Want to see an effective approach to a presentation? Watch Steve Jobs introducing the IPOD for the first time in 2001. It’s one I share widely with students and clients:
It’s instructive for its:
- Conversational style, audience-centered language
- An easy to follow structure
- Use of rhetorical questions as transition devices (which complement but don’t compete with his spoken words for the audience’s attention)
- Simple graphics and visual aids
- Judicious repetition of key points
- Energetic vocal variety (particularly his varied pace)
