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2. Let’s leave that aside
“Ban presentations”
is delivered as a presentation
It’s an irony that the message

3. “Ban presentations…”
It all started with the letter that the CEO of
Amazon, Jeff Bezos, wrote to
his shareholders To,
Amazon Shareholders,
…

4. At Amazon we don’t use
presentations, instead we use
a 6-page
document called
the Memo
for our meetings
Jeff Bezos,
CEO of Amazon,
wrote…
Jeff Bezos

5. VS
Textual Memo
Visual Presentation
And the
debate started

6. Where do you stand on
this debate?
Let me share my perspective

7. In a Critical Meeting
During
Meeting
Dialogs
Discussions
Debates
Input to
the meeting
Presentation or
Memo or
Some document
critical
Decision
made
Meeting
Outcome

8. Critical meeting25
Preparation for the critical meeting9 TO 24
but the real magic happens, even before the meeting start.
It happens when the author is
preparing the input content Nov
Nov

9. content
that
matters
Poor Good GreatMedium
Content of
High Standard
Content of
Low Standard
Does not make the cut…
This input content can be of
varying quality

11. Visualize &
Design
Output
Textual
Memo
+
+ Output
Visualized
Presentation
Great
content
Narrated as a
coherent &
compelling
story

12. From an audience perspective
Visualized presentation
is easier to understand
than a textual memo
Vs

13. Not yet convinced?
Make your
pick

14. Vs
The Fire
escape plan
Credits: Dave Grow & Scott Berinato, Good charts
Exit your room. Turn right and
walk 10 feet. Take the first left
and walk another 12 feet until
you come to the end of that hallway.
To the left, you can find the elevator.
Do not take the elevator in case
of a fire emergency. To your right at
the end of the hallway is a stairwell.
Go down two flights of stairs and
exit the building.
Textual Memo
You are
here
Visualized
Presentation

15. The debate is less
to do with
whether to use or
not to use
a Memo or
a presentation
but more to
do with
The depth Breadth and
Clarity of thinking that went into
creating
the content

16. It is more to
do with
how all your
ideas
actually fit together
into some kind of
Coherent Compelling Story
so that your
audience has
a complete
picture
to make the
critical decision

17. Creating
great content
Require hard work
& takes time
Capturing it into a
memo Tough
Visualizing it into a
presentation
Tougher

18. Unless…
Ban presentations
So, those are the many reasons why you should

19. So that your audience can have a smooth ride,
understanding
your message
As a speaker, you are ready to, upfront do the
time-consuming hard work.

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