When I View a Formal Presentation . . .

When I view a formal presentation, I expect that it will be prepared, that the presenters will look nice and at least somewhat formal, that the visual effects will be pleasing to the eye and organized, and that the presentation will sound and feel prepared because I feel like the presenters would have had to have gone through enough preparation to get approval from someone else or a group of people-- including in persuading an audience to their argument-- and to give the information due justice (unless the information is very disagreeable). Also, lose the excuses-- like someone said in class, at the beginning or anywhere in your presentation don't make an excuse of why your presentation may not be very good. In the end, I suppose it is about the argument and being persuasive and honoring your subject material and your listeners. Even if someone weren't doing a presentation for work or a grade, I would still feel that they should give a persuasive argument doing the things mentioned above. Why else take the time to prepare and present?