Your Presentation Best

Are You Creating More PowerPoint Zombies? A common question I get during my presentation workshops is:   How do I get and keep my audiences attention?   How do I keep them from turning into PowerPoint Zombies? I think the best answer has always been:  Give them a reason to listen!  This usually means addressing their priorities, needs and/or problems in some concrete way. I would add to this a truly radical idea in the corporate world:   give your presentation WITHOUT PowerPoint .  That's right, no PowerPoint.  You will totally capture them right from the start because presenting without PowerPoint rarely happens.  You will be a freak, and freaks always get people's attention. They'll listen to you just to see "What the hell is this guy/lady doing?!" They'll stay tuned in becase you will be so much better able to plug into them (and they to you) if you don't have to compete with your slides. If you have done you homework and are presenting a me

You Stole Two Hours of My Life!  I Hate You! And that's two hours you will NEVER get back... What do you want out of a presentation when you are in the audience? It's a good question to ask yourself the next time your preapring your presentaiton. Think about what you hate when watching others present. Then do the opposite. Maybe it's endless PowerPoint slides filled with lots of text that the presenter is reading to you,  a presentation that bores you to death because there is nothing in for you, or any number of other things  that drive you crazy, put you to sleep, or make you pray that it would just end. If you hate wasting your valuable time at a presentation that sucks,  make sure you aren't making the same mistakes.