Don't just try to be interesting to your audience… show you're interested in them, a new book on presentation skills claims.
In its review of I Hate Presentations by John Caplin, the Financial Times claims many people are stuck in the high school lecturette mindset of offering lots of detail to prove they've done lots of work.
Rather than take this approach, Caplin says presenters should have a clear idea of what the audience needs to get out of the experience and a method of elaborating that's unique and personal.
And, most importantly, it's suggested a 'less is more' approach forces listeners to think for themselves rather than be bored by non-essential information.
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