Contents CHAPTER 1 ……………………………………………………………………5 The End of PowerPoint Culture …………………………………………5 What’s Wrong with PowerPoint (As If You Didn’t Know Already) …………………………………………………………………………6 Introducing: The Discipline of Presentation Management …..10 Why Presentation Management is Important Now ……………..13 Millennials in the Workforce …………………………………………..13 Corporate Decentralization ……………………………………………..14 The Rise of Artificial Intelligence ……………………………………15 How Presentation Management Empowers Presenters………..16 Productivity …………………………………………………………………..16 Confidence ……………………………………………………………………17 CHAPTER 1 – TAKEAWAYS ………………………………………..18 CHAPTER 2 ………………………………………………………………….19 Presentations: From One-and-Done to Enterprise Assets …….19 Presentations as Enterprise Assets – The Strategic Approach 21 Presentation Management Increases Productivity ………………21 Make your team in the field more productive …………………….22 Elevate the value of the content creators …………………………..24 Presentation Management Ensures Compliance …………………25 CHAPTER 2 – TAKEAWAYS ……………………………………….27 CHAPTER 3 ………………………………………………………………….28 Enterprise Files for Everyday Use: Components of Presentation Management ……………………………………………….28 Components of Presentation Management ………………………..28 Central Cloud Location …………………………………………………..28 Active Files …………………………………………………………………..29
Slide Library …………………………………………………………………30
Visualization of Files ……………………………………………………..31
Search …………………………………………………………………………..31
How Presentation Management Transforms Content ………….32
Interactive Presentations …………………………………………………33
Better Storytelling ………………………………………………………….35
The Next Step: Making Presentations Intelligent ……………….36
Machine Learning and Modeling ……………………………………..37
CHAPTER 3 – TAKEAWAYS ………………………………………..37
CHAPTER 4 ………………………………………………………………….38
Culture of Presentation Management………………………………..38
Director of Presentation Management ………………………………39
Promote the Benefits – It’s PM for Them ………………………….40
Show Them It’s Familiar: “You Already Know How to Do This” …………………………………………………………………………….40
Training Starts the Conversation ……………………………………..42
Launch in Phases……………………………………………………………44
Collect Content ……………………………………………………………..45
CHAPTER 4 – TAKEAWAYS ……………………………………….46
CHAPTER 5 ………………………………………………………………….47
Lifecyle of a Presentation ……………………………………………….47
Presentation Creation …………………………………………………… 48
Distribution ………………………………………………………………… 50
Sharing ………………………………………………………………………. 54
Presenting …………………………………………………………………… 55
Social…………………………………………………………………………. 56
Reporting……………………………………………………………………. 57
Updating …………………………………………………………………….. 58
CHAPTER 5 – TAKEAWAYS ………………………………………..59
CHAPTER 6 ………………………………………………………………….60 Making Better Presentations; Telling Better Stories …………..60 Presentations Are the Stories for Business ………………………..60 Make It Relevant. Ask So What? ……………………………………..61 Keep It Short. The 10-Minute Rule. …………………………………62 Make It Memorable………………………………………………………..62 How to Create a Story for Business – Formatted to Present…64 Every presentation is a story. Every slide is a scene…………..66 Content Organization ……………………………………………………..66 CHAPTER 6 – TAKEAWAYS ………………………………………..67 CHAPTER 7 ………………………………………………………………….69 The Future of Presentations …………………………………………….69 The Humanity of Presentations: Cave Paintings to PowerPoint and Back Again ……………………………………………………………..72 Now the Presentation Follows the Conversation ………………..74 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ……………………………………………….76
