We Don’t Complain Enough?
I received the following presentation slides from a friend of mine a couple of hours back. Some of you may have seen it before, credits to the Internet. However I urge you to go through them again. Hidden beneath these slides are a couple of presentation principles that are worth examining. Besides…the poignant message behind the slides warrants a second or even third viewing.
What hit me after viewing the slides were pangs of guilt. I have to admit that I do complain. And lately, a lot too. So what made the somewhat simple slides so powerful in getting through to the reader?
Firstly, all visuals and words convey only ONE point and that is “we have hardly any grounds to complain…especially since we are so much more fortunate than the other 2/3 of the world”. Unlike a lot of presenters who floods the listeners with more points that they can absorb, this presenter chose to limit it to just one point. And to underscore his point, he gave us seven solid examples, which made his presentation extremely persuasive and powerful. Therein lies the most important lesson.
This is a strategy that I notice champion speakers adopt as well. In 2004, Randy Harvey shared with us five endearing and yet entertaining stories about his fat dad. Underlying all these stories was the theme of love and his message “Sometimes you are the catcher and sometimes you are the caught”. In 2003, Jim Key reminded his audience that it is never too late to follow their dreams. Instead of unleashing logical arguments at them, he gave example after example of people who followed their dreams. There was the boy who dreamt to drive the rubbish truck, the oldest rookie who took up baseball, Martin Luther King with his “I have a dream” speech and of course, Nicole… the girl who was both hearing and speaking impaired. And yet she courageously stood in front of the audience to sing the greatest tune. Her message - and later Jim’s message - was sung through sign language - It is never too late to live your dreams. It brought tears to my eyes as I hear Jim’s speech…
The next time you give your presentation, ask yourself this question. What is one thing you want your listeners to remember? In other words, what is YOUR take-home message? Once you have identified it, take time to explore different ways to bring out and demonstrate your message. It could be through personal stories, clients’ testimonies, company’s vision, live demonstration, statistics, quotations, visuals, movies, newspaper cuttings… and the list goes on.
If there is one thing you want your listeners to remember, what will it be? And while you are at it, take comfort that you are fortunate. Complain less and give more!
You make an excellent point. That is a great way of catching your audience’s attention. I like the strategy of using some kind of influence over the people to get them thinking about it.
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Inspirational articles or in other forms can also be a good way based on the idea. It will get them into thinking about the things that got them inspired and have a mind view of what the speaker is delivering in the speech. It’s nothing new but its definitely going to have the attention of the audience.
I was definitely moved by the pictures. Makes me feel guilty already.
I am amazed how pictures like these could change a persons perspective about things. I think it’s normal for us to embrace change if we are open to infuences.
I liked the way that you disceted the presentation.
Good work!
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that should be Dissected.
Cheers
[…] 2. Avoid cramping all your points into one slide Again another common mistake that presenters make. Sometimes I wonder if adding a slide actually cost the presenters money? It’s not paper for crying out loud! When you have too many points on one slide, we get overwhelmed. As we try to make sense of your points (and how they relate), very often we will not have any more RAM (or listening space) to hear you talk. This is the same with speeches as well. Refer to previous article: We Don’t Complain Enough? Instead try to limit to one point every slide. Remember simple is good! […]
Lovely post. I like your pencraft and that’s great that you’ve opened this subject. Only fool can disagree with this!
Indeed,it is true, it’s always true. Comments ain’t even necessary.
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