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Steve Jobs presenting

When Steve Jobs takes the stage for a keynote presentaiton you can expect a highly polished and engaging experience. But what is it that makes it so?

Carmine Gallo is a communications skills coach and has written a new book “The presentation secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be insanely great in front of any audience“.

This stuff is important for educators we are more often required to speak not only to students, but parents, administrators etc etc. These skills are incredibly valuable and become a key assett in communicating your message.

You can read a summary of the book on Business week.

But here are the main points:

• Have a concise headline
• Have a villain
• Have a simple slide
• Have a demo
• Have a ‘holy smokes’ moment
• Sell dreams

Here’s a video of the author speakling about this new book:

via Business Week