Nine. Using Graphics to Help Your Story Flow
by Jerry Weissman
Successful Presentation Strategies (Collection)
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Winning Strategies for Power Presentations: Jerry Weissman Delivers Lessons from the World’s Best Presenters
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- The Masters
- Introduction
- Section I: Content: The Art of Telling Your Story
- 1. Mark Twain’s Fingernails
- 2. Kill Your Darlings
- 3. How Long Should a Presentation Last?
- 4. Follow the Money
- 5. Fellini on Creativity
- 6. How Woody Allen Creates
- 7. What’s Your Point?
- 8. Spoiler Alert
- 9. The Cyrano Parable
- 10. “Does that make sense?”
- 11. Meaningful Words
- 12. Writer’s Block
- 13. Writer’s Block II
- 14. Never Say “Never”
- 15. From Bogart to Gingrich
- 16. Rupert Murdoch’s 90% Apology
- 17. Winning and Losing the World Cup
- 18. John Doerr’s “Chalk” Talks
- 19. Vinod Khosla’s Cardinal Rule
- 20. The Outline Trap
- 21. Having a ’versation
- 22. “It’s all about you!”
- 23. When Not to Tell ’em
- 24. Bookends
- 25. The Sound of Ka-Ching!
- 26. David Letterman’s Top Ten
- 27. Illusion of the First Time
- 28. In Praise of Analogies and Examples
- 29. Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama
- 30. Aristotle: The First Salesman
- Section II: Graphics: How to Design PowerPoint Slides Effectively
- 31. Vinod Khosla’s Five-Second Rule
- 32. Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the Water
- 33. Jon Stewart’s Right
- 34. Misdirection
- 35. Obama Makes a PowerPoint Point
- 36. Go in the Right Direction
- 37. PowerPoint and Movie Stunts
- 38. The Anti-PowerPoint Party
- 39. Signage Versus Documents
- 40. The Graphics Spectrum
- 41. How Audiences See
- 42. Why Use PowerPoint at All?
- 43. “But, I’m not an artist!”
- 44. The Kindness of Strangers
- 45. No More Mind-Numbing Number Slides
- Section III: Delivery Skills: Actions Speak Louder than Words
- 46. Eight Presentations a Day
- 47. Sounds of Silence
- 48. Stage Fright
- 49. Swimming Lessons and Presentations
- 50. Valley Girl Talk
- 51. “What do I do with my hands?”
- 52. “Look, Ma, no hands!”
- 53. Foreign Films
- 54. Rx: CrackBerry Addiction
- 55. The Eyes Have It
- 56. Why Sinatra Stood
- 57. Presentation Counts
- Section IV: How to Handle Tough Questions
- Section V: Special Presentations
- 66. Speak Crisply and Eliminate Mumbling
- 67. How to Develop a Richer Voice
- 68. How to Deliver a Scripted Speech
- 69. Speaking to an Audience of a Thousand
- 70. How to Beat the Demo Demons
- 71. Bring Your Panel Discussion to Life
- 72. Mark Your Accent
- 73. How to Interview Like a Television Anchorperson
- 74. Ten Best Practices for the IPO Road Show
- 75. Cicero: Peroration
- Endnotes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Chapter 54
- Chapter 55
- Chapter 56
- Chapter 57
- Chapter 58
- Chapter 59
- Chapter 60
- Chapter 61
- Chapter 63
- Chapter 64
- Chapter 65
- Chapter 66
- Chapter 73
- Chapter 74
- Chapter 75
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the Author
- FT Press
- Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Praise for the First Edition of Presenting to Win
- Foreword to the Updated and Expanded Edition
- Preface
- Introduction
- One. You and Your Audience
- Two. The Power of the WIIFY
- Three. Getting Creative: The Expansive Art of Brainstorming
- Four. Finding Your Flow
- Five. Capturing Your Audience Immediately
- Six. Communicating Visually
- Seven. Making the Text Talk
- Eight. Making the Numbers Sing
- Nine. Using Graphics to Help Your Story Flow
- Ten. Bringing Your Story to Life
- Eleven. Customizing Your Presentation
- Twelve. Animating Your Graphics
- Thirteen. The Virtual Presentation
- Fourteen. Pitching in the Majors
- Appendix A. Tools of the Trade
- Appendix B. Presentation Checklists
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Financial Times Press
- Index
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