PRESENTATION ELEVATION

Michael Weiss @mikepweiss

Who is this guy? AND WHAT IS HER DOING

HERE?

Still Chasing THE ROCK AND ROLL

DREAM

Now you know MICHAEL

WEISS

1at is called THE LESSIG

METHOD

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YOU

What is your STYLE?

It is critical that you IDENTIFY &

ACCEPT your style

Are you CASUAL?

Are you

FORMAL?

What about your

CADENCE?

Are you a

FAST talker?

Or do you

TAKE YOUR TIME?

How do you use your HANDS?

Are you aware of your

FACE?

How do you use your

BODY?

At the 1988 DNC Clinton was

BOO’ED off the stage

Clinton uses his HANDS

better than anyone

Cadence

Repetition REPETITION

Repitition

It was hard not to feel his PASSION

Jim Morrison was a master of

CROWD CONTROL

It comes down to

CHARISMA

!

A personal quality making a person capable of INFLUENCING or INSPIRING large

numbers of people.

Is it

INNATE or can it be

LEARNED?

CLTs* (Charismatic Leadership

Tactics)

* John Antonakis, Marika Fenley, and Sue Liechti

Metaphor

“It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check that has come back marked 'insufficient funds.’ “

– Martin Luther King

Story

Want to learn how to tell a better story?

WATCH COMEDIANS

C!""#$%&'(%!$ %) (*+

TRANSFER OF EMOTION

Seth Godin

Contrast

“Ask not what your country can do for you, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR

YOUR COUNTRY.”

Confidence

If ,!# -!$’( b+.%+v+ %(

NEITHER WILL THEY

THEM

/+ *#"'$ br'%$ $!( !$., .!!0) f!r (*+

UNEXPECTED b#( '&(#'.., &r'v+) %(

Gregory Berns

Create

TENSION

NESTED LOOPS

Open with the

CONCLUSION

? It creates

MYSTERY

It unravels a

PUZZLE

2THE PITCH

THE

WORKING SESSION

Let’s talk about

THE PITCH

Your prop5al is factual and filled with

PROCESS AND BUDGETS

Your pitch is

EMOTIONAL, ENGAGING &

INSPIRATIONAL

3READ YOUR PROPOSAL

DEVOURED YOUR WEB

SITE

KNOW YOU CAN DO THE

JOB

Bottom Line

YOU ARE IN THE ROOM FOR A

REASON

Now is not the time to talk about

ME ME ME

Now is not the time to talk about

THEM

1is is just another

MEETING

A Presentation Is Not A Meeting; IT’S A

PERFORMANCE

Let’s talk about

THE WORKING SESSION

Nancy Duarte

HOW

STORYTELLING

STORYTELLING

Campfires have been replaced with

PROJECTOR BULBS

Nancy Duarte

Y!# -!$’( *'v+ (! (+.. (*+

ENTIRE STORY

RULE OF 3

1e 3 Little Pigs Goldilocks & the 3 Bears

1e Good, 1e Bad & 1e Ugly Stop, Drop & Roll

Location, Location, Location Duty, Honor, Country

Veni, Vidi, Vici

3It’s

ALL they can

remember

Be

RESPECTFUL

#1 1+r&%)+ b!2() BRAIN

POWER

If we didn’t move we would have been

EATEN

UNPLUG

GO ANALOG

Multitasking is a

MYTH

#4 W+ -! $!( 3', '((+$(%!$ (!

BORING THINGS

Do something different

EVERY 10 MINUTES

#10 V%)%!$ (r#"3)

'.. !(*+r SENSES

HEAR a piece of information

and 3 days later you’ll remember

10% OF IT

ADD A PICTURE

and you’ll remember 65%

CHOOSE YOUR TOOL

Too o7en we build our presentations

AROUND OUR DECKS

I want you to build your decks

AROUND YOUR PRESENTATIONS

Swab !The Decks"

Beware Of The Bullet Points

Why I Love Dolphins

★  I  Met  One  Once  

★  It  was  a  summer  day  in  Florida.....  

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(c)  2012  -­‐  NOAA  -­‐  Why  I  Love  Dolphins  PresentaIon  February  2012   #1  

1 IDEA PER

SLIDE

Slides are for

SUPPORT ONLY

Say no to

ANIMATION

HI-REZ images only

Your slide deck is NOT a

HANDOUT

ENSEMBLE PRESENTING

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- Wynton Marsalis

#1 S3+$- (%"+ TOGETHER

#2 T'0+ &'..) TOGETHER

#3 R+*+'r)+ TOGETHER

Kibbitz & Nosh

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but

people will never forget how you made them feel.”

- Maya Angelou

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