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May 9, 2007
How To Be A Poor Presenter
Posted At : May 9, 2007 1:59 PM | Posted By : Aaron West
Related Categories: ColdFusion,General

I've seen some pretty awesome presentations when attending technology conferences. Many of them were by incredible presenters like Ben Forta and Hal Helms. I've also seen some really, really terrible presentations where the audience is embarrassed just attending. Below is a video of some examples of what NOT to do when presenting (note: these examples aren't real and I've seen far worse). Some of the things to avoid relate directly to technology preso's while others relate to any subject.

And since I'm not a fan of bringing up a problem without a potential solution I'm listing some links regarding how to present effectively. Please list in the comments any additional tips or links that would prove helpful.

Presentation tips:
http://www.aresearchguide.com/3tips.html
http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm/2006/6/29/A-few-presentation-tips

How not to present:

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Video missing... :(
# Posted By todd sharp | 5/14/07 8:15 AM
The video worked for me.

Some of those were brutal to watch! I have seen plenty of presenters have code break during the presentation, but never anyone waste so much time trying to debug.

I especially loved the mission statements!
# Posted By Steve Bryant | 5/14/07 9:25 AM
Give it another try Todd - the video does appear to be working now.
# Posted By Aaron West | 5/14/07 9:59 PM
Damn....painful to watch.
# Posted By todd sharp | 5/14/07 10:16 PM
classic!

the painful bit? I'm sure every one of the presenters thought they were "doing OK, y'know?"

so if I ever rise to these depths, some one put me out of my misery... please?
# Posted By barry.b | 5/15/07 8:36 AM
This has to be a joke! I really hope it is a joke because no one could be this bad at these presentations.
# Posted By Daniel Schutzsmith | 6/12/07 3:08 PM
Daniel, the video is just an example of what not to do. However, you'd be surprised how many folks regularly do many of the things in the presentations. There's not a conference I attend where I don't see some example of terrible presenting.

It's hard to present well and few people are good at it .
# Posted By Aaron West | 6/12/07 3:45 PM
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