Ask yourself: do I really need slides? It sounds almost heretical, doesn’t it! No slides? How am I going to convey all this complex information? What are people going to look at? How on earth will I know what to say next?!
The speaker came to a natural break in his presentation and paused for us to consider the points he had made. Yet, he lingered a bit longer than necessary. Then he picked up the bottle of water and took a long drink. It was then that I noticed the anxiety on his face and realised …