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Three levels of presentation openings – which should you use?

April 8, 2009

I get frustrated at presentation advice which says you have to do something clever or dramatic at the beginning of a presentation to grab your audience’s attention. That’s for three reasons: 1. You don’t have to grab the audience’s attention at the start. You have their attention at the start. The challenge is to keep [...]

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How to tell a story like Malcolm Gladwell

December 20, 2008

I bought Outliers two days ago. And though I’m familiar with many of the stories that Gladwell tells I’m still entranced. They work on the printed page and they’ll also work for you in a presentation. How does he do it? Here’s my analysis of Gladwell’s storytelling techniques - illustrated by Chapter Five of the [...]

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A critique of Malcolm Gladwell

December 4, 2008

Garr Reynolds from Presentation Zen has highlighted several presentations from Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm Gladwell is a master storyteller in his books. He carries that through in his presentations. Watch the video – then read my analysis below for what you can learn from Malcolm Gladwell and his presentation style. What Gladwell did well So what [...]

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The Top 10 PowerPoint slides from Slideshare

August 22, 2008

Slidesharing sites like Slideshare and Slideboom are a great place to get inspiration on PowerPoint slide design. You can see different ideas and adapt them for your own presentations. Slideshare is currently running the World’s Best Presentation Contest (see footnote) which has some great examples of PowerPoint slide design. To save you time I’ve picked [...]

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How to multiply the power of a single anecdote

July 19, 2008

Anecdotes and examples engage people – but a discerning audience may object that they don’t prove anything. Combining the engagement of an anecdote with the credibility of numbers will multiply the effectiveness of both. Watch this video produced by The Girl Effect to see the power of this: Dan Heath has “deconstructed” the video on [...]