How to be a Presentation God

How to build, design, and deliver a fire-breathing, wing-flapping, roar-bellowing behemoth of a presentation Unlike most presentation books that say the same things regarding presentation design and delivery (less is more, get rid of bullets and use images, emulate Steve Jobs, and so on), How to Be a Presentation God actually divulges step-by-step secrets for how to build, design, and deliver blockbuster presentations. By providing entertaining and clever presentation insights, veteran presenter Scott Schwertly gives you the in's and out's for presenting yourself, your business, and your cause with an easy-to-implement approach. Focuses on content, design, and delivery Author is a regular speaker at national and regional industry conferences such as PowerPoint Live and Presentation Camps, and is the founder of the award-winning Ethos3 Communications Author is the creator of an app, Present, that landed in the top-20 iPhone apps in the Business category on iTunes How to be a Presentation God will ensure that your presentations reach a new level of effectiveness.

Foreword by Penelope Trunk vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1: A Killer in Our Midst 3 THE NEW ERA OF PRESENTATIONS 13 Chapter 2: Won’t “Good Enough” Do? 15 Chapter 3: Omniscient View 31 Chapter 4: The Pantheon of Presentation Gods 43 CONTENT 61 Chapter 5: Don’t Ruin Their Day! 63 Chapter 6: You Matter 84 Chapter 7: They Matter Even More 102 DESIGN 129 Chapter 8: Styles and Approaches 131 Chapter 9: Real Simple 152 Chapter 10: Parting the Clouds 170 DELIVERY 183 Chapter 11: Buckets and Butterflies 185 Chapter 12: Chatterbox 200 Chapter 13: Spread the Love 224 ENGAGE 241 Chapter 14: 100 Percent All-Natural Passion 243 RESOURCES 255 Index 256