How to be a great presenter 

This is mostly for solo-presenters, but can also work for panels. Keep it brief.

TELL GREAT SHORT STORIES. 

• How do you know if your story is great? If nothing changes, it isn’t a story. 

• “Oh yea, the other day, I was getting work done on my computer, then i went to beach…hell of a day”. Is not a story. 

• To make a story, state the original reality, build tension, and release tension. 

• I thought I was a great podcast guest, until I learned a simple trick (WHAT IS THE TRICK?) 

• Before i learned the trick, I would go on podcasts, tell people about myself, and then leave. I had a good time, but the podcasts never resonated.  Nobody cared that I did work and went to the beach. 

• The simple trick is: give people fun facts or hacks that they can visualize and bring to their friends. 

• Sometimes the fact is weird like “did you know saudi arabia gets their sand from Australia?” 

• Fit the odd fact into a boring story, and people will remember it. 

• Sometimes the hack is obvious like “if you increase the speed of your mouse, you can increase your productivity by 5%”. 

• Fit the hack into a boring story, and people will remember it. 

• But Everytime, people can share that info with their friends and become more valuable. 

• Once you know the simple trick, you can bring it everywhere and tell everyone.