Comments on: 10 Reasons Why Someone Might Walk Out of Your Presentation http://blog.jvf.com/2008/12/10/10-reasons-why-someone-might-walk-out-of-your-presentation/ Achieving Fast Results through Powerful Communication Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://blog.jvf.com/2008/12/10/10-reasons-why-someone-might-walk-out-of-your-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 James Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:25:15 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=380#comment-1067 I need to get nested comments working on this blog :) Lisa, Very true about breaks. It seems like every time I attend training, the person leading (who is supposedly an experienced trainer) makes this mistake. Laura, Good point. When I suspect that I might leave early, I usually try to sit near the exit. If it's a small group, I'll warn the presenter. However, sometimes things happen unexpectedly so you can't always plan, right? Great comments. James I need to get nested comments working on this blog :)

Lisa,

Very true about breaks. It seems like every time I attend training, the person leading (who is supposedly an experienced trainer) makes this mistake.

Laura,

Good point. When I suspect that I might leave early, I usually try to sit near the exit. If it’s a small group, I’ll warn the presenter. However, sometimes things happen unexpectedly so you can’t always plan, right?

Great comments.

James

]]> By: Laura Bergells http://blog.jvf.com/2008/12/10/10-reasons-why-someone-might-walk-out-of-your-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Laura Bergells Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:35:11 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=380#comment-1014 I left a presentation once because I became ill. It happens! Nothing personal. Absolutely nothing against the presenter. I wish I could have stayed. And I wish there was a polite way to simply vanish unobtrusively in just such an emergency! I left a presentation once because I became ill.

It happens!

Nothing personal. Absolutely nothing against the presenter. I wish I could have stayed.

And I wish there was a polite way to simply vanish unobtrusively in just such an emergency!

]]> By: Lisa Braithwaite http://blog.jvf.com/2008/12/10/10-reasons-why-someone-might-walk-out-of-your-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Lisa Braithwaite Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:39:40 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=380#comment-1013 Thanks for this post, James. Speakers spend way too much time speculating on why an audience member got up and left, when most of the time, it's nothing personal. However, if you're the one leading the long program and you don't give your audience members breaks to use the restroom, then it is indeed your fault if they have to get up in the middle of your presentation! In any presentation/training longer than 90 minutes, I give breaks, because 1) I don't want them to miss something important by having to leave in the middle, and 2) I don't want them to be distracted by having to "go" and wondering if they can make it till the end. Thanks for this post, James. Speakers spend way too much time speculating on why an audience member got up and left, when most of the time, it’s nothing personal.

However, if you’re the one leading the long program and you don’t give your audience members breaks to use the restroom, then it is indeed your fault if they have to get up in the middle of your presentation!

In any presentation/training longer than 90 minutes, I give breaks, because 1) I don’t want them to miss something important by having to leave in the middle, and 2) I don’t want them to be distracted by having to “go” and wondering if they can make it till the end.

]]> By: Best Public Speaking Articles [2008-12-13] http://blog.jvf.com/2008/12/10/10-reasons-why-someone-might-walk-out-of-your-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Best Public Speaking Articles [2008-12-13] Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:20:56 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=380#comment-1009 [...] Feudo provides 10 possible explanations why someone may walk out on your presentation. Some you can control; some you [...] [...] Feudo provides 10 possible explanations why someone may walk out on your presentation. Some you can control; some you [...]

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