52 minutes, 31 slides, some with up to 15 bullet-points, many with 4-5 thumbnail pictures or graphs. OK, so we’ve all sat through a good few of these, but what galled me about this particular presentation was the slide titled, ‘Typical questions AAA Software (not actual name) can help get you an answer for.’ There …
I got an email last week inviting me to the following talk: ‘Topology Optimization using Barycentric Discretization: Theory and Applications’ I didn’t go. A few weeks earlier, I was asked to: ‘Endogenous Correlated Network Dynamics’ …but I was busy that week, also. And then there was: ‘Group III Nitride Semiconductor Nanostructures for Photonic and Quantum …
On the up side, glass skyscrapers let in light. On the down side, they let heat, lots of it – think of greenhouses – which can be a problem in warm countries. So they have developed ‘intelligent glass systems’ to adjust the tint of the windows at different times of the day, blocking the sun’s …
After my recent request for awful presentations, I received the following note from an engineer named Jeff: Barry, I think you have touched a nerve. I see the first slide in some presentations and want to scream. The things that really grinds my gears are: 1. Text heavy document pasted into slides and read out …
“I guested on The Business Bunker on Kent Business Radio with Paul Andrews last Tuesday (26 July ’16) to talk about the importance of business presentations, the (many) failings of business presentations and the launch of awfulpresentations.com. Listen to the interview here.”
Most people’s response to an afternoon of presentations will be: ‘Do I have to stay for all of them?’ Presentations are often dull and ineffective but they don’t have to be. A presentation and a conversation are essentially the same thing and if you arrange your content properly, you can present as easily as if …