{"id":1583,"date":"2012-08-27T09:13:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T09:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/presentation-skills-blog.co.uk\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2012-08-27T09:13:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T09:13:12","slug":"what-audiences-see-in-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/what-audiences-see-in-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"What audiences see in presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; or actually what they don&#8217;t see in presentations!<\/p>\n<p>A lot of our clients &#8211; when I ask them what they&#8217;re afraid of in terms of presentations &#8211; say that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they&#8217;ll make mistakes<\/li>\n<li>their audience will notice them<\/li>\n<li>they will be judged\/mocked\/ridiculed for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll look at (and have looked at already!) numbers one and three on that list &#8211; today I want to mention something about item two.<\/p>\n<p>I commend to you &#8216;<a title=\"Presenting the invisible gorilla\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinvisiblegorilla.com\/\">The Invisible Gorilla<\/a>&#8216; which looks at the assumptions we make, as humans in our day to day lives. The books are easy to read and very well researched. Not wanting to spoil it I can&#8217;t go into too much more detail but the gist of one of the things we do as humans is filter out a very great deal of information. The books are replete with examples &#8211; many of which are more than a little amusing. Buy, read, enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s have invisible gorillas got to do with making presentations?<\/p>\n<p>If people think that gorillas are invisible, what chances do you think they have of noticing all the mistakes in your presentation?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/presentation-skills-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mobile3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1587\" title=\"mobile\" src=\"http:\/\/presentation-skills-blog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mobile3-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mobile3-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mobile3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Let me give you an example &#8211; and remember I do this for a living, so I should be aware of what&#8217;s going on around me! :p<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I walked into the communal, living room of the house I share with my wife and two children&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;. and didn&#8217;t notice this mobile.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t until the second time I popped into the room &#8211; and literally walked into it &#8211; that I became aware of it!<\/p>\n<p>Now, if I can walk around my own house and not notice four, 10-inch, coloured birds hanging from the light in the middle of the ceiling (I put them against a wall to make them easier to photograph) what chance have your audience of noticing your little mistakes? \u00a0:)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips and tricks for dealing with mistakes in your presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>As they say in Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy &#8211; don&#8217;t panic<\/li>\n<li>Unless it spoils the presentation&#8217;s flow, don&#8217;t draw attention to it<\/li>\n<li>Deal with it if it needs dealing with (see rule two!)<\/li>\n<li>Move on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">Simple, eh? \u00a0Of course, it&#8217;s all easier said than done :)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; or actually what they don&#8217;t see in presentations! 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