Killer Presentations by Nicholas Oulton founder of m62 visualcommunications & PowerPoint Presentation expert
I am traveling home after a grueling week of UK pinball, meaning I have spent three days this week in London and therefore made 6 trips up and down the country. Today’s trip to the big smoke was to rehearse a bid team for an m62 STAT. Their presentation is on Monday and today was the final dress rehearsal stage … Continue reading
In anticipation of a new blog.. here is one I wrote in 2009.. watch this space.. comments please! Don’t use speaker notes. Don’t write scripts. Don’t wear white socks. Why? Because you will come across as an amature! Occasionally when presenters use a script they end up concentrating on it more than on the audience, which is a recipe for … Continue reading
The art of competence What are you good at? Chess, cooking, squash, sailing, wine appreciation, business, presenting or perhaps selling? One thing is for sure – you are probably not the best at all of them. How good do you need to be to deliver an effective presentation about any of these subjects? Certainly not world class. Competent is the … Continue reading
“I believe we can help you” isn’t a good sales line. My belief that I can help you isn’t persuasive; you would expect me to believe that whatever I’m selling works (I hope). If the most common sales mistake is not articulating the reasons to buy, next is assuming that because you have identified ways to drive value for your … Continue reading
Lewis Carole had it wrong: “begin at the beginning” said the King to Alice. Writing 3000 sales presentations and critiquing the same number has taught me a lot, but if there is one thing that I know for certain it’s that most people start off wrong. Don’t write the first slide of your presentation first. Regardless of what the presentation is about, … Continue reading
