COURSE TITLE: TECHNICAL WRITING & PRESESNTATION SKILLS

COURSE CODE: HS-401

COURSE INCHARGE: MISS ANUM

SECTION: A

BATCH: 2016

DATE OF SUBMISSION: 23-AUGUST-2017

GROUP #: 01

ASSIGNMENT: PRESENTATION BLUNDERS

GROUP MEMBERS
 ALYAS KHAN MANDOKHAIL (2016-CV-09)
 SALMAN AHMED (2016-CV-22)
 SYED FARAZ AHMED (2016-CV-37)
 M, HASSAN MANSOOR (2016-CV-38)
 SYED HUZAIFA (2016-CV-43)
 AHSAN RIZVI (2016-CV-130)

PRESENTATION BLUNDERS
As presenters we are in the privileged position of being able to share our knowledge,
experience, and passion with an audience. We may be motivating our team at a meeting,
presenting a new idea to senior management, promoting our business at a networking event or
sharing our expertise or our opinion at a conference or other event. However, with this privilege
comes responsibility, a responsibility to ourselves to ensure we don’t kill our credibility, but
more importantly, a responsibility to our audience to ensure that our message is relevant and
interesting to listen to. However, there are a ton of other variables that ultimately determine if
your presentation will be a success or failure. It's all too easy to put in a lot of effort, only to end
up with a bad presentation.

We can easily spot the flaws — too long, too boring, indecipherable, what have you — when we
watch others speak. The thing is, when we take the stage ourselves, many of us fall into the
same traps.

MOST COMMON PRESENTATION BLUNDERS

Here's some of the most common presentation blunders which most of the
peoples do while giving a presentation.

1. DON'T PREPARE FOR THE TOPIC.

You memorized the content (and it shows, by the way). Someone has a question. Panic sets
in. You never prepared for questions and all you know about this topic is what is written on
the slides.

2. TOO MUCH INFORMATION

You know so much about the topic that you jump from here to there and back again talking
about everything there is to know about your brand new widget, and no one can follow the
thread of the presentation.

Use the K.I.S.S. principle (Keep It Simple Silly) when you're developing your presentation.

3. LACK
OF EYE CONTACT
Many presenters find maintaining eye contact with their audience quite a challenge. This
can be because of their own nerves or lack of confidence, but also because they are
tempted to look at their slides, face the flip chart or read their notes. The moment you lose
eye contact with your audience you break the connection and you will struggle to engage
them.

4. READING, NOT SPEAKING

The goal of the presentation, whether there’s two people you’re meeting with or 100, is to
make a connection. You want each person to feel like you’re speaking directly to them;
building the audience’s confidence in both you and
the information you’re speaking about.

However, all that connection and credibility

disappears when your head drops, your eyes look
down, and you begin speaking in a monotone voice,
reading directly from paper, your slides, or note
cards.

5. DRESSING INAPPROPRIATELY
 When a person comes to the stage his first impression is his dressing. The best
advice you can apply is to dress conservatively so your audience can focus on
what you’re saying Men should avoid wearing flashy shirts and shorts while
women should avoid low necklines, flashy jewelry, and short skirts. And no
matter what, avoid wacky hairstyles.

6. BORING, UNPROFESSIONAL DESIGN

It only takes people about 50 milliseconds to form a first impression, and incredibly
about 94% of that comes down to your design. In a presentation, that means your slide
deck is the obvious starting point. Chances are attendees have already seen that same
default PowerPoint template hundreds of times over the past few years.

7.
OVERCROWDING TEXT
The best rule of thumb for text is to keep it simple . Don't try to cram too much
information into your slides. Aim for a maximum of three to four words within each
bullet point, and no more than three bullets per slide.

This doesn't mean that you should spread your content over dozens of slides. Limit
yourself to 10 slides