHINE MIGHT KILL YOUR PRESENTATION
- 21. 4. DON'T LET ANYONE MAKEOVER YOUR SLIDES
- 22. TEMPLATES THAT don’t need applying FONTS THAT don’t need changing IMAGES THAT don’t need moving
- 24. 3. NEVER MOVE ROOM OR LOCATION
- 25. UNLESS YOUR ROOM IS UNINHABITABLE, avoid changing rooms AT THE LAST MINUTE
- 27. 2. NEVER MESS WITH PROFESSIONAL A/V EQUIPMENT
- 28. RELY INSTEAD ON A DEDICATED A/V TEAM, TO help you out
- 30. 1. NEVER FORGET YOUR PRESENTATION REMOTE
- 31. HAVING A GOOD PRESENTATION REMOTE ALLOWS BETTER INTERACTION WITH YOUR AUDIENCE AND WILL unchain you from the podium
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