10 Common
Presentation Mistakes
An important part of the Presentation Mastery
journey is to understand your weaknesses and address them. Below
you’ll find ten common presentation mistakes. As you read
them, ask yourself:
- How many of these mistakes have I made in the
past?
- What will I do in the future to master this mistake?
- Muddling your message and losing your focus by failing
to write Clear Objectives.
- Reinventing the wheel for each presentation by failing
to maintain a Presentation Arsenal of frequently-used
content.
- Neglecting to maximize initial audience influence
by not using a Host Introduction.
- Losing your audience, rapport and credibility by
wasting the first three minutes of your presentation.
- Boring your audience to death by failing to vary your
presentation delivery style.
- Becoming overwhelmed and unfocused by not incorporating
Breathing Spaces.
- Failing to obtain audience feedback and support during
and after your presentation.
- Confusing, wearying and ultimately losing your audience
by not Pre-summarizing and effectively closing.
- Making a fool out of yourself by beginning a presentation
without being fully prepared.
- Holding inefficient, time-wasting meetings by failing
to
- prepare and pre-distribute agendas with clear
objectives and guidelines,
- solicit audience involvement and feedback, and
- clarify required actions.
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