The document discusses different outcomes for presentations: thriving, surviving, or nose diving. It provides examples of presentation styles, content, and mediums that can lead to each outcome. The author emphasizes focusing on natural style, relevant content, and user-friendly mediums to thrive. Ignoring critics and amplifying your authentic self are advised. The document concludes by encouraging readers to take risks and strive for their best performance.
20. Some ingredients to help you thrive...
Style Content Medium
Natural with right energy Relevant Clean slides
Charismatic Chunked correctly Good acoustics
Thrive
Happy and Personable Sign posted Appropriate lighting
Resonate vocal qualities Clear outcomes Clear line of view of speaker
Impactful and Confident Understandable Right temperature
Passionate Engaging Comfortable seating
Rapport with audience Natural conclusion High quality AV
Survive
Nose Dive
21. Some ingredients to help you survive...
Thrive Style Content Medium
Flat energy No clear objectives Slides are “6 points with 6
Monotone Lots of content and data words”
Survive
Lack of audience connection Too little data Occasional speaker sound
Talks to the screen Content is like a monologue feedback
Shuffles Lacks direction Projection not fitting the screen
No eye contact Not relevant to group size
Moves around aimlessly Doesn’t meet groups needs The AV is the presentation not
the speaker
Nose Dive
22. Some ingredients to help you nose dive...
Thrive
Survive Style Content Medium
Noticably nervous Endless drivel Uncomfortable temperature
Nose Dive
Arrogant Out of date Death by PowerPoint
Rude and confrontationable Wrong Sound system ineffective
Distracting habits Boring Equipment not working
Not prepared Transparent Room too dark
Patronising No value Over complicated
Trying to be someone else Irrelevant Room too crowded
23. What are some of your ingredients...
Thrive
Survive
Nose Dive Style Content Medium
24. Question:
What to do
about your own
presentation?
28. secrets to thriving
# 1 : Get some great feedback
# 2 : Be ‘you’ plus 20% - amplify yourself – give
more and you’ll enjoy it more!
# 3 : Choose one or two things to focus on doing
better
# 4 : Take some risks!
# 5 : Be the best possible you
# 6 : Model the people you admire
# 7 : Dare to thrive