12. We’ve all seen them. The walls of text or lists of bullets points
that the presenter proceeds to read verbatim in a monotone
voice at a much slower pace than the average person reads.
You’ve gotten to the end of the slide and they are still wrapping
up the first sentence. So now what? Listen attentively until they’
ve finished? Nope. Half the audience are pretending not to fall
asleep while the other half are on Twitter or watching that
hilarious cat video. You know, the one where it sneaks up on the
camera like a ninja. What do you mean you haven’t seen it?
Anyway, back to the talk. If by any chance they’re still engaged
at this point then you’re going to lose them with the next slide
which is … wait for it … another wall of text! Oh joy, oh rapture,
oh … look … it’s video of someone drunk playing Euro Truck
Simulator 2 with an Occulus Rift. I should share this with my all
Facebook m8tes… Oh, and if the audience is still reading this,
they’re not listening to you!
25. glossophobia
Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear
of public speaking or of speaking in general.
The word glossophobia comes from the
Greek γλῶσσα glōssa, meaning tongue, and
φόβος phobos, fear or dread. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossophobia