10 Simple Rules to Avoid Bad PowerPoint Karma & Have a Leadership Conversation - Softcover

McMahon, Gavin S; Chin, Brandon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508552754 ISBN 13: 9781508552758

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

To Make a POWERFUL Point, we have to understand what works. A good presentation starts with two simple questions: What do I want to get across? What do they (the audience) want? If you can answer those you have a chance of pulling off a good presentation. A good presentation is a dialogue, not a monologue. It’s a journey. A conversation between people. For that to happen, you have to interest the audience and get them engaged. Follow these 10 simple rules to change your PowerPoint Karma and have a leadership conversation. This book is for earnest presenters and presentation designers. Escape the perils that entrap so many who turn to PowerPoint for their presentations.

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About the Author

Gavin is a senior partner and co-founder of fassforward Consulting Group. Over the past several years he has advised Fortune 100/500 companies on the impact of market changes and their interrelationship with marketing and business strategy. He brings a unique perspective on growth and innovation, as well as an understanding of the barriers to achieving desired results in these areas. Prior to fassforward, Gavin was VP and Director of Web Strategy at Gartner, where he oversaw the development of e-business assets in the research and advisory firm’s London and Stamford offices. Earlier, Gavin worked for McGraw-Hill. Gavin has also worked with the London Business School, co-founding their i:Lab and writing the case study “Netscape Communications Corporations”. He has moderated at conferences such as the Global Industry Conference on Finance and Technology in Geneva, and taught at the Global Information and Telecommunications Industries [GiTi] Executive Program at INSEAD. A graduate of Great Britain’s Royal Military College at Sandhurst, he served as a platoon commander in the King’s Own Border Regiment. Gavin has worked in the defense, automotive, publishing and manufacturing industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA in Strategy, Innovation and Information Technology from the THESEUS Institute in France. He is a Sainsbury Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a member of the ACM and the Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales d’Ingénieurs.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1508552754
• ISBN 13: 9781508552758
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Yoon Eugene
• Number of pages: 48