Posts Tagged ‘public_speaking’

5 Key Questions When Planning Your Presentation (Presentation Masterclass – Part 2)

Part 1 of this series is here.Let’s just reiterate our starting position here: MOST PRESENTATIONS SUUUUUUUUUCK! This happens at all stages of the life-cycle of a presentation, but if your base preparation is below par, then no amount of shiny graphics and animation will save you – sucky foundation, sucky presentation.To rise above the background noise of a zillion average-to-bad presentations, here are a handful of key questions to… Continue reading

April 14 2008 | By Rowan | Tagged: howto, powerpoint, presentation, public_speaking, tutorial | 6 comments»

Presentation Masterclass – Part 1: Introduction

I have been observing, delivering and training people in presentation techniques for over 20 years now and my considered, professional, opinion on the subject is this:MOST PRESENTATIONS SUUUUUUUUCK!In almost every sphere of human endeavour, the outcome can be plotted on a bell-curve – a few really skilled people over on the right, a few really hopeless people over on the left and a whole bunch or just-above or just-below average… Continue reading

April 3 2008 | By Rowan | Tagged: howto, powerpoint, presentation, public_speaking, tutorial | 17 comments»