Your checklist
Everything you've read up to this point is worthless if it doesn't land as something you actually do differently. This last module is a summary of the course's core principles — plus a reflection: what's the first thing you change for your next presentation?
Seven modules in seven sentences
- Module 1. What do you want the audience to think, feel or do when you've stopped talking? And what do you want them to remember afterwards? — That's where the presentation rests.
- Module 2. One slide carries one message, six objects max, few colours, clear contrast and large type — the rules do most of the work.
- Module 3. Text-heavy slides, clustered bullet lists and tables full of data get in your way as a presenter — the audience can't read and listen at the same time.
- Module 4. Stand up, look at the audience, pause when it matters, and don't end with "any questions?" — end with what you want them to think about.
- Module 5. Digital presentations require deliberate compensation: good audio, camera at eye level, eye contact with the lens, and a pause strategy.
- Module 6. Body, voice, eyes and language are where most presenters have the greatest room to grow — and that only changes through deliberate practice outside the presentation itself.
- Module 7. The most important thing you take from this course isn't what you now know, but what you actually do differently in your next presentation.
Reflection: your first change
Of everything you've read — what's the first, concrete thing you'll do differently the next time you give a presentation?
Save your answer. When your next presentation gets close — come back here and read it again. It isn't done until it's done.
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Two variants, the same content in different scope. The summary fits on two A4 pages — meant to be printed, pinned next to your desk, or sent to colleagues who are about to give a presentation. The full guide is a longer book-format handbook with deeper reasoning, examples and Johan's notes.
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