Thursday, April 2, 2009

Better Presentations, Please

I have heard/read so much great advice on how to give presentations that it baffles me when I see someone get up in front of a group and ignore all of it. Just the other day I sat through a long PowerPoint presentation where the presenter basically read out loud what was written on the slides. No! There is a better way!

For my own reference, and for yours, dear reader, here are some great resources about how to make your presentations sing. Trust me, your future audiences will be grateful if you take this advice:

HOWTO Give a Good Presentation (from Walking Paper)

Presentation Zen (from Garr Reynolds)

Presentation = Speech + Slides (from In the Library with the Lead Pipe)

4 Way to Spice Up Your Presentations (from iLibrarian)

And finally, if you have been the victim of bad presentations, this should make you laugh:


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