Craig Valentine, The Mindset of PowerPoint Champions

Readers this is so exciting. Today we have a special blog entry from Craig Valentine.

Craig Valentine is the 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking and is one of my mentors. Craig is THE master storyteller and is sharing his years of study and practise with students through his Story Telling bootcamps. I attended this bootcamp with Craig, Patricia Fripp and Darren LaCroix. It was the best investment I have made.

Here is Craig's entry. (Craig, thank you for giving us insight to mindset of Champions)

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"Hi Craig. This is Brent Joyner and I run a small business that is seeking funds from venture capitalists. We need help with our presentations to potential investors. Craig, we already have the presentation, we just need to know what we are going to say. Can you help?"

Now you might think this question is confusing because Brent stated that "he already has the presentation" but he does not know what they are going to say. However, I knew exactly what he was saying because I have heard if far too often. Basically what he meant was that they already have the slides laid out and now they need something to say in between them.

This is a classic mistake that ruins most business presentations. Brent started developing his presentation by creating slides. You should NEVER do this.Instead, start by creating your message and then determine whether or not you even need slides to say it! This is so important that it needs to be repeated.

Do NOT start by creating slides and then figuring out what to say DO start by creating your message and then figuring out if slides will help you say it.

Craig Valentine, MBA

1999 World Champion of Public Speaking

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