Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2011
It’s any meeting where you are in a small room and are being called on to present on some form of overhead slides. If you look at Diagram A above you’ll see that the presenters are sitting at the opposite end of the table from where the screen is. Sitting by the screen is the best excuse. We didn’t realize.&#
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 20, 2013
In any speech I do that is information rich I often have a summary slide at the end with the key points I want them to remember. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. If you really get nervous and are afraid you’ll forget your lines have one 3X5 cue card in your hands for each slide. The audience will love you.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
They had slides with moving images and music. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. If you really get nervous and are afraid you’ll forget your lines have one 3X5 cue card in your hands for each slide. Have a PowerPoint deck with screen shots that you can walk through. Far more expedient.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I believe in this so much that, despite my post advising you to be prepared for the *norm* in VC, I wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. I think the norm in the industry is still to see Powerpoint slides and I wouldn’t hold this against anybody.
InfoChachkie
JULY 1, 2013
If you are forced to display financial data, ensure that the slides are unintelligible. An effective method to incite Death By PowerPoint is to deploy an extraordinary number of slides. A minimum of 20 to 30 slides per minute is a reasonable rule of thumb. Limit the use of pictures or graphs on your slides.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 13, 2012
But if they suck on your computer Imagine just how bad they really suck on mobile devices where the screen size is much smaller. You need to be able to screen out the 52% of calls that are information requests with technology. For me that’s why Twitter works. years ago ) and relevant and therefore get much greater conversion.
InfoChachkie
JULY 1, 2013
If you are forced to display financial data, ensure that the slides are unintelligible. An effective method to incite Death By PowerPoint is to deploy an extraordinary number of slides. A minimum of 20 to 30 slides per minute is a reasonable rule of thumb. Limit the use of pictures or graphs on your slides.
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