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Last year (to be exect, Nov 09), I get to know this book The Presentation Secrets of Steves Jobs from a Slideshare Intro and have post a sharing about this title. Since then, I’ve been searching about this title in many book stores and hardly find any.

1 week ago when I about to fly from KL to Manila, I happen to find this title at one of the bookstore in KL International Airport, and when I looked at the price tag, it was far expensive then I think it should be tag. It was selling at Price Tag of US$40, where the original RP is only $22. I have to give up the book due to the greedy bookstore owner try to make fat margin there…

Today, since I touched down in Manila for a week, finally have times to go and shop for my ‘dream book’ of Y2010.. haha. I am kinda surprise that when I am in Greenbelt, I cant find this title in National Bookstore, or even Fully Booked. Finally I check out my last ‘hope’ at Power Book and yes! I got the last available book in the store… yeppie!

Well, think I am running out of time to crunch out the knowledge inside this book for my coming Tuesday and Saturday presentation, but… hmmm… perhaps my next next presentation.. maybe Can take my sweet time to read this book.

Pretty satisfy wif my slide prepared for this coming Tuesday’s SMilDS Connect, and to my loving and hardworking SMilDS Crews that are still busy preparing for this upcoming event, thank you, and we know this event gonna be an exciting one – a great start for Year 2010!!

Here is a very good sharing of Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs. Some very interesting secrets of Steve Jobs presentation - Preparation, Demand for Best, Practice, and Practices. This may be no secret when you pick up any one out of millions books out there teaching about Public Speaking or Public Presentation, everyone talks about practices and rehersal, but go ask any good speaker their secret to deliver a good presentation, they will tell the same thing.

Personally, I did public presentations for many times,and I have to admit personally that when I able to put the entire slides from sequences, contents and visualize the entire process into my brain, I can always give a good talks to the audience. When I did a last minutes ramp up of slides, the result can tell, it is normally either boring or 'the moment of I should have include this point into my talks' came after the end of my presentations.

Another thing impress me is that the concept of telling story instead of selling products works and rocks me~! 96 hours to put up a story line presentation... well I cant agree more on this. Normally it took me 72 - 96 hours to really put up the entire story line of a presentation (not full 96 hours but normally took me 2 - 3 days); and the another 1 day to have my slide in place and finding good 'impact' picture that allow audience to associate the picture to my points, avoid using bullet (I try to limit max 2 - 3 slides to have bullet... Still improving). 

As far, I am very passionate about public speaking and looking forward to continue improving in this area. Lastly, am very happy with overall efforts and resources I have spent during the preparation of the recent Digital Filipino e-Commerce Summit presentation. Finally able to reduce my slide to 30, and have no bullet point in content I wish to deliver (except the last announcement part where need audience to write down some notes). Looking forward for this coming Monday event, and hope to once again give some good time and infortainment to the dear audience who have invested the time and resources to come and listen to me

Lastly, what make a normal presentation speaker to the good one, and to the best, and world best is all about practices. It took Jobs 30 years to be the best of the best in the world, compare to what he did during the time he launched Mac in 1984. No secret, is all about practices - according to the book, about 10,000 solid hours to make us pro... so I just did my 100 hours public presentation, still 9,900 more hours to go.. ahaha!

Nothing to be proud of, this is an experience sharing from my past 9 times ‘Unsuccessful’ presentations to pitch the MSC Preseed Grant. Due to my friend keep telling me there’re many people interest in applying this fund but don’t know where and how to start. It is easy to write the proposal for Preseed and you can always refer to the friendly Preseed Account Manager for helps and clarifications. However when come to preparing the presentation slide and pitching, the challenge comes. I’ve been axed out for countless times from evaluation, and also approval pitching.

I have gathered all these real experience and put into the slide below sharing of how to prepare a storyboard to present your idea. I will continue to improve the guide from time to time. For those Batch 14 applicants, best of luck once again, and I shall see any of you in the evaluation pitch soon… Cheers!

For those just get ready with your idea, Batch 15 just open and it is your time to ‘try’ your luck although I dont really believe in luck but hardworks… Cheers. Drop me email or comments to help improve this slide if you can, for those senior or approved applicants.