From Seth Godin - The hierarchy of presentations
“A presentation is a precious opportunity. It’s a powerful arrangement… one speaker, an attentive audience, all in their seats, all paying attention (at least at first). Don’t waste it.
The purpose of a presentation is to change minds. That’s the only reason I can think of to spend the time and resources. If your goal isn’t to change minds, perhaps you should consider a different approach.
1. The best presentation is no presentation at all. If you can get by with a memo, send a memo. I can read it faster than you can present it and we’ll both enjoy it more.
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Feeling more adventurous - consider mixing in Twitter
From Lou Ordorica, “What to do? You can keep your audience involved by giving them something better to do, like having a conversation with other attendees interested in your topic. Setting up a backchannel is risky — you are exposing yourself to scrutiny in very public forum, and you should expect surprises, like…. (go here tofor more)
If you do have to create a ppt deck - a ppt deck on ppt:
Presenting Random slides
a useful concept for conferences or internal training especially when people hit day 3 of a week in windowless rooms.