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* section 2: Business Presentations

** inspire people

*** practice a lot
- watch steve jobs
- you can become good at this
- jobs sucked at first

*** speak from the heart
- don't do scripts
- tell a story

*** Less is more
- people can only pay attention for 10-15 minutes
- break it up with a video or something

*** 3 words or 3 items on a slide Max.

**** examples:
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  | amazon      | and you're done       |
  | nike        | just do it            |
  | obama       | yes we can            |
  | cisco       | tomorrow starts here  |
  | al gore     | an inconvenient truth |
  | the stooges | the three stooges     |

**** photos
- the best photos have three background layers
- [[file:../_share/media/img/png/background_layers_3.png]]

*** have fun
- believe you are changing the world
- marketing is theater
- enjoy it

*** statement
- no mission statement!
- passion statement!

** things that work
*** customer testimonials
*** short video clips
*** props
- show the product
- if you don't, you'll lose the interest of the audience 30-60 seconds

*** inform. educate. entertain
if you have no passion you have no energy. if you have no energy you have nothing