4 common bad habits of presenters

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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 Adolescenc

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Maturity

In Infancy stage…

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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– For more information, please refer to the detailed training sessions on

our culture, ethos, values, mission, vision, principles, past achievements, trophies won, background of the directors etc.

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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…

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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.

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