{"id":30163,"date":"2024-07-01T03:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T03:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qceptpresentations.com\/?p=30163"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:22:44","slug":"what-is-the-real-cost-of-bad-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qceptpresentations.com\/blog\/what-is-the-real-cost-of-bad-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the real cost of bad presentations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30163\" data-postid=\"30163\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30163 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_m386418 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_5ii6418 first\">\n                    <!-- Post Meta module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-post-meta tb_5y8y418 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta tbp_post_meta\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tbp_post_meta_item tbp_post_meta_terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qceptpresentations.com\/blog\/category\/presentation-design\/\" rel=\"tag\"><span class=\"tbp_term_item\">Presentation design<\/span><\/a><\/span><!-- .tbp_post_meta_item -->\t<\/div><!-- .tbp_post_meta -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/Post Meta module -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ahvp646   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>What is the real cost of bad presentations?<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_u07l418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>July 1, 2024 | <span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\"><\/span><\/span> min read<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_chzk418 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_aif9418 first\">\n                            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_09gq418\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_mk8y418 first\">\n                    <!-- Featured Image module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image module-featured-image tb_nx65418  rounded  auto_fullwidth\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qceptpresentations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/what-is-the-real-cost-of-bad-presentations-1024x663-1080x500.webp\" width=\"1080\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-36165\" title=\"what-is-the-real-cost-of-bad-presentations\" alt=\"What is the real cost of bad presentations?\">\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/Featured Image module -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_siyd418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>When I established Qcept over a year ago, one of the most common questions I used to get was, \u201cwhat exactly do you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWe help people design better presentations and present better,\u201d I would reply.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAh, so you are a team of PowerPoint experts!\u201d they would exclaim in clear understanding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Except, it was not. I would just smile. My 10-year-old son could easily create simple presentations using PowerPoint. There are plenty of tools like the inbuilt feature in <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft365.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft 365<\/a> that one could use to create breathtaking presentations effortlessly.<\/p>\n<p>So, what are we doing differently?<\/p>\n<p>Presentations can easily be made visually stunning, but they are not necessarily successful. That\u2019s because presentations are not a design contest but a communication contest. As a presentation consulting and strategy firm, we have worked with over 50 clients in this short span of time. After putting together numerous market research reports, sales pitches, investor pitches, and RFPs, among other things, I have realized that the real challenge is in conveying the message in a focused manner to the target audience.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of a visually well-designed but unfocused presentation can have far-reaching consequences that go beyond your company\u2019s reputation. Here are four hard-hitting, intangible costs of an unfocused presentation.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_bm7j418\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_61uh418 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6tjv418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Lack of preparation is the biggest cause of failure across the board.<br \/><cite>Elisabeth Osmeloski <\/cite><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_idp5418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>1. Count money along with time<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc5137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research proves<\/a> that the average, productive attention span for a presentation for most adults is just 20 minutes. When a presentation overshoots this chunk of time, your information gets lost. It becomes confusing. This leads to people spending extra time understanding your message, leading to meetings, calls, additional documents, etc. which lengthens the time taken to close the sale. And extra hours mean extra money.<\/p>\n<h2>2. The effect of negativity bias<\/h2>\n<p>The psychological principle named negativity bias displays how a single bad incident can adversely affect many aspects. For example, a single instance of infidelity or a lie is all it takes to ruin a marriage. Similarly, your audience will only remember the one factor that made an otherwise superlative presentation bad. It could be the lack of crisp messaging, information overload with too many slides, or that they were bored without engaging storytelling.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_p1fj144\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_alez144 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ml2t144   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>73% of people think poor presentation skills are to blame for unsuccessful business pitches<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1ye1418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>3. Your credibility is at stake<\/h2>\n<p>A successful presentation is not only about getting leveled up to the next round or getting funding approval. A bad presentation, more than a good one, can leave a big dent on your credibility and perhaps even turn off potential clients. This, in turn, gives the competition an easy edge. The repercussions of a good or bad pitch deck can impact your authority as a thought leader in the industry, affecting future interactions. This clip from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBC\/status\/583993047186337792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Cuban\u2019s interview with CNBC<\/a>shows how it could happen.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_ma1v418\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col-full tb_nqd9418 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4ne1418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>I typically don\u2019t like to be mean to entrepreneurs\u2026 but these were two doctors who I think thought they could just snow us and mislead us into thinking that because they\u2019re doctors they\u2019re smarter than all of us.<br \/><cite>Mark Cuban<\/cite><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3qm9934   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>4. The value gets lost<\/h2>\n<p>What is the goal of your presentation? To provide a value proposition that the audience cannot resist, and hence will result in conversions. Drilling down and zoning in on the two or three key unique values of your business requires thought, research, and a strategy to present them in the best manner possible. Failing this, your values and messages get lost in the sea of slides.<\/p>\n<h2>The conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Presentations are not just about visually stunning PowerPoint decks. They are about conveying your purpose with crystal clear communication. There are tools and plugins to beautify your slides, but only strategic thinking and a deep understanding of your product can show you how best to narrate your story, the key messages to focus on, and, most importantly, how to relate them to the target audience. After all, you will not have a product or a story to tell without them.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_5u86418 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_bi0h418 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1tsg418   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>You may also like<\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- related-posts module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-related-posts tb_t39t275 rlpst \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div  class=\"builder-posts-wrap loops-wrapper grid3 classic tf_clear tf_clearfix\" 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established Qcept over a year ago, one of the most common questions I used to get was, \u201cwhat exactly do you do?\u201d<\/p> <ul> <li>\u201cWe help people design better presentations and present better,\u201d I would reply.<\/li> <li>\u201cAh, so you are a team of PowerPoint experts!\u201d they would exclaim in clear understanding.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>Except, it was not. I would just smile. My 10-year-old son could easily create simple presentations using PowerPoint. There are plenty of tools like the inbuilt feature in <a href=\"http:\/\/microsoft365.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft 365<\/a> that one could use to create breathtaking presentations effortlessly.<\/p> <p>So, what are we doing differently?<\/p> <p>Presentations can easily be made visually stunning, but they are not necessarily successful. That\u2019s because presentations are not a design contest but a communication contest. As a presentation consulting and strategy firm, we have worked with over 50 clients in this short span of time. After putting together numerous market research reports, sales pitches, investor pitches, and RFPs, among other things, I have realized that the real challenge is in conveying the message in a focused manner to the target audience.<\/p> <p>The impact of a visually well-designed but unfocused presentation can have far-reaching consequences that go beyond your company\u2019s reputation. Here are four hard-hitting, intangible costs of an unfocused presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Lack of preparation is the biggest cause of failure across the board.<br \/><cite>Elisabeth Osmeloski <\/cite><\/p>\n<h2>1. Count money along with time<\/h2> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc5137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research proves<\/a> that the average, productive attention span for a presentation for most adults is just 20 minutes. When a presentation overshoots this chunk of time, your information gets lost. It becomes confusing. This leads to people spending extra time understanding your message, leading to meetings, calls, additional documents, etc. which lengthens the time taken to close the sale. And extra hours mean extra money.<\/p> <h2>2. The effect of negativity bias<\/h2> <p>The psychological principle named negativity bias displays how a single bad incident can adversely affect many aspects. For example, a single instance of infidelity or a lie is all it takes to ruin a marriage. Similarly, your audience will only remember the one factor that made an otherwise superlative presentation bad. It could be the lack of crisp messaging, information overload with too many slides, or that they were bored without engaging storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>73% of people think poor presentation skills are to blame for unsuccessful business pitches<\/p>\n<h2>3. Your credibility is at stake<\/h2> <p>A successful presentation is not only about getting leveled up to the next round or getting funding approval. A bad presentation, more than a good one, can leave a big dent on your credibility and perhaps even turn off potential clients. This, in turn, gives the competition an easy edge. The repercussions of a good or bad pitch deck can impact your authority as a thought leader in the industry, affecting future interactions. This clip from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBC\/status\/583993047186337792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Cuban\u2019s interview with CNBC<\/a>shows how it could happen.<\/p>\n<p>I typically don\u2019t like to be mean to entrepreneurs\u2026 but these were two doctors who I think thought they could just snow us and mislead us into thinking that because they\u2019re doctors they\u2019re smarter than all of us.<br \/><cite>Mark Cuban<\/cite><\/p>\n<h2>4. The value gets lost<\/h2> <p>What is the goal of your presentation? To provide a value proposition that the audience cannot resist, and hence will result in conversions. Drilling down and zoning in on the two or three key unique values of your business requires thought, research, and a strategy to present them in the best manner possible. Failing this, your values and messages get lost in the sea of slides.<\/p> <h2>The conclusion<\/h2> <p>Presentations are not just about visually stunning PowerPoint decks. They are about conveying your purpose with crystal clear communication. There are tools and plugins to beautify your slides, but only strategic thinking and a deep understanding of your product can show you how best to narrate your story, the key messages to focus on, and, most importantly, how to relate them to the target audience. 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