While this talk by David Rose is about pitching to Venture Capitalists, he also gives some great PowerPoint tips. I was very pleased to see that he agrees with many of my thoughts on PowerPoint. In particular, David presents his top five presentation tips:
- Always use Presenter Mode
- Always use a remote control
- Handout are NOT your presentation
- Don’t read your speech
- Never, ever look at the screen
All of these tips are in my free e-book. The presentation is only about 15 minutes long, but well worth watching. I was a little bemused to see that he even uses one of same slides that I use – the one of Bill Gates presenting Windows Live in 2005. David does speak at about a million words per second, so you do need to listen carefully!
If you are going to pitch your idea to anybody, he provides a great speech outline. Here is a summarized outline, but watch the presentation for his insights.
- Company Logo / title
- Business Overview
- Management team
- Market
- Product
- Business Model
- Strategic Relationships
- Competition
- Barrier to Entry
- Financial Overview
- Use of Proceeds
- Capital and Valuation
You can watch other great speeches at www.ted.com
Enjoy, and keep talking!
Thanks for the TED video, new one to me, and the tips. Always good to think more about presenting!
Pleasure, glad you enjoyed the video and the tips. Always good to be reminded.
Craig
im starting up my owm radio station and in the process of finalizing my application of the the licencing. im very exited and nervous at the same time.
any advice will be taken to heart.
thank you
kb