Sean Murphy's Blog – July 2009 Archive (3)

Paul Lindemann posted a video of the Forte bagpipers closing #46DAC with "Amazing Grace" See "Closing of the 46th DAC Exhibits"

1. Starting the demo with your company history … who cares?
2. Too many bullets on one slide. See Guy Kawasaki’s "10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint."
3. “Why I should care about your product” is left to the end of the presentation (long after the high level execs have left the room).
4. Live demo that does not work. Have a slide deck that covers your most compelling features or benefits. If…

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The emotional ambience at DAC is what you get when you pour the excitement of a high school science fair, the sense of the recurring wheel of life from the movie Groundhog Day, and the auld lang syne of a high school re-union, and hit frappe.



Some related quotes–at least I believe… Continue