Justin Timberlake and the Art of Presenting Well

Driving in my car, listening to Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSound, I realized that J.T. has a really good handle on what it means to deliver a great presentation.  Nice!  Take a look.
Take some of his advice and you, too, can be a presentation rockstar!
Songwriters: Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Timothy Z. Mosley, and Justin R. Timberlake

Topic: Delivery, Diary, Message, Strategy
Tags: Future Sex Love Sound, Justin Timberlake, presentation techniques

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News Alert: Bill Gates is officially redeemed from presentation purgatory

Wow, Gates did a great job at TED this year. Why is he suddenly a great communicator and presenter? What has driven his transformation? I think it’s because he moved from presenting about his job to presenting about his passion, and suddenly he communicates well. So, is it possible that we can be so passionate [...]

Topic: Delivery, Event, Strategy
Tags: Bill Gates, carbon, fireflies, S.T.A.R. Moment, TED

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Steve Ballmer Could Make More Money if He Presented Well

I’m connecting some pretty broad dots here but even though he’s a billionaire, Reuters reported that Steve Ballmer made $100,000 dollars less last year than the previous one.
Interestingly, each of the next few Fridays, Distinction Services will be posting the results of their annual executive survey of the impact of presentations on an executive’s career. [...]

Topic: Business, Delivery, Strategy
Tags: launch, speech, steve ballmer, windows 7

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Your Data Wants a Makeover

Simplicity does not necessarily mean skimping out on the meat of your presentation. When handled correctly, complex scenarios and data can still be included while being transformed into something that is easily comprehensible to the average audience member.
No, this does not mean packing seemingly endless charts, tables, and graphs onto every slide. What it does [...]

Topic: Delivery, Design, Strategy, Video
Tags: airside, crisis of credit, data, jonathan jarvis, power gap, simple, simplify

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CNBC Calls Google Presenter a Johnson. Was that fair?

How important is the launch of a new product? Important enough to plan, rehearse, and script something comprehensible?
On CNBC, the newscasters compare today’s Google Nexus One launch with the iPhone launch Steve Jobs hosted just two short years ago. Here’s the clip, scroll forward to 3:44.

Steve Jobs definitely plans and rehearses more than this guy [...]

Topic: Delivery, Event, Strategy, Technology, Video
Tags: carmine gallo, cnbc, Delivery, google, nexus, steve jobs

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