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Video: Scott Ginsberg, the Hello my name is guy, gives great tips on how to start a speech here.
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Dear TJ, please settle a debate. One of my office colleagues says that no PowerPoint presentation should have more than 10 slides. Another one says the rule should simply be the fewer, the better. How many slides should be used?
Tags: powerpoint presentations, public speaking, video rehearsal
If you want to give a pretty good presentation, please keep the following principles about various visual aids in mind:
Here are the top nine rules to use if your goal is to avoid technology problems in the first place:
Don’t use video in your presentation unless it is absolutely necessary.
Multimedia means multi-headaches, so don’t use unless you are willing to rehearse numerous times in the final circumstances of your presentation.
Rehearse on the actual pieces of [...]
I think you should send out as much info as possible the moment you have a booking on the calendar for your presentation—even if it’s months away. Then send something out again a few days before—even if it’s the same content.
I want you to give a pretty good presentation—really, I do. And I want you to be lazy. The more content you give your audience in advance, the more they will be familiar with your ideas, and the easier it will be for them to grasp what you’re saying during your speech. All of this [...]
Here is the reason not to send materials to people in advance of a presentation: “If I send them all of my content, they won’t need me, they won’t be impressed by me, they will be ready to poke holes in my data, and they will have ammunition to use against me. Better to keep [...]
