Sometimes Reading Your Presentation Is OK!

Actually, that was a lie. It’s not. You can read this and see what the author thinks, but he’s wrong.

Unless you’re on the radio, a voice actor, or you’re briefly quoting someone else’s written work, you shouldn’t be reading, and no offense, but if I see you do it in class, prepare to be heckled.

UPDATE: The author has clarified that he doesn’t believe that live presentations should be read, only when reading from an article or book. That point was unclear to me, since it was near the end of the post, but the point was made.

Still, if you write your presentation on a PowerPoint slide and then read directly off the slide, be prepared for your audience to read faster than you can talk and then tune out the rest of what you have to say since they read it already.