http://www.davesharpe.co.uk en-gb davesharpe.co.uk 2011-4-6T00:00:00Z davesharpe.co.uk http://www.davesharpe.co.uk/page2.htm#91181 Last year I facilitated a national conference for a major UK IT company. On the day one of my roles was to introduce each of the guest speakers to the stage but I decided to attend rehearsals so that I could meet them beforehand and take a look at their presentations. Boy am I glad that I did The CEO lets call him George was planning to present 80 slides during his 20 minute slotthats a rate of one slide every 15 seconds Theres no doubt that he was heading for disaster so I politely introduced him to The Rule of Three Put simply this is the rule that states that people will only remember three things at a time. So George and I quickly set about reworking his presentation with this rule in mind. Firstly George had to decide what his three key messages would be and then structure the main part of his presentation around them. Next he took a look at the beginning middle and end and planned what he would do in these three parts. The beginning is ideal for grabbing the au... 2011-4-6 19:47:16