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Today’s post is a subtle one about positioning yourself in a presentation. It’s any meeting where you are in a small room and are being called on to present on some form of overhead slides. From witnessing all of these presentations I can tell you that there is a right place and a wrong place to sit.
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. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation.
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. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation.
If you click through to Roger & Mike’s blog you’ll see that this blog post then links to a detailed presentation on the topic. It maps to a lot of my own views so I was interested to learn more. The ones I focus on the most are 2-7 and 10. Hope you enjoy it. And I hope they keep up their early momentum.
In creating Convoz, I have watched Cham literally dissect every screen interaction, UX navigation, social integration, etc. I don’t really want to tell you about his presentation because it was such a masterpiece, so profound & insightful that I’d urge you just to watch it yourself.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 -- The Digital Media SIG Presents: TV in 2012: It's Multi-Screen, It's in the Cloud, It's Everywhere! In this multi-screen, hyper connected world, convenient and instantaneous access to enormous content libraries is the new norm. This is an event not to be missed! See [link] (more)
Thursday, September 22, 2011 -- Free Movie Screening of Participant Media's Circumstance presented by Take Part and SMW LA. The Free Movie Screening is of the recently released Circumstance, which will be introduced by Christopher Gebhardt, Participant Medias Executive Vice President and General Manager Take Part.
Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara. Being a radar screen of a buyer helps. If you have any problems downloading deck from above SlideShare presentation you can try this link. Startup Exits: A Primer from msuster. I speak privately a lot about getting an exit at a startup.
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When meeting with investors, during the period devoted to feedback after your presentation, you will hear comments and recommendations that don’t resonate with you. Plan to incorporate the appropriate responses to earlier questions in the presentation to avoid those being repeated. Some listeners will challenge your assumptions.
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Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. What is coming is Internet-enabled televisions, content streaming with built-in social media interactions in real time and multiple screen activities.
I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Research your audience before presenting. Others can be present for effect, but deferrals to team members for answers are a sign of weakness.
I believe that for any innovation to take place you need a variety of factors to be present. It takes screen writers, sound people, lighting, editing, costumes, direction, post-production and acting. If you want the PowerPoint version in stead of the TV version of my presentation I can still do that, too. Where I call home.
Jess has been very kind to me over the years and also stopped my PowerPoint presentations from sucking. He saw a few terrible ones and like a fashion advisor telling you that your shoes and belt are supposed to match colors he pointed out the things in visual design for presentations that I never knew. On my blog and in presentation.
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I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Research your audience before presenting. Others can be present for effect, but deferrals to team members for answers are a sign of weakness.
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