Check out these tips from Paul Durham of Vision Advancement:

Put as much information as possible in your slides. Have a minimum of two sentences in each slide. Never less.

Go over time. Talk until you get through all your material or until you feel in your gut like you’ve made your point. Anything over 20 minutes is great. People always complain about things being too short. No-one has ever complained about presentations being too long. After all, you’ve got the stage – take advantage of that.

Don’t use real-life examples that the audience can relate to. Stick to the subject matter.

Don’t vary your tone or pace. Speed up if you’re nervous. Speak quietly so people have to strain to hear you on the edge of their seat.

Use TLAs (three lettered acronyms) and don’t explain them – the more TLAs or letters the better.

Use big words. It helps you impress and connect with your audience. (The opening speaker at a recent conference I attended used the words exogenous and endogenous in the first 60 seconds.)

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