From the course: Running a Design Business: Presentation Skills
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Tips for using technology
From the course: Running a Design Business: Presentation Skills
Tips for using technology
Pay close attention to these details when presenting from a laptop, tablet, or mobile device. Clean your screen. People are looking at your screen from different angles, which can accentuate dust, fingerprints, and who knows what else. Organize your desktop. It often frightens me when I see the names of files that are floating on people's desktops. Just gather all the files and put them in a nice, neat folder that says temporary desktop for duration of the presentation. Consider the message your desktop picture and screen saver communicate. I suggest something neutral and benign, nothing personal like vacations, family or pets. Turn off all popups and sound alerts. It's very distracting to see who's sending you messages during a presentation. Some can be especially embarrassing. Plug in your laptop and change the sleep mode setting to never. I've seen rooms of people be distracted by a laptop going into energy conservation or running out of power. This usually occurs at a critical…
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