Comments on: Top five presentation tips http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/01/23/top-five-presentation-tips/ Software product success. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: twilbur http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/01/23/top-five-presentation-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-133 twilbur Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:37:25 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/01/23/top-five-presentation-tips/#comment-133 Guy Kawasaki (of Mac evangelist fame) is the best presenter I've ever seen in person. His current keynotes are based on his Rules for Revolutionaries content, and in them he talks about what he refers to as the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint: (1) 10 slides max (2) 20 minutes of content (3) 30 pt font. Or alternately, if you think that's too restrictive, he suggests finding the age of the oldest person in your audience, and dividing by two. :-) More here: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html He's had a number of good public speaking / demo / evangelism / VC pitch entries in his (new) blog in the last two weeks... highly recommended. -- Tom -- twilbur@stanfordalumni.org Guy Kawasaki (of Mac evangelist fame) is the best presenter I’ve ever seen in person. His current keynotes are based on his Rules for Revolutionaries content, and in them he talks about what he refers to as the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint:
(1) 10 slides max
(2) 20 minutes of content
(3) 30 pt font. Or alternately, if you think that’s too restrictive, he suggests finding the age of the oldest person in your audience, and dividing by two. :-)

More here: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html

He’s had a number of good public speaking / demo / evangelism / VC pitch entries in his (new) blog in the last two weeks… highly recommended.

– Tom
– twilbur@stanfordalumni.org

]]> By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/01/23/top-five-presentation-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Scott Sehlhorst Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:48:06 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/01/23/top-five-presentation-tips/#comment-132 A couple other good tips I got PM: <ul> <li>Begin and end with something other than blank white slides.</li> <li>Always provide information on where to get a copy of the presentation.</li> <li>Allow 3-5 seconds per slide for viewing pictures if they are included.</li> </ul> Thanks! Any others? A couple other good tips I got PM:

  • Begin and end with something other than blank white slides.
  • Always provide information on where to get a copy of the presentation.
  • Allow 3-5 seconds per slide for viewing pictures if they are included.

Thanks!

Any others?

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