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Common Presentation Design Rules, Mistakes & Tips

A good presentation design leave the best possible impression on your clients. Find the common presentation design rules, mistakes and Tips.

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Common Presentation Design Rules, Mistakes & Tips

A good presentation design leave the best possible impression on your clients. Find the common presentation design rules, mistakes and Tips.

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5 Common Presentation Mistakes to Avoid

Undoubtedly, the two most vital features of a presentation are its construction and its deliverance. On one hand, where the construction is not really a big deal, its deliverance certainly is. A lo…

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These are the absolute worst ways to open your presentation.  

 The beginning of your presentation is the most crucial part and you have approximately 10 seconds for your audience to decide whether you are worth listening to. Avoid the top 3 mistakes in this video and avoid losing your audience before you begin!

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Are You Making These Presentation Mistakes?

Have you ever been stuck in an hour-long lecture listening to a speaker who likes talking in monotone and pays more attention to his PowerPoint presentation than his audience?  If you hate going through this, make sure you aren’t subjecting your audience to the same ordeal!  Whether you are preparing for that presentation that you have to give to your boss on Friday or getting ready to be a guest speaker at a conference, be sure that you aren’t making these presentation mistakes!

1. Reading your PowerPoint slides verbatim. This is bad whether you’re presenting to a class of college students or an auditorium filled with people. Your audience members don’t want to listen to you go through your bullet points word for word, especially since they can read for themselves. Instead, e-mail a copy of the PowerPoint to your guests and use your time to elaborate on points with stories and examples that you may not have had room to include on your PowerPoint slides.

2. Having all the colors of the rainbow in your PowerPoint theme. Or no colors at all.

While we’re on the topic of PowerPoint slides, it may be good to mention that the way your slideshow looks is just as important as what it says. Heck, it might even be more important since aesthetics can determine whether people actually pay attention to your PowerPoint. When creating your slideshow, select a simple template and settle for two to three main colors. You can always use different shades of a color to shake things up a bit. You don’t want a black and white PowerPoint, but you also want to stay away from gaudy color schemes.

One more thing – avoid overdoing it with the animations! Haven’t learned how to do them? Good. You don’t really need them.

3. Ignoring the audience. A surefire way to get your audience to forget about you is to concentrate on your presentation without ever trying to engage people. It is important to interact with your guests! Tell stories and ask questions of your audience members to encourage them to pay attention and relate to you. You aren’t just sharing information; you’re also trying to create an emotional reaction to help people remember you.

4. Disregarding your time limit. If you’ve been given a half hour to present, stick to it. Respect your fellow speakers and your audience members by starting on time and finishing up when you are supposed to. You shouldn’t have any problems with time if you’ve practiced. Ideally, you have a clear idea of how long it will take you to cover your most important points because you have spent some time rehearsing and cutting out less important information that you don’t have time to discuss.

5. Getting up on stage and just winging it. Nothing is more disrespectful than giving a presentation that is unrehearsed. If you don’t practice, you can’t deliver ideas coherently and effectively. The audience will see that you have not bothered to prepare yourself and view your presentation as a waste of time.

As a note, preparing yourself isn’t about memorizing the words on your slides. Practicing for a presentation means knowing your content so well that you can pretty much do without the PowerPoint. When you genuinely know your material, you can have a conversation with your audience members rather than give a boring lecture that no one will remember.

What presentation nightmares have you experienced? Do you have any tips on what to avoid doing when speaking in front of an audience?