This Substack immediately reminded me of my prior (beloved) boss.
As instructor/managers we both were always involved in our Students' graduation ceremony, for years. Now I really loved her & she's still a friend today - I live in Arizona & she's in California. We mostly communicate by phone calls, with occasional get-togethers.
At every graduation she delivered the same convocation talk. With your list of "if your presentation is tired" this one rang quite true: "You haven't practiced or run through the presentation because you know it inside out." She had the same notes every time, even though she really didn't need them. I guess for security.
When she couldn't be there, I did the graduation speech. She always gave me her notes for reference. I didn't use them, but totally wrote my own. To this day I don't know if anyone ever mentioned, diplomatically, her same old, same old speech. I never did!
Yes! I've even seen a person delivering their spiel while looking out the window. That was my ultimate auto-pilot experience. It was as if, we, the audience, were invisible.
It can be hard to find enthusiasm for something you must regularly repeat. The thing I try to remember is that although the information may be well known and very familiar to me, it is not for my audience. They are generally hearing it for the first time.
If I put myself in their shoes, I know I'd like and appreciate a presentation that had been prepared with me, and what I needed, in mind.
This Substack immediately reminded me of my prior (beloved) boss.
As instructor/managers we both were always involved in our Students' graduation ceremony, for years. Now I really loved her & she's still a friend today - I live in Arizona & she's in California. We mostly communicate by phone calls, with occasional get-togethers.
At every graduation she delivered the same convocation talk. With your list of "if your presentation is tired" this one rang quite true: "You haven't practiced or run through the presentation because you know it inside out." She had the same notes every time, even though she really didn't need them. I guess for security.
When she couldn't be there, I did the graduation speech. She always gave me her notes for reference. I didn't use them, but totally wrote my own. To this day I don't know if anyone ever mentioned, diplomatically, her same old, same old speech. I never did!
Yes! I've even seen a person delivering their spiel while looking out the window. That was my ultimate auto-pilot experience. It was as if, we, the audience, were invisible.
It can be hard to find enthusiasm for something you must regularly repeat. The thing I try to remember is that although the information may be well known and very familiar to me, it is not for my audience. They are generally hearing it for the first time.
If I put myself in their shoes, I know I'd like and appreciate a presentation that had been prepared with me, and what I needed, in mind.