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What can go wrong?

A short animation showing some of the things that can go wrong in a presentation.

Watch the short animation. In it we can see our character attempting to give a presentation. Unfortunately a lot of things go wrong and he makes a lot of avoidable mistakes.

Please note that the audio for this video is deliberately unintelligible.

Your task

Can you spot two of the mistakes that he makes?
How could he overcome these to make improvements to further presentations?
Share your thoughts with your fellow learners.
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