Presentation Skill Mistakes

Last week my husband and I attended ansilent pause intheir place. With enough practice,
awesome 4 day work conference! I decidedto sityou'll eliminate them altogether!
in on both days of business presentations hopingSecond - read off bullet points directly from the
there would be a nugget ortwo I could share withslides! As children we huddlearound our teacher as
you.he or she holds up the book being read so we
Presenting to an audience of 100 to 300 topcan see thepictures and the words. As children
producers were executives of a largecompany.we are learning! As adults, a speaker's
While overall the presentations were good, threeslidepresentation supports and can guide them
pet peeves of minewere running wild at times. Ithrough their presentation. When I listento a
bring them to your attention in hopes that youspeaker I want to hear their mind, their heart and
won'thold your audiences of any size, whether 3their style. I can read pointson a slide on my own
or 3,000, hostage to these presentationblunders,so please, don't be like a child's teacher; be
my top pet peeves.someone whoadds value, life and personality to
First - annoying fillers like "um," "uh," or evenyour presentation.
phrases like "you know." If youpreviouslyThird - spending long lengths looking at one part
downloaded and read my Top 52 Presentationof the audience. Have you evernoticed how some
Tips, this is one of theplagues affecting many ofspeakers limit the movement of their head and
us who present ideas or products in any setting!eyes? Howsometimes speakers avoid eye
Usingfillers is one certain way to bore yourcontact or attention with where you are sitting?
audience and set people to doodling on anypieceIt'sannoying and insulting.
of paper in front of them or staring blankly intoTo stay out of trouble with audience blunders:
the air. Start to assess youruse of fillers and ifdon't annoy and don't insult.
you find them in your speech - begin to put a