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NC STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering
The 7 Deadly Sins ofBad Presenters
Dr. Med Byrd
Paper Science & Engineering Program
NC State University
NC STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering
#1: Body Movement
• Bad presenters can’t seem to control their hands, fingers, legs, or bodies
• Constantly moving, twitching, etc.• Distracts audience from your presentation• Ask yourself: Where are my hands? Where are my
feet?
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#2: No Outline or Summary Slides
• The audience needs to know, up front, what you plan to do – use an outline slide
• They need to know, at the end, what you thought was important – use a summary or conclusion slide
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#3: Too Much on a Slide
• Don’t put more than 3 (maybe 4) bulleted items on a single slide
• Don’t put up graphs or tables that cannot be read or understood easily (use handouts if necessary)
• Don’t be afraid to use more slides with less info on each
• Keep it simple!
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#4: Reading the PresentationFrom the Screen
• The most awful sin of all!• Why does the audience need to listen to you read the
presentation? Why is a presentation needed at all?• Use the slides as general guidelines and to show data –
but YOU tell the story!• If you don’t know it…don’t present it!
NC STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering
#5: Too Much Time on a Slide
• Rule of thumb: Don’t spend more than 20-30 seconds on a given slide
• Puts the audience to sleep• Keep it moving• Use multiple slides with moving highlights
NC STATE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering
#6: Not Rehearsing
• A cardinal sin• “Winging it” will get you in trouble• Rehearse ANY presentation at least 3 times…with a
stopwatch!• When you KNOW it….then you can relax and put real
emotion and life into the presentation
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#7: Not Preparing
• This is different than rehearsing• Have you
- actually projected the slides on a screen, to see if they are readable?
- is the presentation readable from the back of the room?
- does the video clip actually boot up?
- is there a computer in the room? Does it work? Does it have USB?
- Don’t go in not knowing what’s going on!
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Being able to make an effectivepresentation is an important part
of an engineering career!
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