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Keep saying “on premise” instead of “on premises”. It was in a keynote.

I totally agree with you, but some speakers, especially those from the USA, won't change even when you explain to them the difference between the words. They probabaly also insist on sayng "expressso" and "I could have cared less" 😄

Constantly saying how fantastic you are and how much money you saved prior clients. I can clearly remember three people who do this, and at least two I also know for sure are liars. Your content says how good you are.

Fully agree. However, some people argue that it brings validity to what you present (if you're unknown to the audience). But I agree that you should let the content decide how good you are.

Reading off of slides, talking to the wall/projected slide deck in stead of the audience, more "err" "hummm" "errr" than content, stretched 2min google search and 5min doc reading to a full talk, clearly had never DONE a single of the things which were presented

If we would tell the mentees of @mashprogram.bsky.social that they are not allowed to "err" or "hmmm" and they must constantly keep eye contact with the audience, almost no one would go on stage for their first talk. Many of us needed a lot of practice to get rid of these.