On Bad Habits in Presentation #2 – How Overwhelming the Audience Can Be Counterproductive

The lecture series continues, and there were more observations on bad habits in the presentations. During a lecture or a presentation aimed at teaching the audience, speakers usually look for interactions with the audience to gauge their understanding of the content. However, going to an extreme may annoy the audience. The lecture series was held using Zoom, making it difficult to get feedback from the audience. In one lecture, the speaker asked us to reply by typing our responses in the chatroom. “Okay? If you’re okay, type ‘ok’,” she said. Many of us answered “ok” in the chatroom. ...

22 May, 2023 · 3 min · Oscar Li

On Bad Habits in Presentation #1 – Filler Word Matters

Recently, I have been attending a series of lectures on the business nature of my company. Until the latest lecture, I had learnt most of the materials before. As the lectures were delivered by different speakers, I focused on their presentation skills instead of listening to the content. All the lectures were delivered in English, no matter whether the audience and the speaker were locals. It’s okay as the speakers may want to practise English speaking or it was restricted by the faculty. But all of them have different bad habits. This caught my attention. ...

8 May, 2023 · 2 min · Oscar Li