1. PRESENTATION BASICS

2. DETAILS DOESN’T MATTER

3. example:
PERSON BUYS A COMPUTER

4. Service
Standard / Indicator
Form Factor
Mini-tower
SURF THE WEB
Number of CPU’s
1, Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent or higher
CPU Clock Speed
³ 2.4 GHz
CPU Word Length
LISTEN MUSIC
³ 32 bits
Level 2 Cache
³ 512 KB
System Bus Speed
³ 533 MHz
RAM (minimum)
³ 512 MB DDR
RAM Speed
³ 266MHz or better
CREATE A MOVIE
RAM Expansion Capacity
³ 1 GB
Disk Storage (minimum)
³ 40 GB ULTRA DMA/100, 7200 RPM
Serial / Modem Ports (minimum) (Detail the maximum number of ports available on proposed configuration)
COMPOSE A SONG
³ 1 16550 UART
Parallel Centronics Ports (minimum) (Detail the maximum number of ports available on proposed configuration)
CREATE A SPREADSHEET
³ 1 ECP or EPP
USB ports
³2
Expansion Slots
PCI ³ 2, 1 AGP
DO A PRESENTATION
Internal Bays
³ 2 total, ³ 1 available
Network Interface Card or Integrated Supported
32 bit IEEE 802.3 Ethernet compatible 10M/100M auto-sensing, RJ45 Interface, PCI BUS
Monitor and Graphics Adapter
17 “ SVGA
.26 mm dot-pitch, PnP

5. Service
Standard / Indicator
Form Factor
Mini-tower
SURF THE WEB
Number of CPU’s
1, Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent or higher
CPU Clock Speed
³ 2.4 GHz
CPU Word Length
LISTEN MUSIC
³ 32 bits
Level 2 Cache
³ 512 KB
System Bus Speed
³ 533 MHz
RAM (minimum)
CREATE A MOVIE
THEY DO NOT BUYCOMPOSE A SONG
DETAILS
³ 512 MB DDR
RAM Speed
³ 266MHz or better
RAM Expansion Capacity
³ 1 GB
Disk Storage (minimum)
³ 40 GB ULTRA DMA/100, 7200 RPM
Serial / Modem Ports (minimum) (Detail the maximum number of ports available on proposed configuration)
³ 1 16550 UART
Parallel Centronics Ports (minimum) (Detail the maximum number of ports available on proposed configuration)
CREATE A SPREADSHEET
³ 1 ECP or EPP
USB ports
³2
Expansion Slots
PCI ³ 2, 1 AGP
DO A PRESENTATION
Internal Bays
³ 2 total, ³ 1 available
Network Interface Card or Integrated Supported
32 bit IEEE 802.3 Ethernet compatible 10M/100M auto-sensing, RJ45 Interface, PCI BUS
Monitor and Graphics Adapter
17 “ SVGA
.26 mm dot-pitch, PnP

6. Service
X ✔
Standard / Indicator
Form Factor
Mini-tower
SURF THE WEB
Number of CPU’s
1, Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent or higher
CPU Clock Speed
³ 2.4 GHz
CPU Word Length
LISTEN MUSIC
³ 32 bits
Level 2 Cache
³ 512 KB
System Bus Speed
³ 533 MHz
RAM (minimum)
³ 512 MB DDR
RAM Speed
³ 266MHz or better
CREATE A MOVIE
RAM Expansion Capacity
³ 1 GB
Disk Storage (minimum)
³ 40 GB ULTRA DMA/100, 7200 RPM
Serial / Modem Ports (minimum) (Detail the maximum number of ports available on proposed configuration)
COMPOSE A SONG
³ 1 16550 UART
Parallel Centronics Ports (minimum) (Detail the maximum number of ports available on proposed configuration)
CREATE A SPREADSHEET
³ 1 ECP or EPP
USB ports
³2
Expansion Slots
PCI ³ 2, 1 AGP
DO A PRESENTATION
Internal Bays
³ 2 total, ³ 1 available
Network Interface Card or Integrated Supported
32 bit IEEE 802.3 Ethernet compatible 10M/100M auto-sensing, RJ45 Interface, PCI BUS
Monitor and Graphics Adapter
17 “ SVGA
.26 mm dot-pitch, PnP

7. we cannot sell coffee
BEFORE
we have sold a cup

8. example:
BAD PRESENTATION FORMAT

9. TITLE
• BULLET POINT 1
• SUB BULLET POINT1
• SUB BULLET POINT2
• SUB BULLET POINT3
• BULLET POINT 2 SUB BULLET POINT1
• SUB BULLET POINT2
• SUB BULLET POINT3
• BULLET POINT 3
• SUB BULLET POINT1
• SUB BULLET POINT2
• SUB BULLET POINT3

10. example:
GOOD PRESENTATION FORMAT

11. WHAT DO WE DO?

12. WHICH PROBLEM DO WE SOLVE?

13. HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT?

14. WHY SHOULD I CARE?

15. WHAT DO WE DO?
WHICH PROBLEM DO WE SOLVE?
HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT?
WHY SHOULD I CARE?

16. SCRIPT THE PRESENTATION

17. ONE KEY IDEA PER SLIDE

18. PRACTICE FOR HOURS

19. TOSS THE SCRIPT
TALK TO THE AUDIENCE

20. NEVER SEND LIVE
PRESENTATION SLIDES TO
ANYONE

21. PRESENTING IS
90% OF THE EXPERIENCE
SLIDES ARE 10%

22. ONE MORE THING...
PRESENTATIONS USUALLY DON’T GO ‘WRONG’
THEY MIGHT NOT GO AS PLANNED BUT ONLY YOU KNOW THAT...