Presenting: no shortcuts allowed
May 13, 2011 Leave a comment
I just delivered a presentation over the web to a few colleagues across the continent on the company’s cloud computing strategy and the experience reinforced what I’ve believed for an awfully long time. A person will really struggle to sound credible and authentic if they:
- Don’t believe in the pitch themselves
- Have not done a decent amount of research into the topic
- Can’t summon up personal stories to illustrate their key points
- Have not rehearsed the flow
As usual with my presentations, I deviated quite a bit from script but the theme stayed true. I deviated because it felt right at the moment and I think that flexibility and nimbleness is important too. It seemed to go well.