Don't make this common mistake when you begin a presentation, workshop or meeting. 🛑
When is your audience most cynical? At the beginning of a presentation or workshop or the end? 🤨
When are you the most nervous? At the beginning of the presentation or the end? 😰
Reading from the slides is presentation suicide.
Let’s be honest, there are times when perhaps we all need to read a little from a slide. The content might be technical, or you might be paraphrasing. But, in general, we should keep it to a minimum. Let’s explore why we do and what to do about it.
What if your audience loses interest?
What if your audience loses interest?
Two really important questions that we need to start with:
1. Why would your audience lose interest?
2. How do you know they’ve lost interest? What are signs?