4 common bad habits of presenters To buy SMS CALLME to 951 961 4490 or buy online from Web Store
What are these habits? How do they matter?
The answer is buried in the evolution of presentations
Over time… presentations have gone through 3 stages Infancy Adolescence Maturity
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Presenters had limited tools to work with. Photo slide projectors
Since photo slides were expensive to make…
Presenters developed bad habit No. 1 ‘ Cluttering the slides’
The result was: Slides like this…
Our company’s glorious history
Once upon a time when we started the company
We went to the registrar office to purchase
Rs.2/- revenue stamp
We went by public transport
because we had no company-owned vehicle
It was too far to walk
Distance> 5 furlongs.
Cars for hire were expensive
And we had no expense account
I am telling you all this because
I FEEL LIKE IT haha
Anyway your next 2 hours are all mine
Of course that does not comprise of question-answer time.
I know you will be too engrossed to take a break
My boss did this to me
And I will do it to you
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The less expensive option – OHP sheets were too difficult to read
So, presenters developed Bad Habit No.2 ‘ Reading the slides’
Result… Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z
Then came Adolescence stage…
Presenters had the option to play with pictures, charts, graphs and animations…
..and they developed Bad Habit No.3 ‘ Flaunting their expertise’
The result was: Slides like this...
I will use it because I have it
Don’t you love this cool background?
I just love clipart
I use it whenever I see free space
Animation with sound ROCKS
And graphs like this…
…which made the audience switch off
… and since presenters could also ‘Cut-Paste’ their way to a new presentation… Ctrl+C Ctrl+V
They developed Bad Habit No.4 ‘ Avoiding hard work’
Result: Weird hybrid presentations without a unique identity
Enough!
…it is time to move to the maturity stage Now
It is time to break the 4 bad habits of presentation…
… and replace them with 1 valuable habit of Simplicity
For, simplicity makes your message fly
…and helps you reach the last person in your audience.
How do I bring simplicity to my presentations?
Now, it is easy with our proprietary method to make ‘Minimal’ presentations
The CD answers the following questions… The CD has 5 modules starting from defining scope to delivery. Each module has quiz, examples and exercises to aid self-learning.
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