I had the very good fortune to receive personal coaching from my boss's friends. He used to work for 7 years at Mckinsey and it was really pleasure to receive some presentation tips from him.
He's leaving tomorrow but he was very courteous and friendly throughout the time he spent with us in the office. Best of all he treated me to a coffee when I ran out of cash :)
Here's some presentation tips he gave me.
Step 1: Think of the absolutely most important thing that you want the audience to remember. Picture yourself talking to a random person on the street. What kind of story do you want to say?
Step 2: Split up your story into short portions with as little words as possible. Put each portion into one slide. The less words there are on the slide, the more people will remember. Each slide title should contain the full meaning of the slide, and not just a generic slide title. Each point must be short and compelling to the reader
Step 3: Give Examples to Illustrate your points. Make sure the examples are interesting and have a fresh (unbiased) mind when choosing examples. In the financial world, use IRR instead of returns. Put points in bullet form if possible, and place Facts first instead of opinions ( more compelling). Try to be as specific as possible to keep things interesting (hard when you have many to comply to many NDA lol) Also, try not to use negatives in the presentation.
So thats it. 3 steps to make magic presentation. Will try my best to apply it to my future presentations :)
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