Speaking to 800 people tomorrow

by | Consulting

Tomorrow is a big day in my journey.  Was voted by students as the distinguished educator of the year. Super winning. Speaking at the graduation celebration. This is the venue. Here is the outline of my talk. (My) Past:  Did not always know what I wanted to do The job...

Presenting to 30 people instead of 3

by | Graphics

In the corporate world, most presentations are to small groups. In fact, the most common format is actually with 1 person in his/her office. The slides typically have more details (think: 18-22 font arial) and should be completely self-explanatory. They are skimmable...

What do BCG presentations look like?

by | Consulting

What does good look like?  All thoughtful business people are curious what good presentations look like. Here are a dozen+ presentations (freely and publicly available online) from Boston Consulting Group. These BCG decks may not be in your industry, or your function,...

What do McKinsey presentations look like?

by | Consulting

What do McKinsey presentations looks like?  Please find links to 30+ McKinsey presentations which are publicly available online.  Many of these are from conferences, or governmental / non-profit organizations clients who have chosen to make them available online. Yes,...

Word choice

by | Learning

Clearly, eloquence has many parts – content, structure, conviction, tone, pacing, empathy, and word choice. Ah, words. Let’s not forget the words. Word inflation. Seems like we are bombarded with words constantly – most of them advertising or loose...

Slideology 3: Designing effective slides

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This is the final section review of Duarte’s Slideology (affiliate link). I am going to pick and choose what to share with readers. Consulting presentations (for good or bad) are fairly conservative and a bit regimented. As a result, the parts of the books about...

Review of 39pg McKinsey Presentation

by | Consulting

McKinsey & Company do great work. On this blog, I have written about McKinsey’s leader, culture, high-visibility assignments at the CIA, and Department of Corrections. Overall, have enormous respect for the work they do, and the way they have built their...

Be a great presenter by pausing more

by | Consulting

Good speakers pause After they finish one thought, they don’t rush to the next sentence. They don’t rattle off useless verbal fillers (uh, ah, um, well, so, right, hmm). Instead, they embrace that millisecond of silence, harness the awkwardness, and force...