August 31, 2010 – 11:48 am
Our larger, international clients have a lot of options for training …
and there are probably hundreds of presentation skills companies out of country. So why does one of Distinction’s international client companies send us all the way to Europe and beyond to train their important teams? The answer is pretty straight forward.
Consistency – There are a number of [...]
August 25, 2010 – 3:35 pm
Probably one of the most fundamental, most foundational beliefs around the presentation process is that whoever makes the best case - wins the day! Key customers will be compelled to purchase your product or service based on a great datasheet. Partners will be overwhelmed with your command of a spreadsheet and opt-in. And employees will embrace the [...]
Continuing on with more “Bogus Tips” for presenters…
4) Five bullets per slide…
I find it pretty backwards when our dialog around being a better presenter devolves to discussions of number of bullets on a slide. First and foremost, the art of presenting is a relational skill, not a technical one. Granted some people seem to need rules, [...]
Sometimes it’s just easier to reduce life down to a collection of catchy little one-liners or helpful hints. That’s certainly no truer than in the world of presenting. Presentation “experts” dole this stuff out on a regular basis so I thought I would take on a few of these and hold them up to the light of day…
1) [...]
A few years back, I was cajoled by some buddies to be in a golf tournament with them. First of all, I never golf enough to really get better. And if I would have thought for a second, I would have realized their motivation wasn’t to just hang out with a good friend for a [...]