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Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

larak — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:12:17 -0000

I totally disagree with Erick above - I thought Gopal expressed himself very well in this video. What a memorable and terrific way to make his points. I won't soon forget audience, GPS and the monkey. Bravo Chris, thanks for sharing this with us.

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Meryl Steinberg (twitter meryl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:47:50 -0000

I'm emailing video on presentation to client to educate on unique selling proposition. Knowing audience is key to determining USP for basic marketing thrust as well as when doing a powerpoint. Thanks for the post.

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Tom Ablewhite — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:31:21 -0000

The Monkey: What doesn't add to the presentation will only sustract from it. (That's what slight of hand magicians say)

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Erick — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:32:02 -0000

This dude has an interesting point but his manner of speaking and presenting himself is in itself probably an article for another blog post. What a snooze.

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Maxine Teller — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:12:02 -0000

This is terrific, Chris. Thanks so much for sharing. Very timely and relevant for me.

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Keith Monaghan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:12:56 -0000

It's great to see this trend of learning to present better. There are so many resources out there now like Presentation Zen [http://www.presentationzen....] and my favorite: watching the master, Steve Jobs, present at Apple keynotes.

So why aren't I attending better presentations? Hmm....

Anyone else seen an improvement?

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Morriss Partee — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:07:35 -0000

Fantastic points, delivered effectively. I highly recommend that from here, people check out Garr Reynolds fantastic blog on presentations, Presentation Zen. One of my favorite Presentation Zen posts is the one where he gives us some video clips of Presentation humor. I can't believe there's a stand-up comic (Don McMillan) who makes an audience roar with laughter over bad Powerpoints. But more seriously, Garr sheds light on a variety of great speakers and analyzes their styles so that we can develop our own. Combine Presentation Zen with Made to Stick, and you've got the principles for successful presentations.

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Steve Garfield — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:26:53 -0000

Excellent!

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Susan Villas Lewis — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:25:20 -0000

I'm naming my monkey Chester. I have a feeling he will be quite distracting during a presentation. :-)

Actually, these are the kinds of things I keep trying to teach the people I work with in my office. Accountants and lawyers are notoriously difficult to get to use PWPT effectively. (Pictures? How are those better than putting up the 700 words from the section of the code?) Going to start using the GPS analogy with them. Maybe they'll start to get it.