I hope you have been enjoying this lovely weather we have been having. Since we have had various meetings and presentations this week at Pepco headquarters I thought you might enjoy some tips on how to create a powerful presentation that will keep you in thoughts and minds long after the presentation is over. Consultant and Keynote speaker Bernard Marr wrote about ten common mistakes that he sees in presentations all the time. Steer clear of these and you will always catch people's attention! Check out a few of those common mistakes below:
Too much content.
According to presentation guru Paul Vorreiter of ReflectiveSpark.com, your audience should need no more than 3 seconds to read and understand each slide. If they’re busy reading the slide, they’re not paying attention to what you’re saying.
Too many bullet points.
Bullet points don’t tell a story, and a slide with 10 bullet points violates the 3 second rule. Instead, try breaking that up into 10 slides with one idea each.
Relying on facts and figures instead of a story.
The biggest mistake most presenters make is not telling a compelling story. Instead of telling your audience that revenue is up 300 percent, try telling the story of how the revenue was grown or what the company is doing with the profits.
Making it all about you.
The audience isn’t there to try to read the tiny text on your boring slides. Make the presentation about them! Turn it into an event, something they will want to talk about with others. Do this by knowing who your audience is, what they care about, and what problems keep them up at night.
Too many animations.
Animations are fun for the person programming the presentation, but they don’t usually add anything. Keep things simple. Bonus: The fewer bells and whistles your presentation has, the less likely things are to go wrong.
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