A new book by Garr Reynolds, “Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on presentation design and delivery” is a great read for everyone who gives presentations. If not to improve yourself- then to make everyone who has to listen to you a little less annoyed. Presentations are “opportunities” to say something, not to read the screen and put us all in “PowerPoint Hell.” Garr Reynolds says, “Think of the audience. What is it they need? What is it you want to say that they need to hear? Identify what’s important and what is not.”
With all due respect to your data and your numbers, if you can’t tell what the numbers mean, if you can’t add compelling stories to your data or bring passion and emotion to your presentation then stay seated, flip through your slides in silence and then move on. You’ll be doing more that just boring the hell out of everyone- you’ll be saving your reputation. (or you could get the book, read it, apply it’s lessons and become someone people want to listen to.)
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