October 20th, 2009 @ 5:30 am
When I posted the “Top 10 Reasons Your Presentation Stinks!“, I asked Sales Machine readers to contribute their own reasons that presentations stick.
This post contains expanded versions of the reasons that you guys contributed. To my mind, they’re even better than the ones I originally posted.
Enjoy…
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lexusgirl07
These pictures are hilarious! Some of them I have seen when giving a presentation especially the "serious boss" LOL
MoranJ
To fix the 'reading' syndrome, visit http://www.simplifyiso.com/trainBBP.html, http://www.presentationzen.com/, http://www.beyondbulletpoints.com, and http://www.duarte.com/.
The information on these sites will help anyone avoid 'Death by PowerPoint' and help them create slide presentations that leave people refreshed and informed - maybe even motivated.
jim@simplifyISO.com
clarkm
I never understood the reading of slides or, for that matter, a presenter who is completely unable to venture from the set presentation even when the audience is pushing it in that direction.
cosmoconstruction
yes, these are filters for a good show.
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