Slideshare Part II – Electric Boogaloo

As a sales professional, it is your duty to visit slideshare.net on a regular basis to view and interact with some of the world’s best Powerpoint presentations.

They just posted the second part of an article on tips for building sales presentations, click link below.

Click Here to Read Part II in Slide Tips for Sales Presentations

For those who haven’t had the chance to read Part I, here’s the lead in:

I remember the day my father brought home our family’s first microwave oven. While we were far from the first on the block to own this modern culinary marvel, we still viewed this event as the catalyst that would catapult us deep into the heart of the middle class.

Dad unpacked the mammoth machine, as mom and I rushed to the store to purchase our first collection of prepackaged microwave dinners. On the drive home, I envisioned how my taste buds would react to the overwhelming, bountiful flavor that surely would erupt as soon as we introduced the cardboard boxes in our grocery bag to the powerful, yet controlled, radiation contained within our new oven.

As we prepared for the maiden meal, the atmosphere was careful and serious, like a crew preparing the space shuttle for launch. My father read the instructions to some feast-in-a-box emblazoned with the word “Gourmet” while I confirmed the verbal commandments and executed the dictated tactics.

“OK, cut a slit in the top of the box.”

“Cutting slit in box….check.”

“Put box in microwave. Set power on high.”

“Box in microwave, power on high…check”

“Set timer for 75 seconds.”

“Seventy-five seconds?”

“That’s got to be a typo, it takes 15 minutes to boil water, try 10.”

“10 seconds?”

“10 minutes”

“10 minutes…check.”

After we put the fire out, it dawned on us that technology, when not used effectively, can deliver havoc and wreck the most noble of intentions.

In that light, Powerpoint has been blamed for everything from lost sales opportunities to the death of personal verbal communications. While it was no more our microwave’s fault for the charred debris that had previously been destined to be my family’s dinner it is not Powerpoint’s function or responsibility to elicit effective communications.

Read the rest here.

I would like to thank Rashmi Sinha, CEO of Slideshare, for giving me the opportunity to post to their blog.

Sasser