another list: this time,he forgot number one.

Business Week brings us The 10 Worst Presentation Habits including such obvious no-no's as reading from notes, and standing at attention plus one or two less obvious presentation killers like avoiding eye contact (with your audience) and fidgeting, jiggling, and swaying (I assume this doesn't apply if you're a dance instructor).

Yet Mr. Gallo forgets the number one rule of presentations: never, ever open a presentation (or an online article) with a smarmy, superior sounding recitation of your awesome credentials, such as:

"As a communications coach for some of America's most admired companies..."

P.S. Oh, and never forget on your last slide to include a link back to the first.

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