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Essentials of presentation - 101

You the man!


Yes folks. You have heard it right.
You the man!
(or woman!)

When it comes to presentations, you are the key. Not the PowerPoint presentation you have so meticulously prepared. Not the snazzy graphics in your slides. Not the mindblowing facts on your slides. Not the earth-shattering charts showing increasing numbers. You. YOU are the key.

Your audience are here to listen to you. If you are simply reading out the bullets on your presentation, you are a distraction. Your PowerPoint presentation should act only as a visual aid to what you are trying to say. You need not be their hearing aid. So don’t be a distraction. Be you.
Spend more time analysing the ‘you’ instead of dressing up the ‘PowerPoint’.

I am based out of Hyderabad. Get in touch with me for making your presentations better.

- Arjun
TheQuestionGuide@gmail.com
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