21 TIPS FOR CREATING A
PRESENTATION BORING

START BY DISQUALIFYING YOURSELF Eg:
“I’m not exactly an expert on this subject” “I hope you don’t find my presentation boring”

MAKE A LONG Don’t be
afraid to dedicate 10-15 minutes of your Presentation to the introduction before your move on to your topic. INTRODUCTION

READ FROM Turn your back
to audience and read from the slides. It might make your job as a presenter easier. YOUR SLIDES

SWINE FLU AVOID HUMOR LIKE
There really is nothing worse for your audience than making them laugh. They’re there to be subjected to a painful experience, so give them one

VISUALS Visual aids are perfect
for turning even the dullest of topics with tons of statistics into an interesting presentation SO DO NOT USE VISUALS AVOID THE USE OF

COMPLICATEDMAKE THINGS Move from one
point to the next in an illogical manner, never come to an overall conclusion

THE ICE DO NOT BREAK
NEVER Crack jokes, Tug on their heart strings, tell a personal story, Use metaphors or draw comparisons

ANIMATE Every slide, title, word,
bullet point, graphic, and photo needs its own unique animation. Why do you think PowerPoint gives you so many animation options? ANIMATE ANIMATE

EXTRAVAGANT Use swirly and extravagant
fonts, as those will really get your point across. USE FONTS

KILL YOUR AUDIENCE WITH BULLETS
Make every slide look the same (i.e. Title, Bullets; Title, Bullets).

USE TONS GRAPHS WITH OF
DATA Design data-centric slides with numerous graphs and tons of data Do not conclude! Let your audience draw their own conclusions

USE TINY HARD TO READ
FONTS Because your audience will most likely be viewing your presentation from a distance

MONOTONE SPEAK ONLY IN Varying
the pitch of your voice wastes valuable energy and could possibly excite your audience

REPEAT It's important that your
audience understands exactly where you're coming from, so tell them. Over and over and over

EYE This is a great
way to let your audience feel disconnected from you NEVER MAKE CONTACT

Moving around the stage confidently
and gesticulating will only keep your audience engaged in what you’re saying, and that’s the LAST thing you want to do. IGNORE YOUR BODY LANGUAGE

Once all the texts are
placed on the slides, there is no need to prepare for your presentation PRACTICE DON’T

After all, they are the
reason why you had a sleepless night and now you’re so nervous. IGNORE YOUR AUDIENCE

FAST TALK TOO You've got
a lot of material to cover, so you can talk fast to get through all of it

ON TIMEDON’T FINISH A little
overtime never killed anybody If You feel you don't have sufficient time to communicate your important information, you can request extra time to communicate it