Let’s take a quote from the children’s classic Alice In Wonderland…. :)
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to
Alice: I don’t much care where.
The Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go.
Alice: …so long as I get somewhere.
The Cat: Oh, you’re sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.
Let’s translate that…
Would be presenter: Would you tell me, please, what I should put in to my presentation here?
Would be adviser: That depends a good deal on what you want your presentation to achieve
Would be presenter: I don’t much care what the presentation achieves.
Would be adviser: Then it doesn’t much matter what you put into your presentation.
Would be presenter: …so long as it achieves something
Would be advisor: Oh, you’re sure to achieve something, so long as you keep talking long enough.
Sadly tat last bit isn’t true. And even if it was, it wouldn’t work because the audience would stop listening long before then!
I can’t remember howwwww many times I’ve said this: if you don’t know exactly what your presentation is trying to achieve, how will you know if you’ve achieved it?!? How will you even know how you should achieve it?
