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There are 300 million

PowerPoint users

in the world*

* estimate

They do 30 million

presentations

each day*

* estimate

About a million

presentations are

going on right now*

* estimate

50% of them are

unbearable*

* conservative estimate

How many presentations?

Every time we attempt

to convince anybody,

anywhere, of anything …

in business, at home, over

the phone, in person,

one-on-one or in groups

#1. Speaking before a group

#2. Heights

#3. Insects and bugs

#5. Deep water

#6. Sickness

#8. Flying

#9. Loneliness

#4. Financial problems

#10. Dogs

#7. Death

Peoples’ Almanac

#1. Speaking before a group

#2. Heights

#3. Insects and bugs

#5. Deep water

#6. Sickness

#8. Flying

#9. Loneliness

#4. Financial problems

#10. Dogs

#7. Death

Peoples’ Almanac

Mistake #1

Failure to understand

your audience.

Where do you focus your time?

You and your ideas??? The customer???

Who will attend?

What do they really want?

Why are they participating?

Do you need to establish credibility?

How much time?

Specific measurable benefit?

Likely objections?

Mistake #2

Lack of a clearly

defined objective.

What do you want?

What is in it for the listener?

By adopting my ideas for a flextime system,

the company will gain access to whole new

pool of highly qualified employees.

By purchasing this software your company

will save 1.3 million dollars a year.

Mistake #3

Too much data!

Three pillars that support your objective

Framework of the presentation

Memory & impact

Distill many into few

Lead with your best stuff!

Why Only Three?

Mistake #4

Failing to excite.

• You can never take back a ?

• Less than 2 minutes

• Forget platitudes

• A gee-whiz fact, a powerful story

• Focus attention on key issues

• Grab their attention

Mistake #5

Death by PowerPoint.

Visual Aids

How big is an acre of land?

Visual Aids

43,560 square feet!

Visual Aids

208.7 feet by 208.7 feet

Mistake #6

Ending with

inspirational deficit.

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pre·sen·ta·tion

Pronunciation: “prE-“zen-‘tA-sh&n”

Function: verb

Definition 1a: asking someone to agree

with you b: asking someone to make a

decision c: asking someone to do

something

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