Presentation

Twenty-two years ago, I heard Guy Kawasaki speak at the first ever Boston-area Apple Macintosh user group meeting. He was a great communicator then, and he's obviously had lots of practice since. This post over at his blog focuses on what the audience is looking for when they come to see you present. I took away a lot of interesting things, but the one that stuck out in my head was this: They're not there for a sales pitch. The audience is there to be informed and entertained. He was speaking to Keynote Address type presentations, but I think the reminder about "inform," information, delivery of content really struck a chord.

Here's the post.

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The folks (person?) at ff-blog had a neat way to use PowerPoint as a consistent communication tool. They came up with a format for their presentations that follows a reasonable narrative, ending in a call to action. I think it's a great format and worth using for folks who are leading project teams or consulting. I'm going to recommend it to three presenters at work who have stuff coming up next week. See for yourself.