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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.
& Sons
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.
How do I bring simplicity to my presentations?
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‘Minimal’ presentations
The CD answers the following questions…
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