I recently finished reading Guy Kawasaki’s “The Art of the Start“, a book full of good advices for any entrepreneur. I especially liked the chapter called “The Art of Being a Mensch”. Too seldom I encounter any references to being a good fellow human being in business literature, so this one is definitely a rare exception and a must read for anybody. For at the end of the day, we are just human beings, father, husbands, monther, children with all the strengths and weakness that implies. We must never forget that.
To my pleasant surprise I discovered today that Guy just started to blog as well and have written a very good post called the 10/20/30 rule of Power Point – Maximum 10 slides, 20 minutes long and 30 points (font). I really like that although I would like to go even further and throw away that Power Point altogether. In my view, a good presentation is a genuine conversation between the presenter and his fellow audience.
I have personally stopped doing Power Point presentation unless when I must and the audience have requested it. I much more prefer just to sit down and tell the story. If you have a good story to tell (some called it a pitch) you can always back it up with a few illustrations if and when needed. Most of the time it is not needed. People much rather like to sit, listen and have a causal conversation. This might of course not fit every one but it works great for me. If you have to make a visual presentation supply a few screenshots or even better do it using Mind Manager from Mind Jet. Mind Manager is a fantastic mind-mapping software with a lot of cool features and easy to use. The audience likes it too.
“That which come from the heart – penetrates the heart” – Talmud
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