starson

Senior Sales Manager

Good Citizen

Contributor

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Story Telling

Good morning everyone (if you read this in the morning...if not then good day ;-) ),

was doing some reading through previous posts...noticed that story telling is often coupled with slides.

My thoughts:

don't. Best feature in PPT is the use of the "W" or "B" button.

Prepping for your meeting...picture yourself sitting around a camp fire with people and talking to them. Telling them a story about where together you could be in 1-3 years...

As soon as you start PPT you loose engagement.

Have fun selling :-)

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poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

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Slides should be your catalyst, not the permanent venue for the meeting.

punishedlad

Tycoon

Business Development Team Lead

If I never had to sit through a meeting where someone is just repeating the exact content that's on the slides, I'd be soooo happy.

starson

Good Citizen

Senior Sales Manager

Yip. That is exactly what ppt makes you do...you start using it as a prep tool, but then don't take the next step.

It's like people prepping for a speech, writing text onto note cards, but then don't condense to bullet points and then forget to memorize it and apply the personal touch ;-)

GingerBarbarian

Opinionated

Lead Sales

I only use slides when I cannot possibly get away without a picture. If I can explain what I need to with words, I do so.

RandyLahey

Politicker

Account Executive

There is nothing worse than a slide stuffed with words.

Less is more.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Give me a damn pop up book.

GDO

Politicker

BDM

PPT can be really powerfull when used well. To bad most of the times it's a distraction to the story

starson

Good Citizen

Senior Sales Manager

Agreed, if it is mostly visual.
As soon as it holds more text than a subject line in an email it becomes counter productive.

detectivegibbles

Politicker

Sales Director

Tell a story like you're talking to a 3rd grader. Simple, clear, concise. Use big words only when needed.

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

I hardly use ppt, it always made sense to use them when I met enterprise clients and multiple team members are joining the call.

Maximas

Tycoon

Senior Sales Executive

Nice suggestion, but I still believe that adding slides ain't bad either, as I use em quite often:)

FoodForSales

Politicker

use slides and story telling together

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Story Telling

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