Presenter Prints

Gerald sensed that more than just his reputation was riding on the success of the presentation.

'Wow, excellent turnout.'

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

'Now look at this. This is interesting!'

'Here things are getting interesting!'

"First, I want to give you an overview of what I will tell you over and over again during the entire presentation."

The speech was almost interesting. People began to sit up and fake interest.

'You were talking in your sleep again.'

Presentation skills.

This may help you understand my presentation.

"I'm razzled, but not dazzled."

For More Effective Presentations Avoid Excessive Bullet Points.

'Now THAT'S a presentation! Great delivery, great graphics, and he moonwalks from the room.'

'Dang, I forgot my notes!'

'What's this, Dawkins?another of you 'visual metaphors'?'

'I don't know what's worse...you, Jenkins, snoring through my presentation, or you, Fredericks, complaining that it was keeping you awake!'

'In preparing for his big speech Thorton practices freezing mindlessly in front of a mirror.'

'Your presentation on the advantages of e-commerce would've been better had it not been for the use of the word 'dude' 183 times.'

'Franklin, you need to put more life into your presentations.'

'...The good news is the Guggenheim has offered $2,500,000 for our chart.'

Try to hold your audience's attention when giving a presentation.

'. . . Doom gloom. . . horror. . . shock. . . nightmare scenario. . .'

'Whoops. That's upside down.'

'This Power Point slide has a dynamic layout comparing reading scores throughout the district, which you would have seen if I remembered to bring a spare projection bulb.'

Welcome to Eternal Damnation: Slide 1 of 9,999

"This report took me three months to put together - any questions?" "Yes - how long have you had that toupee?"

'This PowerPoint slide has a dynamic layout comparing reading scores throughout the district, which you would have seen if I remembered to bring a spare projection bulb.'

"Oops! Wrong plug."

'This pie chart clearly demonstrates the distain with which most people regard pie charts.'

'You're going to stitch me up in this interview aren't you?'

'I've worked out my strategy for the presentation. If I can put them to sleep in the first ten minutes then I can talk rubbish for the next half hour .'

"Where are you going with this, Wingate?"

For some reason, Bob's use of his favorite New Yorker cartoons to enliven his presentation wasn't getting the laughs he'd anticipated.

'I thought up an incredible sting of rapid-fire witticisms. Too bad they came two hours after my speech.'

'How humiliating! I got shot down by my own talking points!'