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How to Give a Great Presentation
Nov 3
Want to make HR dazzle? Great presenters are not born — they are prepared. Here are some tips on how to give a great presentation from the masters.
A Few More Presentation How-To’s. Kathy Sierra from Passionate talks about what could “turn a ‘regular’ person into an excellent presenter.”
How to Get a Standing Ovation. Guy Kawasaki gives 11 points on how to give great speeches. Number 1: Have something interesting to say.
The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. Another Guy Kawasaki classic. He says, “It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.”
PowerPoint is Evil. Edward Tufte says, “PowerPoint Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely” in this Wired article. Read what the author of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information has to say about PPT.
The Best Presentation. Seth Godin says the best presentation may just be no presentation at all. He says, “So, here’s what I’d like you to consider: Skip straight to the part that people seem to like the best, and that you’re the best at: the Q&A.”
My Best Presentation Tricks. Chris Brogan talks about how you need to bring out “your inner David Lee Roth” and be both a storyteller and entertainer in this Lifehack.org article.
Now That We Have Your Complete Attention. This article is subtitled “Here’s Fast Company’s eight-point program for presentations guaranteed to keep your listeners on the edge of their seats.” Perform, don’t present is one of my favorites.
How To Give Great Oscar Speeches. Ah, such agony, sitting there waiting for the great Academy Award speech, only to hear an actor prattle on about his agent. Ugh. Great advice: Be honest, be authentic, and be concise.
If You Don’t Fall Over, Then You Weren’t Going Hard Enough. Here’s a one minute interview of management uber-guru Tom Peters. Pump up the noise, and give it your all.
About the Author
Frank Roche
Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.
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I think this was an excellent selection of presenters who know how to present but I also enjoyed Guy Kawasaki and Chris Brogan probably the most. If nothing you have to say is interesting then why say it? At the same time, every presentation should also flow from one idea to the next like a story. If using powerpoint, each slide should be another page of your book.
Megan, so true….say what needs to be said, that’s good advice. One of my favrote quotes is “Thank goodness for the man, when nothing else needs to be said, doesn’t spend 15 minutes proving it.”
Hi there,
This is a nice collection of links to blog post about powerpoint. It’ll keep me busy for a while.
Cheers,
Jason