I have the luck to attend many predentations and have certain conclusions of the do's and dont's of one presentation. First of all, when a person presents, he wants to say something to us. The most common problem is that he finishes and he is the only one to understand the general meaning of his presentation. is he a bad presenter? is this his fault? well no it is not! let me put this in a simple manner..
dont's of presentations
1)presentations can have a lot of complex effects, many pictures, colorful backgrounds, and animations. well don't try to be too fancy because you lose the point which is to make your audience understand what's this is all about.
2)don't feed your audience with tones of information, statistics, and text-full slides. In my opinion that's the worst thing one can do. To shoot audience with text. you don't give them a book to read.. presentation has nothing to do with hundreds of lines of text and a lost audience which just reads them.
3)dont lose your touch with your slide. once this happens, you are starting to lose members of the audience. you should guide them based on your slide.
so how are you going to make them get your point.. people have the tendency to lose focus on the presentation for many reasons. think for example a sound or a smell or a move in the meeting room which distracts them. this is natural and the sure thing is that this is going to happen. so how can a presentation be a success??
the key to succeed is to feed the audience with the main idea over and over again.. put the idea in a simple slide and insist in the start of the presentation, in the middle and of course in the end.. i believe this is the best way to give your audience the main source and make a successful presentation..
Giannis Giataganas
IS Consultant, BPM Analyst
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