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The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method

Extremely effective communication of complex information


McKinsey interview

I was recently interviewed by McKinsey & Company, and the interview is posted on their internal "Communicate" website.  It's only accessible to current McKinsey staff (who can click here), so I've agreed to post it on my blog too.  I have also added "translations" of McKinsey jargon in [square] brackets. It's a good synthesis of some of the core principles I have articulated in my books and on this blog.  


My second book, The Presentation: A Story About Communicating Successfully, with Very Few Slides, will be coming out in a couple of weeks. 
 

Some of you are familiar with the "36 layouts that pass the squint test." These are PowerPoint layouts that I designed myself to simplify the creation of slides that pass the squint test.  To access these slides, until now you had to download the entire file, and delete what you didn't want.I am pleased to announce that the Powerframeworks site is now hosting the layouts in a way that allows you to download, individually, just the ones you want. You can find them here:

Ron Galloway recently released his documentary film Rethinking PowerPoint.  The documentary is a series of interviews with presentation experts, including Nancy Duarte, Nigel Holmes, Dan Roam, Stephen Kosslyn, Seth Godin, and me.

Ron posted a few clips from the documentary on his website, including one of mine, where I'm talking about the S.Co.R.E. method for organizing your presentation into the form of a story. Here it is:

A couple of days ago, Forbes posted a presentation created by Interbrand, analyzing the economic value to LeBron James of signing with four possible teams.

Seth Godin recently made the provocative suggestion that you break up your typical presentation into 200 slides.  He's talking here about a Ballroom style presentation, not the kind of thing you'd present to physicians, scientists, marketers, managers, prospects, board members, or any other small group that you are trying to persuade to take a specific action.  

Thank you to all who signed up for the Extreme Presentation Breaking News email list.  Several of you said that you are long time readers of this blog--it's a treat for me to know that, and to know your names and where you come from.  I'm pleased to make your acquaintance!  And I suspect that you will be pleased with what you'll be hearing through the list in the coming months.  

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Birthdays

Powerframeworks turns four this month.  I've mentioned them before; the site offers several thousand pre-designed slide layouts that pass the squint test, some for free and the rest for an annual subscription.  To celebrate their birthday, they are offering 25% off their annual subscription.  Check them out.

It's been a long time coming, but we've finally set up our Extreme Presentation Breaking News email list.  The purpose of this list is to provide advance notice of the release of free tools, new books, etc.  The list will be used only for major announcements, which will be sent out via the list before appearing in the press, on this blog, or anywhere else.  

At this point we only anticipate sending out two to three such messages a year.  If you'd like to sign up for the Extreme Presentation Breaking News list, you can do so here. 

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