Comments for ideaseed http://www.ideaseed.com.au Presentation design services | Powerpoint presentation design | Keynote design Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on When presentations go wrong! by Nicky Jurd http://www.ideaseed.com.au/2011/07/when-presentations-go-wrong/#comment-5 Nicky Jurd Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:36:16 +0000 http://www.ideaseed.com.au/?p=229#comment-5 I once presented a workshop in regional Australia which was arranged by the state government, and they had picked the local pub as the venue. On the night there were a comedy of errors that went wrong, and it taught me a lot about keeping your cool under pressure. Here's what happened: - Venue didn't have our booking - Venue put us in a dusty storeroom, full of vintage furniture from the 60s - Venue set up storeroom so that the only electrical power point in the room was being used by the urn for tea & coffee - 10 minutes into the presentation the smoke alarms went off because the urn was shooting steam directly at it - Half way through the presentation the person staying in the room next to the storeroom started playing heavy metal music very loud - The pub had a "members draw" for $1000, very loudly amplified It was an excellent lesson in coming early, and being prepared :) I once presented a workshop in regional Australia which was arranged by the state government, and they had picked the local pub as the venue.

On the night there were a comedy of errors that went wrong, and it taught me a lot about keeping your cool under pressure.

Here’s what happened:
– Venue didn’t have our booking
– Venue put us in a dusty storeroom, full of vintage furniture from the 60s
– Venue set up storeroom so that the only electrical power point in the room was being used by the urn for tea & coffee
– 10 minutes into the presentation the smoke alarms went off because the urn was shooting steam directly at it
– Half way through the presentation the person staying in the room next to the storeroom started playing heavy metal music very loud
– The pub had a “members draw” for $1000, very loudly amplified

It was an excellent lesson in coming early, and being prepared :)

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