Using speaker’s notes
When we watch TED talks, such as Rory Sutherland’s on the power of advertising, or Hans Rosling’s on the power of data, we are watching two men who know their way around the presentation platform. Both speak without notes, use
Reading a speech vs. giving a presentation
I just witnessed several clients reading scripts. There was something very unsatisfying about the experience for me. They lacked life and expression. They didn’t appear to mean what they were saying. Yet scripts are often useful and necessary. So what
Presenting in LP Meetings: Mistake #99
It’s still LP Meeting season in private equity and hedge fund land, and I keep running into basic errors. Here’s Mistake #99: Not rehearsing together. I just came back from a meeting in which the Founder spoke first, followed by