Avoiding presentation disaster - how hard could it be?

Why are so many presentations so bad? Simply put, because people don't stop, breathe, and ask themselves a couple of clear and simple questions.

Simple, simple things to think about - I hope you find it useful

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2. These drop-in text boxes are intended to provide a narrative voice for this stand-alone presentation.
3. Presentations should soar …
4. But most of them suck
5. At least this kind of sucking serves a useful purpose But most of them suck
6. WHY?
7. Because even when you are in a room with 10, 50, 300, 1000 or more people …
8. … presenting can feel very lonely.
9. The moment of birth and It is said that you are only truly alone at two moments in your life
10. the moment of death It is said that you are only truly alone at two moments in your life
11. But there is a third
12. So what is the difference between a poor-to-average presenter ...
13. ✴This is my Fabulous Presentation and I love it so very very much. ✴It is full of incomprehensible flowcharts, graphs that are too small to see, and decorative lo-res images that don’t really illustrate the point, but serve to fill the little bits of empty space that are left on my screen. ✴But most of all, there are Bullet Points. ✴Lots and lots of lovely, meaty and cuddly Bullet Points. ✴And because they are so fabulous and so cuddly, I am going to spend most of the presentation with my back to you as I lovingly read out my cuddly Bullet Points. My Fabulous Presentation
14. … and a really good presenter? … and a great presenter?
15. Good presenters, great presenters, are like this ...
16. Good presenters, great presenters, are like this ...
17. Good presenters, great presenters, are like this ...
18. Good presenters, great presenters, are like this ...
19. Good presenters, great presenters, are like this ... They make it look effortless and you never see ...
21. The sweat
22. Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
23. Most presentations end up being one or more of the following ...
24. An AutoCue for the presenter
26. Something that would be better handled through the medium of a hefty report
27. Or a brain-dump
28. To avoid this, you need to stop and ask yourself one simple question
29. Point A If this is where my audience are now ...
30. Point B … how do I bring them to where I need them to be?
31. Clarity
32. Clarity You must be clear on what you are trying to achieve
33. If you can’t explain it simply, then you don’t understand it well enough
34. Comprehend
35. Comprehend They must understand what you are saying
36. How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things, but by how well we are ... UNDERSTOOD ONLY THE PARANOID SURVIVE
37. Concur
38. Concur They (usually) need to agree with what you’re saying
39. I’m sorry. If you were right, I’d agree with you.
40. Care
41. They always need to care about what you’re saying Care
42. Don’t know, don’t care. Q: Are you ignorant, or just apathetic?
43. Action
44. Action Then, they might take appropriate action on it
45. ACTION expresses priorities
46. So what is good presentation?
47. C C C C
48. C C C C +
49. C C C =Action C +
50. Otherwise, you pretty much suck
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