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If You Want to Ruin Your Presentation, Do These Three Things

And bore everyone in the room silly

Quick Leadership Tips #13

At university, I was terrified of giving presentations, so I would go sick rather than do one.

Four decades later, as an L&D professional, I’ve got so much practice under my belt that presenting doesn’t worry me.

But I know presenting does worry newly promoted leaders who are magically expected to know how to present overnight.

If you want to join the ranks of poor presenters, do the following (Hint: If you don’t, do the opposite!):

Don’t prepare

Even experienced presenters like me prepare, so if you want to ruin your presentation, don’t:

Practice what you are going to say so your words come out coherently
Think about what questions people will ask
Make sure the tech works
Check any links in your presentation
Check that you’ve got all the equipment & handouts you need
Check that the relevant people are coming
Explain the point of the presentation

Avoid Engaging your audience

People don’t like being lectured or people who drone on without involving them, so if you want your presentation to tank, do the following:

Talk incessantly without a pause
Avoid eye-contact
Make sure your tone is level all the way through, with no variation in tone or pitch
Avoid asking questions
Be very serious and avoid injecting humor into your talk
Ignore all the people on their phones & having side-conversations

Design a Boring Powerpoint

Powerpoint decks remind the speaker which points to touch, should be brief, and have engaging images.

To ruin your presentation, do this:

Put all the information on the slides
Make sure you fit as much text on the slides as possible, even if people can’t read it
Only have text on your slides, no pictures or images at all
Rather than talk from your expertise, just read the slides out (it’s way easier ;-) )

Summary

Presenting is a skill that takes practice, time, and effort, and it’s a necessary skill for a leader.

Anyone can learn to present. It’s a matter of knowing what to do and learning by experience.

Good luck, and thanks for reading :-)

To get a free 26-page e-book, The New Leaders Starter Kit about running One-to-Ones, conducting Constructive Feedback sessions & growing professional Listening Skills, click here. Also contains printable one-to-one and feedback forms and a listening skills checklist.