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Failure is an extremely scary term for many presenters and that explains why individuals go to great lengths to avoid failing. However, do you believe that failure has teachings associated with it? Those teachings are essential to learning, growing, and developing, which is important to many presenters.
Let me give you a few examples where a presenter may determine that a failure has occurred.
- Message Content
- Timing
- Engagement
These are potentially three areas a presentation may not have the desired impact (there are many others but this is a good place to start). Every presenter should pursue strategic feedback but what the presenter does with that feedback is vitally important to ongoing success. Here’s what I mean when I say “strategic.”
- Did the presenter practice enough?
- Does the presenter know what elements were missing or included that made that area lack the desired impact?
- Does the presenter have the right resources to alter the element?
- Does the presenter seek opportunities to present again and focus on this aspect?
These are a few of the necessary questions to ask oneself when a failure occurs. It’s the only way to learn from mistakes. The goal of any presenter is not perfection but teachings. That’s the beauty of failure! Presentation failures allow us to learn, grow, and develop.
Please connect with me so I may assist you with any presentation failure you encounter.