getty By now you would think death by PowerPoint was a forgotten phenomenon, but you would be wrong. Remarkably, business people continue to waste their audience’s time with boring, redundant and uninteresting presentations, filled with bullet points, charts and graphs, and information that is not important to the listener. In my work with business teams, especially sales teams, it amazes me that so many are so dysfunctional in the way they tell their story. I believe we (the business community at large) are still less-than-compelling presenters for four primary reasons. I will share them with you here. 1. Laziness Rather than take the time to be prepared to carry the conversation and know the subject matter adequately, it is much easier to simply put it on the slides. Have several bullet points per slide, and now you can simply look at the information and talk from there. This places the emphasis on the slides and not on you, with the result being your audience is reading the slides and not listening to you. It also hinders any conversational approach, which is what people tend to prefer. Almost all charts and graphs are confusing, and the sight of a spreadsheet […]
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
