1. Essentially – How NOT to!
How to Present
Essentially – How NOT to!

2. Turning the lights off during presentations
“If your audience can’t see you, you won’t be able to connect with them…”

3. Relying too heavily on one leg of the presentation stool
speech content/message
delivery
visual presentation
Combine these all…..

4. Believing an informative topic will inevitably bore the audience
Information should always be layered with story, just like layers of a cake
Students often forget that story is important and stick to matter-of-fact reporting of information
“Use storytelling, but… make certain all of your stories relate to the central focus of your speech.”

5. Writing and then reading a script
“Reading a script from start to finish makes an audience feel cheated.”

6. Faking or acting when delivering
Delivery should be authentic and natural
“Don’t invent a new persona when presenting, and don’t rely on gimmicks to win over your audience.”

7. Creating bullet-ridden, ineffective slides

8. Starting with an apology
“I’m sorry, I had a lot of other work to do, and I didn’t have time to put a lot of effort into my speech.”
“I’m sorry, I’m sick today, so my voice isn’t going to be what it usually is.”
“I’m sorry, I’m really nervous.”
“Start with a positive!  If the first thing you say is negative, you create a negative impression on your audience, and you lose credibility.”

9. An unprepared presenter has
Winging it
Please do not ever believe you can “wing” any speech
An unprepared presenter has
zero credibility

10. The TED Commandments
Dream big. Strive to create the best talk you have ever given. Reveal something never seen before. Do something the audience will remember forever. Share an idea that could change the world.
Show us the real you. Share your passions, your dreams ... and also your fears. Be vulnerable. Speak of failure as well as success.
Make the complex plain. Don't try to dazzle intellectually. Don't speak in abstractions. Explain! Give examples. Tell stories. Be specific.
Connect with people's emotions. Make us laugh! Make us cry!
Don't flaunt your ego. Don't boast. It's the surest way to switch everyone off.

11. The TED Commandments No selling from the stage!
Feel free to comment on other speakers' talks, to praise or to criticize. Controversy energizes! Enthusiastic endorsement is powerful!
Don't read your talk. Notes are fine. But if the choice is between reading or rambling, ONLY then read!
End your talk on time. Doing otherwise is to steal time from the people that follow you. We won't allow it.
Rehearse your talk in front of a trusted friend ...