1. Top Ten Tips for Screwing-up a Presentation
Presented by someone
who has screwed-up a lot of presentations
(and has watched others do the same)

2. Tip #10 Clutter your slides with graphics that distract from what
you are
saying.
And use a small font too.

3. Don’t proof your slides very, very carefully
Tip #9
Don’t proof your slides very, very carefully
If you use bad grammer and speeling on a slide people think you ain’t really all that smart

4. Tip #8
Put a lot of text on a slide and then read it to your audience so that they think you think they can’t read and don’t forget to talk fast too. Or assume they will read the slides and then they will not listen to what you are saying and what you are saying may actually be interesting unlike the text on this slide.

5. Tip #7
Memorize
your
presentation
and
talk like a robot.

6. Tip #6
Look at only the
cute people
in the room.

7. Don’t test your stuff in enough time to make adjustments.
Tip #5
Don’t test your stuff in enough time to make adjustments.
Don’t test your technology.
Don’t test your clothes.

8. Don’t anticipate the questions.
Tip #4
Don’t anticipate the questions.
Faint when you don’t know the answer to a question (and hope for the sympathy of the audience).

9. Tip #3 Make sure you run out of time and don’t get a chance
to make your
main points.

10. Tip #2
Allow people to
forget about you
as soon as you
sit down.

11. about the kind of audience
Tip #1
Don’t give a flip
about the kind of audience
you have.

12. Top 10 Tips 10. Clutter your slides. 9. Don’t proof your slides.
8. Put a lot of text on a slide and read.
7. Memorize and talk like a robot.
6. Look at only the cute people.
5. Don’t test in enough time.
4. Don’t anticipate the questions.
3. Run out of time.
2. Allow people to forget about you.
1. Don’t give a flip about the audience you have.