Always tell your audience how long you’ll be speaking for – and stick to it!

I was at a presentation a few weeks back. I was invited to attend by a client. There was no agenda for the function.

The first speaker opened her presentation. The speaker said, a few minutes into the presentation rather casually, as if she wan’t going to present for too long – that she would talk for about 20 minutes.

At the 20 minute mark I was expecting her wrap up. But that didn’t happen. The presentation went for about 40 minutes.

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