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!
