Shatter the barriers between you and the audience

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If you liked this, sign up for the Awesome Presentations Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PPD4L Sharing our thoughts with our audience should be easy, but it turns out it's an obstacle race. What the audience understands is only a subset of what they perceive, which is only a subset of what we manage to say, which is only a subset of what we actually wanted to say. These are some tips to overcome the barriers at each stage. Image credit from the Noun Project Graph designed by Pham Thi Dieu Linh Graph designed by Mister Pixel Graph designed by Simple Icons Arrows by Juan Pablo Bravo Group designed by Parmelyn Envelope by Diego Naive Robot by Simon Child Speech by Juan Pablo Bravo Sitting by Melonnie Manohar

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SHATTER THE BARRIERS BETWEEN YOU

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what makes up a presentation?

presenter audiencestory

what makes up a presentation?

presenter audiencestory understanding

what makes up a presentation?

what you want to convey

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

Too muchArticles and presentations have different speeds

Too muchArticles and presentations have different speeds

one graph per slide. otherwise, delete it

Too littlewhat did I know before I understood this?

Too littlewhat did I know before I understood this?

avoid acronyms label axes

Too confusingsecondary threads should support the main thread

Too confusingsecondary threads should support the main thread

find the connections between your facts

solution: rehearse the entire talk out loud

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

distance

tailor your talk to this guy

distance

let yourself be seen

distance

let yourself be seen bit.ly/show_up

brené brown

distance

boredom

Kill the robot

boredom

speak like you care

boredom

• Distance  

• Tailor  your  talk  for  the  people  si5ng  in  the  back  of  the  room.  

• Don’t  stand  behind  the  podium  if  you  can  avoid  it.  

• Boredom  

• Don’t  be  afraid  to  show  your  personality  when  you  present.  

• If  you  care  about  what  you’re  talking  about,  show  it.  

• The  way  you  tell  the  story  is  what  makes  it  interesAng  (slides  help  a  bit).

Your voice outperforms bullet points every time

lack of interest

look at people in the eye

lack of interest

encourage questions

lack of interest

answering questions

answering questions

questions have priority over slides

answering questions

questions have priority over slides

rephrase until you and everyone else understands the question

answering questions

questions have priority over slides

rephrase until you and everyone else understands the question

nod until you hear silence. then, answer

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

fear

that I will forget what I wanted to say

fear

that I will forget what I wanted to say

that I won’t know the answer

to a question

fear

that I will forget what I wanted to say

that I will get lost and start

rambling

that I won’t know the answer

to a question

fear

that I will forget what I wanted to say

that I will get lost and start

rambling

that SOMEONE WILL POINT OUT

A MISTAKE

that I won’t know the answer

to a question

fear

that I will forget what I wanted to say

that I will get lost and start

rambling

that SOMEONE WILL POINT OUT

A MISTAKE

that I won’t know the answer

to a question

fear

(THESE ARE NOT YOUR REAL FEARS)

that people will judge me

fear

that I will forget what I wanted to say

that I will get lost and start

rambling

that SOMEONE WILL POINT OUT

A MISTAKE

that I won’t know the answer

to a question

how to defuse fear

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

3. repeat

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

3. repeat

fear

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

3. repeat

fear

resistence

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

3. repeat

fear

hesitation

resistence

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

3. repeat

fear

annoyance

hesitation

resistence

1. give it a name

how to defuse fear

2. feel the fear and do it anyway

3. repeat

expert

advanced

intermediate

newbie

you

OTHER PEOPLE you

OTHER PEOPLE you

amount of control over thoughts and actions

OTHER PEOPLE you

amount of control over thoughts and actions

0

OTHER PEOPLE you

100

amount of control over thoughts and actions

0

what you want to convey

what you actually convey

what the audience perceives

what the audience

understands

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