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Nicholas Oulton

Nicholas Oulton is the founder of m62 visualcommunications and the author of the book "Killer Presentations: Power the imagination to visualise your point with PowerPoint". This blog combines learnings from his experience and tips for designers and presenters to make their message engaging, memorable and effective. Read more about Nicholas and this blog

21DEC2010
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The Power of Positive Reinforcement

Friendly Assassins

Last year at the ISSM, I gave a presentation called “Friendly Assassins and Enemy Plants.” This refers to fact that many presenters often face their biggest hurdle when they are rehearsing in front of a critical leader/boss/coach. There to help and encourage, the presenter’s team often winds up breaking their spirit by nit-picking too much and failing to mention what was done well. Most people couch the feedback with, “Great (insert positive qualifier), but…” and then a list of mistakes.
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17NOV2010
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Interaction Throughout the Presentation

Moving from Monologue to Dialogue to encourage audience interaction and involvement.

A couple of weeks ago I was preparing a sales team for a two-day presentation session. The prospect is outsourcing a $1 billion IT project and scheduled 14 different sessions, 30-90 minutes each with 25 presenters and contributors in total.

In a sales situation like this, the more the prospect talks the better. So as the presenter, how do you encourage participation, control the debate and build on the relationship? Continue reading →

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21OCT2010

No Presentations: Is the Pen Mightier than the Slide?

In case you missed the post on Monday, I recently had the opportunity to speak without the aid of a presentation. A bit uncomfortable for me, but I wanted to prove that there is no reason to hide behind slides and design to effectively (memorably) present information.

How did I do? I’ll let you be the judge. Below is a link to the whole presentation; it’s about 45 mins long and the team are working on cutting it up a bit to produce two short segments.
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18OCT2010
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No Presentations!

Is the pen mightier than the slide?

Ok, I’m nervous.

I am frequently asked if I get nervous before a presentation and my stock response is, “If somebody says they’re not anxious before a presentation, they’re either lying or dead.”
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13OCT2010
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The Pursuit of Happiness

Not for the first time, I’m wondering about the insanity that is the global procurement process. One of my clients is bidding on a £1 billion IT outsourcing project – alongside 10 competitors – a process that has collectively cost these companies upward of £10 million. Eleven teams, eleven solutions developed over the past year and only one that will see the light of day.

Of course, I believe the team we are supporting is the clear leader –  not just because their presentations are going to be Killer – I think they are going to win because they’re happy! Continue reading →

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