Unfortunately, this is where we are…

Business and school presentations have become so bad that audiences have lost hope.

No longer are audiences attending presentations optimistically thinking, “Maybe this will be a good one.”

They are going into presentations wondering, “Could this one possibly be worse than the last?”

It’s time to make presentations great again!

Here’s what you can do to make your next presentation great:

Stop writing out your script

You’re wasting your time.

Write out your script and you’re setting yourself up to fail.

Writing it out and then trying to memorize it is a tough call.

Here’s the best way to memorize a speech.

Forget the cue cards

Don’t like looking at your audience? Need a security blanket? Cue cards are for you.

Otherwise…

Cue cards will destroy your speech.

Ditch the crappy slides

No one wants to read your bullet points.

No one wants you to read your bullet points to them.

No one wants to be awed by that PowerPoint template you bought online.

John Oliver shows you how to design your slides.

How to add impact to your slides.

Open your presentation with a bang

Audiences know what to expect… you’re going to be boring!

If you want your audience to sit up and pay attention you need to catch them as soon as you step on stage.

Start with a bang using one of these 8 killer speech openers.

Stop listening to traditional advice

The reason we’re here, being bombarded by crappy presentations everyday, is because of traditional thinking.

Think about all those things “you know” about presentations and quickly forget them all.

Here are the top 20 worst pieces of advice ever given on presentation skills.

And the top 5 myths about presentations that need to die.

Put yourself in the position of the audience

Ever been bored in a presentation?

If you answered “no” you’re lying to yourself.

Here are 21 things your audience is thinking.