How to be Persuasive in a Presentation (Part 2 of 2)

Love the podcasts, good information,

Love the podcasts, good information, but your audio podcasts are simply too long and too wordy. The amount of meat is limited to about 10 minutes of the 35+ minutes of the podcasts. You frequently go down rabbit trails discussing the meaning of different terms and situations, that maybe should be the topic of another podcast. If you feel the content absolutely requires the amount of time, perhaps you could break it into two separate podcasts. As it is now, I will probably not listen to your podcasts in the future unless they get shorter and less wordy. Love the topics 'tho, and those gems that can be gleaned. Just don't have time for a 40 minute podcast.

Thanks!

[...] Podcast - Part 1 and Part 2

[...] Podcast - Part 1 and Part 2 [...]

ChinaLamb, they are not too long nor

ChinaLamb, they are not too long nor too "wordy." Those rabbit trails often contain important information, or reinforce key points. I also suspect that if the casts were merely a recitation of core points, they would be boring.

Perhaps you should subscribe to the premium content, and just read the shownotes. Some listeners actually playback at a faster speed!

M&M, please don't abridge the content.

Thanks,

John

Thanks to both of you. Although we

Thanks to both of you. Although we would like, we can't appeal to everyone. For those willing to invest the time, we'll be here.

thanks,
Mike

Too long? I love and enjoiy having

Too long?

I love and enjoiy having weekly 30-40 min. One-on-Ones with Mark and Mike!

Yours sincerely

Yura-

Agree with Jhon and Yura. Anything up

Agree with Jhon and Yura. Anything up to 40 to 45 Min works fine for me. Even if that goes more time, I would give feedback, (I had already done once and was pleasantly surprised to receive personal email from Mark!! explaining the length, of podcast) but wont complain or move away. As these are quality stuff. I am yet to download part 2 of 2. Was reading comments at 6am here, so quickly posted the thoughts.

Karthik.
Bangalore, India.

Hey guys. I listen to your program

Hey guys.
I listen to your program while I mow the lawn, and it's the most productive 40 mins of the week.
Can't take notes, though, so I have to listen to it again whilst doing the ironing.
Makes both those jobs fun, informative and attractive!

Pete S
Geelong, Australia.

petesmi247, I think it's great that

petesmi247,

I think it's great that you do this while mowing the lawn. To ameliorate taking notes you could sign up for the premium content--show notes and slides are then easily retrieved.

I spend at least 2.5 hours mowing and several hours weeding in season...usually listening to MT so I have the opportunity to listen to some casts repeatedly.

You could start mowing your neighbor's lawn if you need more time to listen to podcasts! :-)

Mike & Mark, Thanks for everything!

Mike & Mark,

Thanks for everything!

MT saved my career and gave me hope that I could make the transition from a technical career. You guys have given me the tools I need and challenged me in areas I'm not comfortable in. I will probably never achieve mastery of the 70+ hours of training you have already released and that will not stop me from trying or looking forward to each new podcast. The longer and more detailed the better.

You changed the iPod into a career advantage.

Bravo and thank you,

Daniel
Virginia

Hi Guys How does the persuasion

Hi Guys

How does the persuasion matrix apply to a sales environment where I might have a good relationship with the prospect and be an expert in my product. My product expertise wont have too much influence as to whether they buy from me. Would I need to be an expert in their requirements and business?

Thanks for the great content - length is just about perfect for me.

Jonathan
England

Jonathan- Selling IS different, but

Jonathan-

Selling IS different, but the model is still VERY helpful. I think potential customers do add an additional requirement of the salesperson's expertise including knowledge of their business and industry AS WELL AS the particular person's political situation. So, add those criteria to the model, and see if that changes your expertise evaluation. Further, don't give yourself the highest relationship score unless the client will AUTOMATICALLY accept a lunch invitation from you.

Mark

persuading = influence

I've been listening to your podcasts since 06 and somehow I missed this one.  Wow! This is excellent information. I can see that I've been practicing many of these ideas instinctively but certainly not as strategically as I will now. The one thing I would add is that these are not only good strategies when preparing for a presentation. I think the title of the cast gave me the wrong impression. These are the basic tools of influence and we can use them every day to make ourselves more effective whether we're trying to influence the folks inside our organizations or those outside our organizations. I can't overstate how useful this 2 - part cast has been for me! Thank you!

lori

Advice for each quadrant

Brilliant!

Usually people give general advice on how to be more persuasive. You guys actually broke the possible situation into quadrants (Relationship v. Expertise) and have specific advice for each situation.

At least I've never heard it explained that way. Great advice. Thank you.

Ian G

P.S. For some reason I have Part I of this podcast in iTunes as a single episode named "How to be Persuasive in a Presentation". Only when I started listening to the episode did I realize there was a Part II which I got directly from your website. Maybe that's the way it was originally named back when my computer downloaded it. Not sure. Just wanted to tell you guys.

Where is part 1?

Hello everyone,

    I'm a new manager as of this coming Monday. As part of my prep i'm researching into managing and being a good, fair and effective manager - part of my research is combing through this site for all is' super awesome advice. To that end, I'm attempting to find the first part of this particular podcast - 'How to be Persuasvice in a Presentation (Part 1 of 2)'

Could someone please post a link - thank you very much for you help and assistance.

- Max

Please disregard my prior comment

I just found the podcast I was looking for in question (How to be Persuasive in a Presentation)

thank you and sorry to be a bother.

-Max