The document discusses tips for making presentations more engaging for audiences. It suggests that presenters create supplemental handouts for audience members who want more details, as different people have different interests and knowledge levels. Presenters should also customize information to different subgroups in their audience and keep the core presentation simple by eliminating unnecessary content. Three tips are provided: 1) Create handouts for those wanting more details; 2) Customize information for different audience segments; and 3) Keep the main presentation simple by removing extra content.

2. Have you ever felt like this?
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You wish you could fast-forward
a speaker’s presentation

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Or better yet –

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Or better yet –
hit mute

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Carol knows she’s a
good speaker

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Her audience
wouldn’t want that

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Her audience
wouldn’t want that
Would they?

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Because we are not all the same

11. We know
different stuff

12. and have
unique needs
We know
different stuff

13. So as good as Carol is
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Parts of her presentation will fall
on deaf ears

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What can Carol do?

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Try these 3 snooze-control tips

17. Number
One

18. Create Geek Handouts

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Geeks are serious
about details

20. Executives cut to the chase
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Keep the details out
of your presentation

22. Let Geeks know where to find them
(and anyone else who wants them)
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Email
Social media
QR codes/online
Snail mail
Handouts

23. Number
Two

24. Customize information

25. Remember Carol?
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She talks about
health insurance

27. People with families

28. People with families
have different needs
from single people

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Keep the details out
of your presentation

30. Customize handouts for interests
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Family
Single

31. Number
Three

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Keep it simple

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Stop cramming
in stuff

34. Look at what you have
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35. Look at what you have
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then eliminate
what you
don’t need

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Share great stories

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Release the
power of images

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Create
handouts
Customize
information
Keep it
simple

39. High five!

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Cathy Miller, Business Writer
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