How do you persuade people to implement your training, buy from you, or approve your proposal? Yes, you need a good “offer,” whether that offer is to help trainees perform better, improve client’s results, or get more done with less money. But a good offer isn’t enough. Lots of research has shown that emotion is […]
Illustrate a story on a PowerPoint slide
Stories are a powerful way to help your audience understand and relate to your message. But how do you illustrate your story? You don’t always have to — you can black out the slide and just talk. But let’s say you want to illustrate your story. Here’s an example story: We need to upgrade the […]
Why both stories and a storyline are important for your presentations
A lot of people are talking about telling stories during a presentation. Why is that? Stories are A powerful way to evoke emotions, which is important because people remember emotionally-charged experiences better and longer An age-old way of making a topic interesting, so the audience pays more attention An alternate way to make your point, […]
Top takeaways from the PowerPoint Live conference
The first part of this post is here. Cliff Atkinson‘s keynote empowered us to be evangelists for better presentations: better results, a better story, better graphics (in that order). He gave suggestions for presentation professionals who need to convince presenters to improve their presentations: Improve the core template Provide before and after examples Educate See […]
