4 common bad habits of presenters Metamorph

What are these habits? How do they matter?

The answer is buried in the evolution of presentations

Over time… presentations have gone through 3 stages Infancy Adolescence Maturity

In Infancy stage… Metamorph

Presenters had limited tools to work with. Photo slide projectors

Since photo slides were expensive to make…

Presenters developed bad habit No. 1 ‘Cluttering the slides’

The result was: Slides like this…

Our company’s glorious history Once upon a time when we started the company We went to the registrar office to purchase Rs.2/- revenue stamp We went by public transport because we had no company-owned vehicle It was too far to walk Distance> 5 furlongs. Cars for hire were expensive And we had no expense account I am telling you all this because I FEEL LIKE IT haha Anyway your next 2 hours are all mine Of course that does not comprise of question-answer time. I know you will be too engrossed to take a break My boss did this to me And I will do it to you For more information, please refer to the detailed training sessions on our culture, ethos, values, mission, vision, principles, past achievements, trophies won, background of the directors etc. & Sons

The less expensive option – OHP sheets were too difficult to read

So, presenters developed Bad Habit No.2 ‘Reading the slides’

Result…

Then came Adolescence stage…

Presenters had the option to play with pictures, charts, graphs and animations…

..and they developed Bad Habit No.3 ‘Flaunting their expertise’

The result was: Slides like this...

I will use it because I have it Don’t you love this cool background? I just love clipart I use it whenever I see free space Animation with sound ROCKS

And graphs like this…

…which made the audience switch off

…and since presenters could also ‘Cut-Paste’ their way to a new presentation… Ctrl+C Ctrl+V

They developed Bad Habit No.4 ‘Avoiding hard work’

Result: Weird hybrid presentations without a unique identity

Enough!

…it is time to move to the maturity stage Now

It is time to break the 4 bad habits of presentation…

…and replace them with 1 valuable habit of Simplicity

For, simplicity makes your message fly

…and helps you reach the last person in your audience.

How do I bring simplicity to my presentations?

Now, it is easy with our proprietary method: Minimal ™ presentations