{"id":1204,"date":"2011-11-08T11:02:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T10:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elementally.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2011-11-08T11:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T10:02:35","slug":"rayboulds-rules-for-presentations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/rayboulds-rules-for-presentations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Raybould’s Rules for Presentations #2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bible\"<\/a>

The Bible - source of my second rule of presenting! ;)<\/p><\/div>\n

To quote The Bible (Matthew 7:12 to be specific): ‘Do unto others as you would have them do to you<\/strong>‘. \u00c2\u00a0It’s a great rule for life, let alone presentations.<\/p>\n

It never ceases to amaze me how many people complain about the poor quality of other<\/em> people’s presentations and then, apparently without any realisation of the irony, stand up and give an almost identical presentation! \u00c2\u00a0(As an aside, and on a personal note, this attitude is the bane of our marketing: “Oh yes: that’s really important… I know a lot of (other) people who you need to train (them)! ;) )<\/p>\n

But Matthew 7:12 begs the question: why would you make other people suffer the same amount of bordom and mental pain that you’ve had inflicted upon you?! Why not do something different? As the saying goes:<\/p>\n

If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So why not do your presentation differently? Why not – as my Rule Number Two says – do to others as you’d have them do to you<\/strong>? Why not take the time and effort to make your presentation effective? If you’re sitting through boring and\/or pointless presentations why not do yours differently!<\/p>\n

Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you…<\/strong><\/p>\n

This, I guess, my version of Nancy Duarte’s first rule: “never give a presentation you wouldn’t want to sit through”.<\/p>\n

So the next time you’re wasting your time at a bad presentation, ask yourself a few key questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why do I not feel this presentation is going well (be specific – don’t just say “‘cos it’s rubbish!”)?<\/li>\n
  2. What can I do to make sure my<\/em> presentations don’t suffer from the same problem? (Again, be as specific as you possibly can be!)<\/li>\n
  3. How can I get the training (or equipment, or whatever) is needed to make the answer to question two a reality?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course, if the answer to number three turns out to be getting some presentation skills training from us, so much the better! (Hey, we’ve got to make a living you know – we don’t get paid for this online stuff!)<\/p>\n

    …and at the end of your presentation, get yourself some good feedback. \u00c2\u00a0By ‘good’ I don’t mean feedback saying how good you were – I mean feedback that is good of itself<\/em>: good feedback should, amongst other things, tell you how to improve. Once again, it’s important to be specific – not just “Don’t forget to keep eye contact”!<\/p>\n

    It’s simple really – just do unto others!<\/p>\n

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    Rule one is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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