the most common presentation mistakes - top 10

12
The Most Common Presenta/on Mistakes Top 10

Upload: spanword

Post on 26-Oct-2014

103 views

Category:

Documents


1 download

DESCRIPTION

The Ten most common mistakes people make during presentations

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

The  Most  Common  Presenta/on  Mistakes  

Top  10  

Page 2: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  1.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #1  -­‐  You  Don't  Know  Your  Topic!  

•  You  memorized  the  content  (and  it  shows,  by  the  way).  Someone  has  a  ques/on.  Panic  sets  in.  You  never  prepared  for  ques/ons  and  all  you  know  about  this  topic  is  what  is  wriFen  on  the  slides.  

Page 3: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  2.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #2  -­‐  The  Slides  Are  NOT  Your  Presenta+on  

•  An  audience  member  says  that  she  can't  read  the  slides.  You  graciously  tell  her  you  will  be  reading  them  and  proceed  to  do  so,  while  looking  up  at  the  screen.  Each  of  your  slides  in  filled  with  the  text  of  your  speech.  Why  do  they  need  you?  

Page 4: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  3.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #3  -­‐  T.  M.  I.  (Too  Much  Informa+on)  

•  You  know  so  much  about  the  topic,  that  you  jump  from  here  to  there  and  back  again  talking  about  everything  there  is  to  know  about  your  brand  new  widget,  and  no  one  can  follow  the  thread  of  the  presenta/on.  

Page 5: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  4.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #4  -­‐  Poorly  Chosen  Design  Template  or  Design  Theme  

•  You  heard  blue  was  a  good  color  for  a  design  template  or  design  theme.  You  found  a  really  cool  template/theme  on  the  internet,  with  a  beach  scene.  Water  is  blue,  right?  Unfortunately,  your  presenta/on  is  about  some  niRy  new  tools  to  show  at  a  Woodcarvers’  conven/on.  

Page 6: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  5.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #5  -­‐  Electrifying  Color  Choices  

•  Audiences  don't  like  unusual  color  combina/ons.  Some  are  unseFling  and  red  and  green  combos  can't  be  differen/ated  by  those  with  color  blindness.  

Page 7: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  6.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #6  -­‐  Poor  Font  Choices  

•  Small,  script  type  fonts  might  look  great  when  you  are  siUng  18  inches  away  from  the  monitor.  You  didn't  consider  the  lady  siUng  200  feet  away  from  the  screen  who  can't  read  them.  

Page 8: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  7.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #7  -­‐  Extraneous  Photos  and  Graphs  

•  You  figured  no  one  will  no/ce  that  you  didn't  do  much  research  on  your  topic  if  you  add  lots  of  photos  and  complicated  looking  graphs.  

Page 9: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  8.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #8  -­‐  W-­‐A-­‐Y  Too  Many  Slides  

•  Your  vaca/on  cruise  was  so  fantas/c  that  you  took  500  photos,  and  put  them  all  in  a  digital  photo  album  to  impress  your  friends.  ARer  the  first  100  slides,  snores  were  heard  in  the  room.  

Page 10: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  9.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #9  -­‐  Different  Anima+ons  on  Every  Slide  

•  You  found  all  the  really  cool  anima/ons  and  sounds  and  used  85%  of  them  in  your  presenta/on,  to  impress  everyone  with  your  flair.  Except  -­‐-­‐  the  audience  doesn’t  know  where  to  look,  and  have  totally  lost  the  message  of  your  presenta/on.  

Page 11: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

•  10.  Presenta+on  Mistake  #10  -­‐  Hardware  Malfunc+ons  

•  The  audience  is  seFled.  You  are  all  set  to  start  your  presenta/on  and  -­‐  guess  what?  The  projector  doesn't  work.  You  didn’t  bother  to  check  it  out  earlier.  

Page 12: The Most Common Presentation Mistakes - Top 10

THE  END