http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/content/boring-presentation-interesting1/ Presentation tips from Olivia Mitchell Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/content/boring-presentation-interesting1/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Peter Beckwith Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:00:52 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=2253#comment-956 Thank you for the very well thought out post here. One of the things that I find most frustrating when helping my clients to put together a presentation is convincing them to fully embrace the emotional side of their audience. It seems that the majority of of presentations, and presenters, are focused, almost exclusively, on getting the information out. And, because, the information is concrete, the presenters tend to spend the majority of their time combing through it again and again. The problem is that audience members are human beings. Human beings like to believe that they make rational decisions and are persuaded by facts and facts alone. In fact, decisions and a willingness to be persuaded are emotional processes. Emotions are vague and harder to tap into for most presenters. Therefore, it would seem to me that focusing on weaving an emotional journey into any presentation is key to success. More uncomfortable for the presenter...yes. More resonant for the audience and satisfying for the presenter...absolutely. Thank you for the very well thought out post here. One of the things that I find most frustrating when helping my clients to put together a presentation is convincing them to fully embrace the emotional side of their audience. It seems that the majority of of presentations, and presenters, are focused, almost exclusively, on getting the information out. And, because, the information is concrete, the presenters tend to spend the majority of their time combing through it again and again. The problem is that audience members are human beings. Human beings like to believe that they make rational decisions and are persuaded by facts and facts alone. In fact, decisions and a willingness to be persuaded are emotional processes. Emotions are vague and harder to tap into for most presenters. Therefore, it would seem to me that focusing on weaving an emotional journey into any presentation is key to success. More uncomfortable for the presenter…yes. More resonant for the audience and satisfying for the presenter…absolutely.

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