by John Polk | Jul 9, 2019 | Presentation Coaching, Presentation Training
So, um, ah, [clears throat] hi, hello. How’s everybody doing today? [Tepid applause] C’mon, you can do better than that. HOW’S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? [Forced enthusiastic applause and whoops] That’s better. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m John. I’m an expert...
by John Polk | Oct 8, 2018 | Presentation Design
I hated electrical theory – it was the hardest-earned B- of my college career. But one concept stuck with me, the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N). It’s a simple concept, which might explain why it’s the only thing I remember from that course. If you’re listening to a...
by John Polk | Aug 30, 2018 | Presentation Design, Presentation Templates
I took the train from Richmond to New York twice last summer. It’s doesn’t take much longer than flying, it’s a lot less hassle, and you can get more work done. But there’s one thing that drives me crazy. When you get to Washington, DC, you wait in the dark with no...
by John Polk | May 24, 2018 | Presentation Design
About 15 years ago, I worked in a department where my skip-level boss held a quarterly business review (QBR). In these QBRs, my peers and I presented our accomplishments for the last quarter and our plans for the next quarter. One quarter, one of my peers, “Mike”...
by John Polk | May 11, 2018 | Presentation Design
The single most important thing you can do to improve your presentations is to use sentence titles that give the main point of each slide. Sentence Titles vs. Category Headers Let’s start with some definitions. Title: The words you put at the top of your slide....
