The origins of the most common presentation pitfalls fall into one of three categories:  planning mistakes, design mistakes or delivery mistakes. An error in the planning stage will create trickle down effects and lead to design and delivery mishaps.

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Planning pitfalls

• Spraying and praying
• Deaf, dumb and blind
• Copy-and-paste preparation
• Do-nothings
• Key message confusion

Design pitfalls

• PointPoint® addiction
• Data junkie
• Environmental disaster
• Force Feeding

Delivery pitfalls

• Assuming boring must be boring
• Winging it
• Death grip security
• Twitch and itch
• Failure to repeat yourself
• Answering the question asked
• Elephant sightings
• Running Overtime

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