When not to use presentations

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Presentations are an effective tool in many situations, but not in all. Sometimes a simple lecture, perhaps with the help of an eraser board, can be more interesting, more understandable or more convincing. Here are some example cases where the presenter's salary is lost:

1. If you didn't have time to exercise

A presentation requires practice for two reasons - proofreading and training. And these two reasons are connected, that is, it is impossible to proofread without practicing, and it is difficult to practice without wanting to proofread.
Training - because the first draft always takes more time than you have, because if you don't remember the order of the slides you will screw up, and because it just looks unprofessional.
proofreading - because after every training you will surely see a lot of things that are less clear when you say them out loud than they were when you wrote the presentation.

2. For motivational talks

A presentation is an excellent tool for conveying information, but a medium-minus tool for conveying emotions. The presentation also has a feature that disconnects the speaker from the audience (for example because it is darker) and it always seems prepared in advance and not spontaneous.

3. When a dialogue with the audience is needed

A presentation is essentially a one-way communication tool. The very fact that you prepared it in advance at home eliminates the possibility of the audience influencing its structure and content. Also, unless you have a wireless remote and a good skill at moving it around the presentation also encourages you to remain frozen and static.

4. When you need to respond quickly

From the moment you SAVE the presentation and take it with you on the road, the structure and content of what you will convey to the audience is determined. Therefore, if there is a chance that things need to be changed during the speech, the presentation will probably fail you.

By the way, many presenters bring the presentation with them on their computer so they can make last minute changes. This is a possible policy, but it is important to remember that it increases the chance of malfunctions, and means that instead of concentrating on the message and customers in the moment before the presentation, you are concentrated on the computer.