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Quotes About Presentations

The 18-minute rule isn't simply a good exercise to learn discipline. It's critical to avoid overloading your audience. Remember, constrained presentations require more creativity.
~ Carmine Gallo
I love presentations more than fashion shows. I love speaking to people and walking them through the collection.
~ Christian Cota
Comic Sans — ruining PowerPoint presentations since 1994.
~ Internet meme, c. 2015
As a kid and avid sports fan, one of the most exciting things always was the introductions. To be that guy who makes the presentations and do my best for both the person being introduced and for the fans, is still very exciting for me.
~ Michael Buffer
People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.
~ Walter Isaacson
I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking," Jobs later recalled. "People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.
~ Walter Isaacson
Hacer presentaciones persuasivas no tienen que ver sólo ocn el entusiasmo y con usar PowerPoint, requiere destrezas concretas que mantengan a su audiencia interesada.
~ Harvard Business Press
When I was young and growing up in New York, my parents took me to children's theater quite often - elaborate presentations of 'Goldilocks' and 'Rapunzel' for Upper East Side kids. As I grew older, they took me to adult theater, mostly musicals.
~ Peter Coyote
I often think that presentations are more difficult than the work itself.
~ Saul Bass
Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.
~ Bill Viola
Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
~ Harvey Mackay
Presentations are the most amazing persuasion tool available in organizations today
~ Nancy Duarte
I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The key is the 10/20/30 rule: 10 slides given in 20 minutes using no font smaller than 30 points. If people just adhered to this rule, they would double or triple the quality of their presentations.
~ Guy Kawasaki
In many companies, operations and strategy exist on different planes. Planning presentations take place in July, while operational budgets are formulated six months later, at year's end.
~ David Cote
I had found so far at Honeywell that executives and managers often made presentations far longer than necessary, overwhelming audience members with facts, figures, and commentary in an effort to preempt sharp, critical questioning.
~ David Cote
I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
~ Warren Spector
I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom, and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits. I was the type of person that would show a Powerpoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it.
~ Brie Larson
All the media have their own award presentations.
~ Robert Preston