anatomy of a lousy pitch: the six worst presentation habits and how you can avoid them
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Whatever the size of your audiences, it is critically important for you to connect with and engeage your listeners. In this presentation, Landslide Technologies invites Tim Wackel shows exactly what it takes to deliver messages that get results.TRANSCRIPT
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Anatomy of a Lousy Pitch
The Six Worst Presentation Habits and How You Can Avoid Them
Landslide Technologies
www.landslide.com
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Presenter
•Tim Wackel - founder and president of The Wackel Group
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There are 300 million PowerPoint users in the world*
* Estimate
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They do 30 million presentations each day*
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About a million presentations are going on right now*
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50% of them are
unbearable*
* Conservative Estimate
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How many presentations?
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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
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#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
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#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
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Mistake #1
Failure to understand your audience.
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You and your ideas???
The customer???
Mistake #1
Where do you focus your time?
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Mistake #2
Lack of a clearly defined objective.
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Mistake #2
What do you want?
What is in it for the listener?
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Mistake #2
By purchasing this software your
company will save 1.3 million
dollars a year.
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Mistake #2
By adopting my ideas for a flextime
system, the company will gain
access to whole new pool of
highly qualified employees.
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Mistake #3
Too Much Data!
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Mistake #3
Three pillars that support your objective
Framework of the presentation
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Mistake #3
Memory & impact
Distill many into few
Lead with your best stuff!
Why Only Three?
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Conversation Guides
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Mistake #4
Failing to Excite.
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Mistake #4
• 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
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Mistake #5
Death By Powerpoint.
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Mistake #5
Visual Aids
How big is an acre of land?
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Mistake #5
Visual Aids
43,560 square feet!
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Mistake #5
Visual Aids
208.7 feet by 208.7 feet
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Mistake #5
208.7 feet by 208.7 feet208.7 feet by 208.7 feet208.7 feet by 208.7 feet
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Mistake #6
Ending with inspirational deficit.
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End of slide show, click to exit
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pre·sen·ta·tionPronunciation: “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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Landslide Sales Production System
• Implement step-by-step sales process/es• Use web 2.0 technologies to engage and
qualify prospects• Offload data entry to VIP Assistants• Use as is or as compliment to existing CRM
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Tim Wackel | President and Founder | The Wackel GroupTel: 214.369.7722 - www.timwackel.com
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