Articles: Delivery - 1 views
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The first 2-3 minutes of the presentation are the most important.
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stephhallberg on 22 Nov 14That's pretty tough - you know you have to be engaging and very likable those first couple of minutes to try to keep their interest and attention.
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Remember, it is your reputation, so always remain gracious even with the most challenging of audiences.
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Their desires and goals — and their frustrations and anxieties — should shape everything you present.
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"Try to find some way to break up the presentation into manageable chunks of time," he says, "so people don't get too bored."
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However, he says most presenters will spend 99 percent of their time preparing the content and slides, and very little—if any—on understanding and controlling their body language and how they speak and sound.
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The term "death by PowerPoint" rings true with most people for a reason.
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After having been in this course, I've shared with my fiance what I've learned. He just came home on Friday after spending all day at a conference being read bullets to from a Power Point. He said he kept thinking about everything I've told him about bad presentations. Clearly he was annoyed with his day.
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