How to Prewire a Meeting

Great subject and ideas once again.

Great subject and ideas once again. However, my question is this. Many times I have seen the expectation of a presentation to be what I would call "over the top" with all the whistles and bells so that one could demonstrate their knowledge of powerpoint and making a presentation. I see resistance to the thought of few slides and even in black in white throughout. I personally love the substance over glitter approach. What is the best way to ensure those above that I am more than competant in preparing a presentation? In the end I do get praise for excellent presentation skills which is what I enjoy anyways.

M&M, Thanks for bringing out another

M&M,

Thanks for bringing out another monthly members only cast!

The me-centered subjects for the monthlty cast stand out from the standard podcasts. This makes me look forward to the special different viewpoints you present.

Thanks again.

This cast is so perfectly timed, I'm

This cast is so perfectly timed, I'm wondering if you guys are watching me!! Next week I'm to present to a phoneline full of virtual peers as well as face to face with my boss and the CEO (my bosses' bosses' boss). And this is the first time I've been asked to do this. It seems so logical to prewire a presentation like this and to rehearse it. Thanks for this excellent excellent cast!

I'll let you know how it goes.

You mentioned three types of

You mentioned three types of presentation, I would add one more:
1. The one you wanted to give
2. The one you actually gave
3. The one you wished you had given
One more ... the one you thought you had given. I am astounded at how many presentations suffer from inadequate rehersal and drift off the point, leaving points inadequately covered, dropped or given undue weight. The presentee remembers what they think was said and not what others thought they said.

All you said in this cast is so true,

All you said in this cast is so true, and I've seen too many people NOT taking the time to do the prewiring and failing miserably.
During the cast you recommend to bring your slides in print when you talk to people in the run-up even if you mailed them. Depending on the context and the sensitivity of your subject I'd even recommend to bring one (1) hardcopy ONLY or email the slides only AFTER you have talked to someone. More often than not there are subtleties and idiosyncrasies with the wording. Once you emailed your stuff around, you basically loose control, and if things go south, nobody really cares if you had written "Working Draft" all over it.

Donnachie- You're right - GREAT

Donnachie-

You're right - GREAT POINT! While I think the intent of the 3 was that (because great presenters are all about the audience) the one you wished you had given was about the gap between what the audience GOT and what you gave.

Nevertheless - WELL SAID!

Mark

Islandpirate- Fewer slides. Sorry

Islandpirate-

Fewer slides. Sorry there is resistance. There is no path of no resistance in presentations, and you certainly can't please everybody.

Do the right thing - take a chance.

Mark

Dear MT Team, A few weeks ago I was

Dear MT Team,

A few weeks ago I was listening to a cast on another website related to China, and the title was "Why Nothing Gets Done in a Chinese Meeting". It's because they spend a lot of time working on the prewiring. In Chinese culture, giving face, and saving face means everything to relationships. so they are very good at prewiring for meetings so that they "slam dunk" the meeting. There are no surprises in a chinese meeting. For those interested in listening please check the link below.

http://thechinabusinessnetwork.com/Business-Culture-Strategy/Why-Nothing...

I haven't been active on the site since

I haven't been active on the site since the Amsterdam conference, but had to make a post about how useful this cast was. My organisation's senior management team had an all-day offsite meeting today, with lots of big think pieces on the agenda. During the day 4 of my directs made presentations to the meeting and all achieved what we were looking to get. Two of the presentations in particular had been actively pre-wired just as you set out in the cast and it WORKED MAGNIFICENTLY. With the other two directs, it was the result of active coaching and mentoring to get them shape what they were going to say in a way that the senior management team could handle. Again it was great.

I rounded the whole day off by going back to the office and giving each of them some feedback about their great performances.

Mark talks about slam-dunks in the cast, but today I felt it was a slam-dunk for MT!

Martin

Ps. Hope to make it for the May 16 Heathrow meet-up.

Is there a schedule for podcasts in

Is there a schedule for podcasts in this "Member" section? This seems to be almost a forgotten section of the web site. Am I missing something here on how to access a more recent podcast in this section?