The Evil presentation game.

[sobrique]

A workmate has just reminded me of the 'evil presentation game'.
In the dim and distant past, a workmate an I had a ... shall we say rather uninspiring training course.

As is normal with these sorts of things, notes were distributed beforehand, to make notes on.

Now, the game. Flick ahead a page or two in the notes. Ask a question that's answered/covered on that page, with a straight face.

After page 5 or so 'of 'we'll get to that' the lecturer might twig, so you'll need to vary your approach a little.

And of course, it must be done with an absolutely straight face. If you're really feeling sneaky, tagteaming it, and asking one thing and getting someone else to pick up a followon is definitely in order.

Simple enough, I know, but it's guaranteed to make boring presentations far more interesting.

Comments

[queex.livejournal.com]

You can play games of brinksmanship when giving presentations, too.

If you're confident in your presentation skills, pepper your presentation with Dilbert strips about how bad presentations are. Takes cohones.

You can also fish for a question on one slide, and if some sucker asks it, you can show the next slide with the answer in font size 100...