Presenting more effectively

Posted on 24 October 2007 by Paul

I have been speaking at conferences and seminars more and more lately and I like to think my presentations are improving each time. It is important to me to prepare a presentation slideshow that is appealing, interesting and doesn’t bore my audience into a mild coma so I am always looking for new ideas and imagery to use to make my subject matter that much more interesting.

I was chatting to my brother yesterday and he put me on to this post on Dave Duarte’s blog about a presentation intended to help people present better. Ok that was a bit of a mouth-full but take a look at this presentation and you will see what I mean:

(By the way, this presentation, “Death by PowerPoint” has been published under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 2.5 license and is by Alexei Kapterev)

Of course one of the gurus of presentations is Garr Reynolds at Presentation Zen. He takes a look at a number of famous speakers, their styles and guides you through what makes them effective (and sometimes not so effective).

As for me, I am hardly a pro at this but I haven’t put anyone to sleep yet. On this note, you may have noticed a banner in this blog’s sidebar about the New Media and Technology Law @ Work seminar/workshop on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 in Sandton, Johannesburg. For more information click on the button below and be sure to send us your registration form by the end of the week if possible. We need to give the venue people numbers for catering.


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  • http://www.antsworldsa.wordpress.com Anthony

    Excellent presentation. I'm glad you re-published it, as I hadn't gone that far back in Dave's archive. The other point – particularly with respect to an educational situation – is that, if you have too much text up on your slide, your audience tends to concentrate on writing down what's on the screen, instead of listening to – and engaging with – what you've got to say.

  • http://www.antsworldsa.wordpress.com Anthony

    Excellent presentation. I’m glad you re-published it, as I hadn’t gone that far back in Dave’s archive. The other point – particularly with respect to an educational situation – is that, if you have too much text up on your slide, your audience tends to concentrate on writing down what’s on the screen, instead of listening to – and engaging with – what you’ve got to say.

  • http://www.antsworldsa.wordpress.com Anthony

    Excellent presentation. I’m glad you re-published it, as I hadn’t gone that far back in Dave’s archive. The other point – particularly with respect to an educational situation – is that, if you have too much text up on your slide, your audience tends to concentrate on writing down what’s on the screen, instead of listening to – and engaging with – what you’ve got to say.

  • http://www.antsworldsa.wordpress.com Anthony

    Excellent presentation. I’m glad you re-published it, as I hadn’t gone that far back in Dave’s archive. The other point – particularly with respect to an educational situation – is that, if you have too much text up on your slide, your audience tends to concentrate on writing down what’s on the screen, instead of listening to – and engaging with – what you’ve got to say.

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