Comments on: 5 Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint http://bestchazterry.com/2009/06/19/5-ways-to-avoid-death-by-powerpoint/ Sales and Leadership Thoughts Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:54:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Trick or Treat — Scary Sales Stories « Chuck Terry’s Blog http://bestchazterry.com/2009/06/19/5-ways-to-avoid-death-by-powerpoint/#comment-67 Trick or Treat — Scary Sales Stories « Chuck Terry’s Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:36:23 +0000 http://bestchazterry.com/?p=291#comment-67 [...] 1)      The Case of the Haunted Computer:  A sales professional showed up to a VERY important sales presentation with a spiffy, hot, guaranteed to get the business PowerPoint presentation, all teed up and ready to rock. He had not spent a ton of time rehearsing the presentation, but was supremely confident he would shine when he stood up in front of the client.  One problem he hadn’t counted on was his computer failing to boot up in the client’s office. There he stood with no presentation, very light on additional support materials, trying to “wing it” in front of his prospective clients. Prospective turned out to be the key word, since he never recovered from the initial computer crash and failed to win the business. For more on avoiding frightful PowerPoint disasters see the blog “5Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint”. [...] [...] 1)      The Case of the Haunted Computer:  A sales professional showed up to a VERY important sales presentation with a spiffy, hot, guaranteed to get the business PowerPoint presentation, all teed up and ready to rock. He had not spent a ton of time rehearsing the presentation, but was supremely confident he would shine when he stood up in front of the client.  One problem he hadn’t counted on was his computer failing to boot up in the client’s office. There he stood with no presentation, very light on additional support materials, trying to “wing it” in front of his prospective clients. Prospective turned out to be the key word, since he never recovered from the initial computer crash and failed to win the business. For more on avoiding frightful PowerPoint disasters see the blog “5Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint”. [...]

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