Comments on: The Art of the Presentation http://currentmarketing.com/undercurrent/miscellaneous/the-art-of-the-presentation/ a peek inside Louisville's Leading Interactive Marketing Agency Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:27:47 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nick Ising http://currentmarketing.com/undercurrent/miscellaneous/the-art-of-the-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Nick Ising Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:22:27 +0000 http://currentmarketing.com/undercurrent/?p=460#comment-611 Thanks for the spot-on blog, Katy. Here's another commonality: The presenter who takes the time to personalize a presentation -- adding a title slide with our company name and the date of your appointment -- only to repeatedly tell me, "oh, that statistic is out of date." It tells me they don't think my time, or that of any other audience, is important enough to update their presentation. Thanks for the spot-on blog, Katy. Here’s another commonality: The presenter who takes the time to personalize a presentation — adding a title slide with our company name and the date of your appointment — only to repeatedly tell me, “oh, that statistic is out of date.” It tells me they don’t think my time, or that of any other audience, is important enough to update their presentation.

]]> By: Todd Ulery http://currentmarketing.com/undercurrent/miscellaneous/the-art-of-the-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Todd Ulery Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:33:40 +0000 http://currentmarketing.com/undercurrent/?p=460#comment-610 I have been present for a few presentations about different subjects. Most were probably during college. I found that the subject has to be an interest for the listener. I have been present for some that grabbed me by the title line. Then the presenter bombarded me with bullets. As you mentioned they can have too many. I like the concept you are suggesting about taking a step outside the generic bubble. I am phasing it my own way of course. Most do not see a presentation as a learning experience other than the material being presented. So much can be gained by thinking in a different perspective. I do believe that powerpoints are a great tool, but I also if I may, suggest that the generation that is present in most markets are more geared towards more stimuli in presentation of any kind. Bullet points can only go so far to grasp a reader unless you make that bullet point shoot fire, or the words that follow provide a breath of fresh air. Thanks I have been present for a few presentations about different subjects. Most were probably during college. I found that the subject has to be an interest for the listener. I have been present for some that grabbed me by the title line. Then the presenter bombarded me with bullets. As you mentioned they can have too many. I like the concept you are suggesting about taking a step outside the generic bubble. I am phasing it my own way of course. Most do not see a presentation as a learning experience other than the material being presented. So much can be gained by thinking in a different perspective.

I do believe that powerpoints are a great tool, but I also if I may, suggest that the generation that is present in most markets are more geared towards more stimuli in presentation of any kind. Bullet points can only go so far to grasp a reader unless you make that bullet point shoot fire, or the words that follow provide a breath of fresh air.

Thanks

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