The Do's and Don'ts of Beginning and Ending Your Presentations

Bert Decker posted "6 Don'ts for the End of Your Presentations" and "6 Do's to Open Your Presentation."   Great advice.  And don't miss this comment from the "6 Don'ts for the End of Your Presentations" post:

Thanks for the useful post.
Here's a "Do" to end a presentation from my experience.

I end my presentation with an anecdote about a Zen monk giving a 100$ bill for a 5$ tea and waiting for the change in a snack bar. He waits for fifteen minutes and summons the waiter and yells " Hey, where's the change ?". And the waiter replies reverentially
" Master, don't you know that change must come from within ?"

I usually get uproarious laughter and then I tell them we had a lot of fun and learnt a lot but if you don't decide internalise at least one learning, this program will not be of any use to you.

I continue to receive feedback that this was a memorable ending. Trainers, motivational speakers, please try this out and let me know if it worked for you !

cheers
CK