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 [...]
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… [...]
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 [...]
A few days ago I spoke at a conference for business communicators from the IABC and PRSA Northwest Chapters. It was a fun opportunity that took place in one of those old downtown buildings that look like they are straight out of the board game Clue. In my case, I was presenting in a mahogany-wrapped “Library” to [...]