Presenting to Senior Executives

with Tatiana Kolovou

Managing Technology Glitches

As you prepare for your presentation, consider this checklist and review it to be prepared for tech fails. If your
presentation involves others, share this to make sure they are also in the loop and have their part set.

Backup Strategy Options Have This Need to Prepare This Doesn’t Apply

Plan for additional

Slide printouts slides to make up for
animation.

Practice your
Dial-in presentation with
consideration a friend over the
phone.

Have your visuals

saved in a couple of
File backup
places like on the
cloud and a USB.

Save any audio in

Audio source alternate places or
host desktop.

Always have one

at hand with extra
Clicker
batteries for live
presentations.

This is a good exercise

to do anyway. If you
don’t use it you can
always share after
One-pager
the presentation
as a follow-up.
Also consider an
iconographic.

Virtual meeting Your backup should

setup for a be someone in the
co-host— they meeting acting as
should have your your backup who has
deck at hand your material.

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