Creating What Matters » Eye Contact http://www.pabarton.com a better way Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:12:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hate Powerpoint – Here’s an Alternative http://www.pabarton.com/business/hate-powerpoint-heres-an-alternative/ http://www.pabarton.com/business/hate-powerpoint-heres-an-alternative/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:27:06 +0000 admin http://www.pabarton.com/?p=15 legal-padYou may already realise that I’m a fan of Seth Godin and follow his thoughts and processes quite closely. Today is no exception. I’ve hated Powerpoint and computers for any presentation and much more so for one to one presentations. There is nothing worse than sitting a potential business colleague down and saying watch this and I’ll talk you through it. There is no interaction and very little eye contact – resulting in a potentially wasted opportunity.

Seth has a great simple idea that I’ve seen before but well worth reiterating – Use a Talking Pad – in this case a yellow legal pad and a big marker pen.

He explains it so well that I might  just as well let him show you

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