PRESENTATIONS

Hans Rosling on global population growth

Here is the link for the presentation Patrice told us about. I thought it was a very good delivery in spite of his strong accent, meaning that one can really pull it off, even though s/he is not a native speaker. He also presents quantitative data in a very accessible way for a layman. He definitely made an impression on me, and I can share the information he provided me with at a cocktail party :-) What do think?

Speech text

Here you can find the transcript of a short speech.

The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint

Here you can find Guy Kawasaki's recommendations on the length (10 slides), duration (20 minutes) and font size (30 points) in a PowerPoint presentation.

Here you can find a stream of his pitch. ('Bozo' means 'fool'.)

The dont's for PowerPoint

Here you can find Don McMillan's standup on the dont's of a PowerPoint presentation.

Lists of three and the rule of 3s: two speeches

Here you can find the first part of Steve Jobs's iPhone product launch speech.

Here you can find Barack Obama's inauguration speech.

In both of them, please pay attention to the usage of the lists of three and the rule of 3s.

Here is a stream where the rule of 3s is explained among other useful tips on making presentations.

Sound script

Here you can find a document on chunking, stress, pacing and intonation all of which are to be indicated in a sound scripted speech text. Here you can find the key for the tasks in the document. (Source: Presenting in English by Mark Powell) As you know, the sound script is what appears on the teleprompter for the speaker to read from during a speech.