It’s All About the Presentation
How
things our presented has a huge effect on our daily lives. For example, when we
go to a restaurant we most likely selected it not only because of the type of
food they serve, but a large part of our decision in the first place was based
on the presentation of the restaurant itself. Once inside, our decisions were
based off of the presentations of the food. We select our mates based off of
their presentation of themselves, and the same can be said about our friends.
The point is, presentation (much like marketing) is what gets us interested in
the first place.
The same is very much true
when it comes to presenting new idea’s to your workplace, potential buyer, or
whatever your particular job situation is. NO ONE enjoys sitting through
mundane, boring, monotonous Power Point slides with the presenter literally
reading word for word. In fact, it’s actually pointless if you think about it.
Most of us tune them out, have wandering minds, or just plain ignore what the
presenter is talking about. It’s a huge waste of time.
After taking this Leadership
course and in particularly after this week’s assignment, I have realized more
than ever just how important a good presentation is. Hans Rosling had one of
the most fascinating presentations I have seen. I would have never paid
attention to his topic if it were not for the way he presented it. He engaged
the audience by keeping things moving. His video presentations were not full of
boring facts and statistics. In fact, at one point it looked like some sort of
game. He threw a few jokes in there and he moved around. I feel that the most
important thing that he did was to keep things moving. There were not long
pauses or any, “um’s”. He was confident in the material he was presenting and
that made you want to listen.
In the future, even if I do
not get as creative as he did with his presentation slides, I will definitely
make sure to keep things moving, not bore people with tons of facts, and I will
be more engaging. Also, no matter how I might be feeling about giving the
presentation, I will not show it. People will think I am the world expert on
that given subject.
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