How to Deal with a Malfunction - Public Speaking Video Lecture - Public

hmm just just Mike working okay
what's up hey can't you get me a decent
mic what do you do if you're giving a
presentation and something breaks
there's a technical malfunction there
are few guarantees in life but one thing
I will guarantee you is if you give
enough presentations at some point
something will go wrong technically
PowerPoint slides won't work there will
be a freeze bolts will burn out in a
projector laptops power down I've had
that happen before I forgot to plug in
the laptop in the middle of my
presentation the battery power went out
everything goes dark you can't solve the
problem of technical malfunctions
they're going to happen from time to
time the key is how you react to it you
can't let that be the dumb and a thing
you can't lose your cool you can't say
well that's it now I'm not giving my
PowerPoint presentation you've got to
realize the real focus is the expertise
you have the information you have how
can you share that with your audience
so if halfway through your PowerPoint
the bulb burns out there's no more
PowerPoint you've got to get to the
point where you couldn't care less
you're gonna continue giving your
presentation telling people the ideas
giving examples giving case studies
there's no longer images no problem
you've got the ideas right here that you
can share with them now not all
technical problems are the same if
you're in front of a thousand people and
your microphone breaks and you realize
nobody can hear you past the first row
that's obviously a problem you can't
simply ignore that at that point if
you're at a large conference there's
probably going to be some technical
person what I would do at that point is
just turn to the side and say can anyone
help me find a replacement microphone
and it may be a minute before another
one comes the key is you need to act
relaxed act comfortable act like you're
having a good time you don't want to
seem angry upset nervous
uncomfortable because that will be the
most memorable thing people have of your
presentation you want their memories to
be focused on your ideas if you've got
the information you need and you've got
a way of explaining it giving examples
giving case studies then whether your
computer breaks the laptop freezes the
projector burns out it won't matter
you'll still give a great presentation