Your presentation is in full swing when the projector fails. How will you keep your audience engaged?
Encountered a tech glitch during a crucial talk? Share how you've captivated an audience without the gadgets.
Your presentation is in full swing when the projector fails. How will you keep your audience engaged?
Encountered a tech glitch during a crucial talk? Share how you've captivated an audience without the gadgets.
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ACT UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOUR TECH WILL FAIL. This happened to me in 2005 on the main stage of TED Global. I looked at Chris Anderson, he signaled that I was to carry on. So I did. This was due to one factor alone: Content confidence. I didn't have a script but I knew the points I was trying to make and had a narrative structure. I had to draw graphs in the air with my hands, we went to "theatre of the mind" and the audience carried me the whole way. They know what's going on, and they want you to win. So if you proceed with confidence, they'll fill in the gaps. People cheered, more in appreciation of how I handled it than for the talk itself. Seth Godin told me later that he whooped. Legend! Humans love recovery stories.
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Always have a fun and engaging story prepped for your presentation (or two). Often, I will write down some notes for each story and use them for situations like this, to fill time in lieu of questions, etc... Stories should be funny but also related to your audience's interests.
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As someone who just had this happen to them while speaking at a conference here’s some advice: - crack a joke, make the audience laugh, keep them engaged. - the slides should never be the centerpiece of your talk, use them as reinforcement for key details. - if you are having fun, the audience will have fun. - at this point fully engage the audience, ask them questions, add it into your presentation, make it more conversational st that point. At the end of it all, the most important thing is to remember to have fun. Things are going to go wrong and that is beyond your control. Embrace the chaos of it and leverage it to your advantage.
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Your slides should never be the focus of the presentation. When I use slides they are there as background imagery to highlight certain technical points such as diagrams. If you don’t know all of your material (yes all of it) to present it without slides then you shouldn’t be presenting. Just keep talking to the audience. If you run out of material in your head then start asking questions. Ask specific individuals and then let the discussion flow.
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I've totally had this happen. I just made it into a joke. My slides tend to be high on images and low on text so I kept going with my presentation and described what was on the slides but as I did so, I pulled out a laser pointer and acted like the slides were visible. I ha the audience in tears.
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