Tom Peters on Great Presentations
I’m going to add some stuff to my “PE56” list, thanks to your Comments.
But let me begin with something that may be personal: Why I use PowerPoint. You say, “Hey Tom, you’re the guru.” I say that my conclusions are much more credible when I back them up with Great Sources. I say pretty radical stuff. I say “Get radical!” That’s one thing. But then I show a quote from Jack Welch, who, after all, ran a $150 billion company (I didn’t): “You can’t behave in a calm, rational manner; you’ve got to be out there on the lunatic fringe.” Suddenly my radicalism is “certified” by a “real operator.”
Also, I find that people like to get beyond the spoken word, and see a SIMPLE reminder of what I’m saying.
Also, we post all my slide shows so attendees (or anyone else) can go back at their leisure and recall the logic of the presentation and “steal” some Cool Quotes to use in their presentations!
So here are a few things, thanks to you, that I’m going to add to “PE56”: