Secrets of a good presentation (Part 3 of 3)

This is the third and final part of a three part blog post providing guidance on how to create and deliver an effective presentation. Part 1 provided guidance on how to develop your content. Part 2 gave tips on how to deliver your presentation.

This final part in the series considers how to handle questions and how to prepare for what might go wrong.

Secrets of a good presentation (Part 2 of 3)

This is the second part of a three part blog post providing guidance on how to deliver a good presentation. Part 1 explained how to develop your content. This part focuses on the actual delivery of the presentation.

Secrets of a good presentation (Part 1 of 3)

I’ve just spent a few days away at a conference where there was a huge variety of presentation styles and effectiveness of presentations, some good and some much less so. This has prompted me to write this three part post to remind people of some of the secrets of a good presentation.

Are you playing on the pitch?

There have been pages of newspaper coverage and hours of debate devoted recently to England’s poor performance at the World Cup in South Africa. This has prompted a timely post from guest blogger Rhys Jones of Teamfactor which is also relevant to many business situations:

Your ATTENTION please!

I was highly delighted to read that the new UK Prime Minister David Cameron has banned mobile phones and the like from Cabinet meetings.

Like most people I find a mobile phone a great way to keep in touch but as a facilitator I know what a nuisance they can be in meetings. They distract people, stop people giving their all to the discussion and can throw the agenda right off track. Worse in my opinion is the Crackberry, where the owner can’t resist the temptation to check their email and starts pressing buttons under the table where they think they can’t be seen!