Crafting and Delivering Winning Presentations

Rebecca Ryan, 2EO, Next Generation Consulting, shared her thoughts on crafting and delivering winning presentations at last week's Winning Is Everything conference:

• What do you want your audience to think, feel and do as a result of your presentation?
• Stories rule, stats rot. Stories that work are hilarious, share failure, or are poignant.
• Show, don't tell. Use effective images.
• When sh!t happens, improvise.

Resources include:

• www.presentationzen.com
• www.istockphoto.com
• www.many-eyes.com (takes words in a document mentioned the most in larger fonts)
• www.polleverywhere.com (live audience polling, participants text answers using cell phones, free for up to 30 people)