The document discusses common issues with business presentations, emphasizing the importance of effective communication and preparation to avoid mistakes such as reading slides and stumbling. Presenters often fail to engage the audience or highlight their value, leading to ineffective proposals. It encourages improvement through practice and provides resources for further guidance.

1. Problems with
Business
Presentations
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2. Presentations - Most People Imagine

3. and They Need…

4. Truth Is, Presentations are
Every Time You Communicate
It’s
a
presenta/on

5. At Prospect Meetings

6. On Phone Calls

7. When Networking

8. Presentations are Vital to Move Out
of the Commodity Role

9. Especially for Proposals…

10. You Need to Show Your Worth

11. Common Presentation Mistakes

12. Presenters Talk about Themselves

13. Just Repeat the Proposal

14. They Develop the Visual First

15. Read the Slides

16. Say, “Sorry You Can’t Read This.”

17. Presenters Think They’re Great and
Don’t Need Practice

18. Not Preparing Always Shows
• Jump Topics
• Stumble
• Nervousness
• Read Slides

19. America’s #1 Fear = Presentations

20. Nervousness & Lack of Preparation
Causes Prominent Use of Crutch Words

21. Presenters Never Get to the Point

22. Good News is…

23. Presentations Can Always Be Better…

24. With Preparation & Practice

25. More information available at
www.Speak-Simple.com
and in our book on Amazon.
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