Watch the Apple Keynote’s Network Meltdown — Gizmodo – “WWDC keynotes are usually carefully orchestrated affairs. But you might have just read in our live blog how Steve Jobs had to bail on a demo because of network trouble. Awkward. Apple attempted to do their demo over Wi-Fi, but as you can see couldn’t manage [...]

Watch the Apple Keynote’s Network Meltdown — Gizmodo – "WWDC keynotes are usually carefully orchestrated affairs. But you might have just read in our live blog how Steve Jobs had to bail on a demo because of network trouble. Awkward. Apple attempted to do their demo over Wi-Fi, but as you can see couldn't manage [...]

Presentation Blunders | 3xG – "Sometimes when your standing in front of thousands of people you really don’t want anything to go wrong, too bad. Murphy’s law seems to apply less to engineering these days and more to IT. So here’s our top 5 list of when presentations go wrong." [Video content] Post to Delicious [...]

Packing a Parachute — ISM’s Travel + Marketing Blog – "This post is about the fundamentals for anyone going to give a presentation. I lovingly refer to this as The Holy Sh*t Kit but it can also lovingly be referred to as the Presentation Disaster Kit. It’s everything you need if you show up to [...]

Booher Banter: Presentation Disasters: Recovery Tips – "So far so good. Then just as I clicked on the one and only slide that they really needed to see (versus the other humorous ones), the computer froze. The remote would not move it backward or forward. I stroll to the keyboard itself and click it. No [...]

Volvo auto brake fails during demo – "Volvo's major new safety feature failed in embarrassing fashion during a press presentation. Called 'Collision Warning with Auto Brake', the technology is supposed to automatically apply the brakes if cameras sense an imminent crash. Unfortunately, the technology broke down in front of a group of journalists at a [...]

The fire alarm rings during your presentation — Jason Bay Jersey – "About eight minutes into my breakfast presentation to the local chamber of commerce at a fancy restaurant the fire alarm rang. The alarm was annoyingly loud so naturally I stopped speaking and forced a smile." Post to Delicious Post to Facebook

#290: Presentation Disasters — Daily Tips for Consultants – "I recently attended a seminar held by a fellow consultant. During the presentation, his computer ran out of batteries and he had forgotten his power supply. The material he was presenting to the group abruptly stopped and he was forced to continue the seminar without the [...]

6 Mistakes you should never make as a Presenter — Free as in Freedom – "I believe live demos are a recipe for presentation disaster. Forcing yourself to do a live demo is like saying, "Look at how much of a man I am! I'm willing to put my presentation to risk with my bravery!". [...]

Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v2 big success (Julie Yack’s Blog) – "When his projector failed, presenter James Johnson didn’t let that stop him. He flattened out his laptop and used a document camera to display his screen and presentation for his group." Post to Delicious Post to Facebook