Comments on: Should I show my audience that I am well-organized by telling them at the beginning the outline of my whole speech? http://www.tjwalker.com/2008/04/17/should-i-show-my-audience-that-i-am-well-organized-by-telling-them-at-the-beginning-the-outline-of-my-whole-speech/ News and Information about Communication Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:35:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Terry Gault http://www.tjwalker.com/2008/04/17/should-i-show-my-audience-that-i-am-well-organized-by-telling-them-at-the-beginning-the-outline-of-my-whole-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Terry Gault Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:26:38 +0000 http://www.tjwalker.com/2008/04/17/should-i-show-my-audience-that-i-am-well-organized-by-telling-them-at-the-beginning-the-outline-of-my-whole-speech/#comment-160 While a presentation needs to be highly organized, there is no reason to outline exactly what you are going to do...that's what the presentation is for. I always urge my clients to eliminate “I’d like to” from their vocabulary. It sounds like they are asking for permission when they are in charge! Completely outlining a presentation is especially bad when the presenter reads right off of their notes. Thanks for the comment! While a presentation needs to be highly organized, there is no reason to outline exactly what you are going to do…that’s what the presentation is for.

I always urge my clients to eliminate “I’d like to” from their vocabulary. It sounds like they are asking for permission when they are in charge!

Completely outlining a presentation is especially bad when the presenter reads right off of their notes.

Thanks for the comment!

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