---
title: Two Rules for Presenting
description: Two Rules for Presenting
---

I like simple instructions, and [this guy](http://www.publicwords.com/about_public_words.html) has them. [From the HBR blog](http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/05/two_rules_for_a_successful_pre.html):  
1. Know your audience.  
2. Say one thing, and one thing only.

(Read the whole article for the author's analysis.)

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