Comments on: Presenting software http://eirikso.com/2005/11/09/presenting-software/ The personal web site of Eirik Solheim Wed, 16 May 2012 22:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Procrastination, delivered! http://eirikso.com/2005/11/09/presenting-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Procrastination, delivered! Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:54:32 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/?p=218#comment-1023 <strong>Making Good Presentations</strong> Almost all of us make presentations day-in and day-out, but have you paused and thought if the last presentation you made really made an impact? Here are a bunch of links to good articles/resource pages that I came across. Some of them focus on the mos... Making Good Presentations

Almost all of us make presentations day-in and day-out, but have you paused and thought if the last presentation you made really made an impact?
Here are a bunch of links to good articles/resource pages that I came across. Some of them focus on the mos…

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]]> By: Eirik (Administrator) http://eirikso.com/2005/11/09/presenting-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Eirik (Administrator) Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:49:45 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/?p=218#comment-1025 And when you are presenting that new database system where there is no screen shots to point at you go back to what Seth Godin mention in his little book that I linked to in the previous post (<a href="http://www.eirikso.com/2005/11/08/how-to-avoid-making-boring-presentations/" rel="nofollow">How to avoid making boring presentations</a>): Use pictures and metaphors. When you want to communicate that your database is 50% faster than the competitor you show something that can be a symbol for speed (...the most obvious: a fast car...) When you tell people that your database is faster it works better than if they read it. And that's why you do a presentation instead of sending a document through mail. Then make a document number two, with bullet points describing your executive summary. Throw in a couple of photos and illustrations from your presentation and hand out after you are done talking... And when you are presenting that new database system where there is no screen shots to point at you go back to what Seth Godin mention in his little book that I linked to in the previous post (How to avoid making boring presentations):

Use pictures and metaphors. When you want to communicate that your database is 50% faster than the competitor you show something that can be a symbol for speed (…the most obvious: a fast car…)

When you tell people that your database is faster it works better than if they read it. And that’s why you do a presentation instead of sending a document through mail.

Then make a document number two, with bullet points describing your executive summary. Throw in a couple of photos and illustrations from your presentation and hand out after you are done talking…

]]> By: Robert Gremillion http://eirikso.com/2005/11/09/presenting-software/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Robert Gremillion Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:06:48 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/?p=218#comment-1024 Very helpful. Thanks for the quick response! Very helpful. Thanks for the quick response!

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