Creating A Presentation

Submitted by mauzenne on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 23:13.
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This cast helps you start to plan to create a presentation.

We've covered a number of aspects of presentations in both Career Tools and Manager Tools, but we've never really told you where to start. A great presentation doesn't start when you stand still in front of the room (Presentation Basics - Principle 1). It doesn't start when you send the invites out. It starts way, way before that. At least, it does if you want to be successful.

It's human nature to wait until a few days before a deadline (or the night before) before starting anything, and yet we all know the sooner we start, the easier it is and the more successful we'll be. So, if you hear nothing else in this cast, hear START EARLY.


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Submitted by vbhill on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 21:14.

Timely and hugely helpful

Hi Mike and Mark,

What a helpful podcast.  I have a major presentation next month, which I am pre-wiring tomorrow.  By gathering data first, I saw a major concern to address and a way to put forward a strength.  I probably would have been stuck without the data I needed to deal with the concern and would have overlooked the strength completely.  Getting a giant pile of data, much of which I did not need, saved me from walking into a painful question.  And even if I get one in the pre-wire meeting tomorrow, I still have time to deal with the problem.

Oh yeah, since I actually went an rehearsed the presentation, I found out that I have a mushy second half, that makes my strong ending sound like mere enthusiasm.  So I'll have to fix that.  But at least I know the problem is there!