Comments on: Election Day! http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/election-day/ Duarte Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jan Schultink http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/election-day/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Jan Schultink Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:06:34 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=1396#comment-426 A great point Nancy. Screen writing meets business presentation design. Especially refreshing for people (like me) that have been "brain washed" by the "conclusion in sentence 1" approach used in most management consulting firms (Minto's Pyramid Principle). The piano cartoon - agreed. The "tic-tac-toe" cartoon though would require the presenter to make your point "everyone who has ever played this game will see that there is an inevitable outcome" verbally/explicitly.Some people might miss the point otherwise I think. Especially in short presentations (i.e., a 20 minute VC pitch) I find you cannot afford the risk of mis-interpretation. Even a highly intelligent audience might require some "spoon feeding" A great point Nancy. Screen writing meets business presentation design. Especially refreshing for people (like me) that have been “brain washed” by the “conclusion in sentence 1″ approach used in most management consulting firms (Minto’s Pyramid Principle).

The piano cartoon – agreed. The “tic-tac-toe” cartoon though would require the presenter to make your point “everyone who has ever played this game will see that there is an inevitable outcome” verbally/explicitly.Some people might miss the point otherwise I think. Especially in short presentations (i.e., a 20 minute VC pitch) I find you cannot afford the risk of mis-interpretation. Even a highly intelligent audience might require some “spoon feeding”

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/election-day/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Stephen Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:24:37 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=1396#comment-423 Excellent post. Letting people discover something for themselves is always more powerful, and more engaging, than telling them the answer. I suspect that's one of the many things business speakers could learn from a good schoolteacher. Excellent post. Letting people discover something for themselves is always more powerful, and more engaging, than telling them the answer.

I suspect that’s one of the many things business speakers could learn from a good schoolteacher.

]]> By: Cassandra http://blog.duarte.com/2008/11/election-day/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Cassandra Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:07:12 +0000 http://slideology.com/?p=1396#comment-422 I should definitely work at building tension in my presentations. I tend to focus on emphasis on a central point, essentially saying "the piano has dropped" repeatedly through the presentation. Thanks for the insight. I should definitely work at building tension in my presentations. I tend to focus on emphasis on a central point, essentially saying “the piano has dropped” repeatedly through the presentation. Thanks for the insight.

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