AGENDA SYNONYM MOVIE

“Let me begin by finding out something about you. “Did you know that one out of every three students at State Univ is considering dropping out because of financial difficulties?” Again, that sets the scene and tells everyone why they’re there without giving away everything in advance. Second, begin with a startling statistic. Now the audience knows why it’s there, what the subject is, and they have some taste of the urgency of the subject because of the compelling story you’ve told them. And at the end, point the moral and set the scene by saying something like, “So it’s people like Jack that are demanding change, and that’s what I want to talk to you about today – why change is so important in this industry.” Instead of an agenda slide, then, here are several ways to get your audience through the experience with a little more grace and excitement.įirst, since audiences come into a presentation asking Why? – why am I here, why should I care, why is this important to me? – answer that question for them with a quick story that sets the scent.

AGENDA SYNONYM MOVIE

How much of a Bond movie is the surprise and the suspense? Why do people purposely set out to kill the surprise and suspense (what there is) in a business presentation? How’s your experience of the movie so far? And yet, this is precisely what way too many speakers do in meeting after meeting, presentation after presentation, telling people what they’re going to say before they say it. He then reads the half-dozen or so lines off the screen, telloing you in some detail about what's going to happen, saying between each one, “And then, and then, and then.” And at some point, he says, “Oh, and the item you’ve all been waiting for, the coffee break.

He’s standing in front of a Power Point set up, and he proceeds to put up an agenda slide for the upcoming movie. Instead, as the lights dim, an image of Daniel Craig, wearing a business suit and tie, appears in front of you on the big screen. You can’t wait to see what the proverbial high stakes opening chase before the credits will be – how many explosions, how fast, how many bodies littering the ground. Imagine you’re settling into your seat in the movie theatre, popcorn and soda at the ready, waiting happily for the latest James Bond movie to start.

Agenda synonym