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Take-away:  Global Warming Is Real and We're In Danger Her'es another quick test:  Can you say the  main take-away  of your last presentation in  one sentence ? If you can, then you have a pretty good idea of the value you're giving your audience. If you can't, you have to wonder if your audience got your message. Remember:  Time is Money.  And most people don't  have enough of either. Make sure you're giving your audience  something of value . And make sure you clearly understand what that something is. Got A Presentation Question?  Ask Me:  dan@boswell-training.com A word from Udo Müller, Director Future bei adidas "I know Dan for many years now and his excellent skills as a trainer and coach are outstanding! I know many colleagues here at our company who attended his classes and they all responded extremely positive. I am truly looking forward in working with him in the years to come." www.boswell-training.com
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No Escape WASTEDTimeWASTEDMoneyWASTEDLives Have you ever been in a meeting that didn't have a point? Worse, it goes on and on because each presenter has way too many slides  for his agenda point? You look down at you watch and the meeting which was scheduled for 45 minutes is now running 45 minutes too long.  And you, your boss and that guy from legal still  haven't made their presentations... If this sounds at all familiar, consider taking a page from a V.P. who had taken over the next-generation development project of a luxury car company's flagship model. When he had his first cross-functional project team weekly meeting, each member of his senior mangement team came armed to the teeth with long slide decks defending what they were doing in micro-detail.   Sure, some of this PowerPoint -Palooza was because German automotive engineers are ultra-perfectionist.  But the other big influence was what we see every day at big companies:  a PowerPoint culture that tru