Why Your Presentations Suck!
Ok, so everybody’s presentations don’t suck. But the vast majority of them do. I know I’m not the first person to make this statement. I’d include a list of others who have said it but it would take more space than my entire blog does. Take this example slide deck from a presentation I saw [...]
This Week’s Keynote Presentations
I have often complained how much I hate sitting on panels. The reason is that conferences usually pack them up with speakers to maximize the number of high profile guests in attendance to sell more general admission tickets. So with a panel of 5-6 people and 30-45 minutes it’s hard to have a real conversation. [...]
The Day Hp Got Killed. Publicly. By HP.
Recently I wrote up a positive example how Twitter, and generally public participation can enliven a conference. Today we’ve witnessed the opposite. Twitter KO’d HP at Oracle OpenWorld. No, let me correct that. HP KO’d HP. This keynote will be a case study for years to come. No more comments… just a few selected tweets, [...]
AbleAdvisory: A 60 Minute Marketing Conference!
This is kinda cool. David Meerman Scott talks about the Influencer Project. Its a lineup of 60 thought leaders in the Digital influence/marketing space. Each speaker gets just 60 seconds to talk. That’s right, what a great exercise… distilling your massive Powerpoint presentation down to 60 seconds of bottom line speak! Oh the conference is [...]
Making The Most out of Sitting on Panels
Many of us in the technology, media and VC world sit on panels at lot. Many of them are painfully boring. It’s a shame since it’s such a golden opportunity for you to build awareness with your audience for who you are and what you do. And it’s a surprisingly great way to meet people [...]
Mark Suster on Fox News: How to Present Your Business to a Crowd
My favorite quote: One of the worst things with Powerpoint is the bulletpoint…
How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation
Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Francisco Dao came up with the idea [...]
