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Learning presentations from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

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Bill Gates and Steve JobsGarr made an interesting post on Presentation Zen, Learning from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. This post will certainly be helpful to many friends who will be presenting at foss.in!

There are quite a few interesting points in there, and I recommend reading the whole post. And also watching the videos. But here are some key thoughts:

  • Bullets don’t work!
  • Tell a story
  • Use clear, large visuals
  • Be relaxed
  • Don’t turn your back to the audience
  • Use emotions
  • Use clear language

(image from Presentation Zen)

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Written by Nirav

October 4th, 2007 at 5:07 pm

Posted in Recommended Reading, Writing and Speaking

 

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  1. Wow. Thanks for tips.

    Kartik Mistry

    5 Oct 07 at 12:54 pm

  2. One difference between them Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, is Steve Jobs hates corporate uniforms and Bill Gates always uses it.
    You can notice that in their every presentation especially a new product release.

    aamod

    6 Oct 07 at 2:23 pm

  3. I hope “Bullets don’t work” is limited to presentation and not blog posts ;-)

    Kapil

    6 Oct 07 at 8:20 pm

  4. [...] Learning presentations from Bill Gates and Steve Jobs [...]

    Public Speaking for Geeks at Entrepreneur Geek

    8 Dec 07 at 9:57 am

  5. Thanks for this information .

    Amit Karpe

    9 Dec 07 at 3:53 am

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