You must have tried giving mock presentations in front of ‘fake’ audience before giving out your presentation on the actual day. In order to add ’spice’ in your preparation, here are two ‘bizarre’ PowerPoint presentation skills training tips that you can try out:
Tip #1: The Slide Rotation Technique
Here’s the idea from Ignite Detroit!
If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? – link
Watch this clip to see how this presenter reacted upon this slide rotation technique:
Source: Ignite Detroit!
Tip #2: The Kidnapping Random Slides Technique
Besides rotating your slides without your consent, here’s the overview of ‘Kidnapping Random Slides’ technique:
A spectacular way to practice a PowerPoint presentation would be to have someone eliminate one of your slides, or a section of a slide. Then, run through that altered presentation and see if you can compensate for the missing material – link
Therefore, this method is actually test on your degree of preparedness – it’s important that you have to be familiar with the whole topic of your presentation, not solely based on the contents of your slides.
Start working out with these tips above before you let your slides roll!
Footnote: You can also try setting out your own stage for your presentation – read: Presentation Skills For Beginners – Free Yourself Up On Your Own Stage
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