Am running a talk-format in office for over a month now. It’s nicked as 10-20-30, invented by Guy Kawasaki. I have tweaked a bit and applied at our office. This is the email message footer which goes out for that talk-invitation.
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10-20-30
That is for 10 slides, 20 mins and 30 people.
Internal Knowledge Sharing Sessions.
It’s open to anyone who would like to share their new learning and unlearning and anything under the sun, moon and a irvana.
Why 10 ? – Research says any presentation beyond 10 slider is a “drag”.
Why 20 ? – So that you don’t look at the watch.
Why 30 ? – Capacity of the main Conference room. ( 30 size font in the original version)
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It’s just three sessions old. So it’s early to know if it’s a hit.
Think of such a format like this. A movie trailer. You like the movie or not, but the trailer does not bore you. It has the drama, the action, the casting, but does not reveal the plot or the suspense. No story told. And it gets over in a blink.
Presentations, shorter the better. Tell what is most important. Details can wait.
Don’t you think so ?
Posted on August 4th, 2007 at 2:54 pm by A T M
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