Public Speaking Tips : The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Posted on February 20th, 2011 by Sanjit Anand | Print This Post | Email This Post

If you like to learn some of the techniques and styles that make Steve Jobs such a great presenter, here’s some excellent advice from Businessweek columnist Carmine Gallo, who is also the author of the book – The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. I think it is an awesome video on presentation skills.

Here are some points extracted from the video:

• Make your theme clear and consistent
• Create a headline that sets the direction for the meeting
• Provide the outline
• Open and close each section with a clear transition
• Make it easy for your listeners to follow your story
• Demonstrate enthusiasm e.g. extraordinary, amazing, cool, incredible, unbelievable, awesome
• Wow your audience by seeling an experience
• Make numbers and statistics meaningful
• Analogies help connect the dots for your audience
• Make it visual
• Point a simple picture that doesn’t overwhelm
• Identify your memorable moment and build up to it
• Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
• Last but not the least…
• Give your audience an added bonus to walk away with

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