And the beat goes on … readers continue indicating interest in this concise Q & A format for sharing simple Presentations Best Practices. This month, readers asked about stage fright, handouts vs. slides and eye contact.
Presentation Best Practices
You’ve Got More Questions About Presentations
Glad to see this new feature went over so well. Three more questions about Presentations this month and two of them came in recently.
Message Best Practices
Last month’s feature on ‘Message in the Middle’ was a real hit, based on reader comments and questions. As promised, here are some message-related Best Practices to help you accomplish your presentation outcomes.
Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Presentations
Actually, that should be ‘Phil’s Practical Principle – Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Presentations.’ I do love alliteration.
Let’s narrow the topic to workplace presentations – team or company updates, customer updates, sales pitches, etc. And let’s assume that you are initiating the presentation, rather than responding to an instruction from management to deliver one. We can cover that topic next time. Here are best practices for successful planning: