By Heather Cote
Cross-posted from the Adfero Group blog
We’ve all seen horrible presentations. Most of us have probably given a few in our day. But in the professional world, public speaking is an unavoidable fact of life. Whether you love or loathe giving presentations, people on both sides of the coin can be really, really bad at it.
In reminiscing on the truly awful presentations I’ve seen, I came up with 4 basic pitfalls that can doom any public speaker:
#1. NOT BEING PREPARED.
I’ve listed this as the first issue to tackle, because it leads directly to the other three. Luckily, this is also one of the easiest pitfalls to correct – because much of it doesn’t actually involve any public speaking. In fact, you can prepare for much of your presentation by yourself in your underwear if you want to.
So, how can one prepare for a presentation? (more…)
