Presentation advice

[TheFaQQer]

Ruprect.....

Who's that in your avatar? he gives me the creeps...

Steve Martin in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, playing Prince Ruprecht.

He has the patch on his eye because he can't control hit cutlery properly, hence the cork on the fork now.

[daviejones]

Turn up drunk, then let it all go downhill!!!

[Pondlife]

All sound advice above. Only few things to add would be to make sure you can see what the audience sees without turning around all the time. Ideally use your laptop with it projected behind you. 2nd tip would be to make sure you keep your hands out of your pockets (never fiddle with anything inside them i.e. coins, keys etc) and try not to jump around too much.

Oh, and turn your f'ing phone off (and get the audience to do likewise)

[Cowboy Bob]

Don't put any text on your slides. People read the text and don't listen to the speaker. It almost automatically makes the presentation flow better. If you need notes, use small cards that you hold in your hand.

[darmstadt]

Turn up drunk, then let it all go downhill!!!

Yep, don't do what I did for my first one. Stayed in the bar until 7:30 in the morning with the presentation at 8:30. Quick wash and brush up and then off to work to give a presentation which was only 45 minutes and lasted 3 hours in the end. Everyone was in fits including me (apart from the guys afterwards who had to wait it out and I kept talking about what they were going to present about!)

[Bright Spark]

If your using your laptop, make sure it's got enough charge better
still plug it into the mains. also right down your password on your hand
or somewhere in case it locks up. check how your slides will look on
the projector, as some colours come out different compared to when on the screen. remove any personal pictures / wallpapers on the laptop and make
sure you change the homepage from CUK to Intranet Site.

[Xenophon]

Remember the six Ps

Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents PISS Poor Performance.

I make that 7...

[Gibbon]

I make that 7...

Yep, it's the military version, the PISS is added as it is mandatory to have curse words in every statement.

[richard-af]

The 6 "F"s:
Forget your notes.
Forget your speech.
Forget to breathe.
Forget to progress the PowerPoint slides.
Forget to do-up your fly.
Forget it!

[Xenophon]

Yep, it's the military version, the PISS is added as it is mandatory to have curse words in every statement.

Fair enough.