Well, I’ve just finished Hugh MacLeod’s second book “Evil Plans” and it has inspired me to get started on an evil plan of my own. I’ve spent the last 20+ years in advertising, which has been a fun ride. It’s not quite as much fun as it looks on TV, but there are definitely some great things about it. For me, one of the great things that I got to do (A LOT) was build and give presentations. I’m not sure why I get such a charge out of it, I just do. I can remember many times thinking (and even saying) that if I could earn a living doing nothing but presentations, I would. Sounds a bit like an evil plan, doesn’t it?
At the present moment, I am (as they say) between gigs. Shockingly, I have only ever worked at two advertising agencies. The first one recruited me right out of university (can you believe there was a time when that happened?), and I stayed for seven years. I only left because I was having trouble with the work-life balance thing after my first child was born. I left to go to my second agency, a small boutique where the three partners all had young children at home and wouldn’t dare schedule meetings before 9am or after 5pm. I stayed there for fourteen years, during which time I had my second child and helped the agency grow from less than 20 people to over 100. I’m not entirely sure how many presentations I built during that time, but it was A LOT. People even knick-named me “The PowerPoint Queen” (I used that as the theme of my Halloween costume one year).
So I guess you could say, I know a few tricks and tips when it comes to presentations. I decided to start this blog as a bit of an experiment. A way to give what I know to the world and see if maybe, just maybe, it comes back to me in the form of a full-time gig I love. A chance to earn a living doing nothing but presentations. We shall see…
Practical Presentation Tips 