Comments on: Ten Points to help in Selling with Powerpoint http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/06/15/ten-points-to-help-in-selling-with-powerpoint/ Working as Expected Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:27:49 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/06/15/ten-points-to-help-in-selling-with-powerpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-13221 Michael Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:49:03 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/06/15/ten-points-to-help-in-selling-with-powerpoint/#comment-13221 Joel, Yup. Depending on style just images, linked with the ideas you're speaking on goes a long way. Some companies (as in this case) demand their sales people give facts and figures. I'm just trying make them a little more effective. Yes, Tufte is the fellow to discuss information design with. In this case we were after the sale, not so much the information transfer. Joel,

Yup. Depending on style just images, linked with the ideas you’re speaking on goes a long way. Some companies (as in this case) demand their sales people give facts and figures. I’m just trying make them a little more effective.

Yes, Tufte is the fellow to discuss information design with. In this case we were after the sale, not so much the information transfer.

]]> By: Joel D Canfield http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/06/15/ten-points-to-help-in-selling-with-powerpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-13205 Joel D Canfield Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:14:18 +0000 http://www.toach.net/blog/2008/06/15/ten-points-to-help-in-selling-with-powerpoint/#comment-13205 The only text on my PowerPoint presentations is the title (so folks can follow the subject transitions more easily.) I find a picture that illustrates my point, or has a humorous connection to what I'm talking about. People remember a humorous picture. They have a harder time remembering five bullet points. Although brevity is excellent, there's lots of information discounting the application of George Miller's 7 +/-2 research findings to *concepts* (including some from Miller himself; see this page by the amazing Edward Tufte: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000U6&topic_id=1) The only text on my PowerPoint presentations is the title (so folks can follow the subject transitions more easily.)

I find a picture that illustrates my point, or has a humorous connection to what I’m talking about. People remember a humorous picture. They have a harder time remembering five bullet points.

Although brevity is excellent, there’s lots of information discounting the application of George Miller’s 7 +/-2 research findings to *concepts* (including some from Miller himself; see this page by the amazing Edward Tufte: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0000U6&topic_id=1)

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