October 23, 2008 20 Comments

Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

After the New Marketing Summit, I got a chance to speak to Gopal Shenoy about many things, but one thing we got into was about presentations. Out of nowhere, Gopal says something like, “Oh, when I help people to do better presentations, I tell them ‘Audience, GPS, Monkey.’” He said it so naturally that I was sure he believed himself, but I thought, “did he really say ‘audience, GPS, monkey?’” He did. In this video, Gopal explains himself:

You can find out more about Gopal Shenoy , and I think you’ll like him. Smart product manager type, and very engaging, too!

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  • http://lewister.blogspot.com Susan Villas Lewis

    I’m naming my monkey Chester. I have a feeling he will be quite distracting during a presentation. :-)

    Actually, these are the kinds of things I keep trying to teach the people I work with in my office. Accountants and lawyers are notoriously difficult to get to use PWPT effectively. (Pictures? How are those better than putting up the 700 words from the section of the code?) Going to start using the GPS analogy with them. Maybe they’ll start to get it.

  • http://twitter.com/SusanVLewis Susan Lewis

    I’m naming my monkey Chester. I have a feeling he will be quite distracting during a presentation. :-)

    Actually, these are the kinds of things I keep trying to teach the people I work with in my office. Accountants and lawyers are notoriously difficult to get to use PWPT effectively. (Pictures? How are those better than putting up the 700 words from the section of the code?) Going to start using the GPS analogy with them. Maybe they’ll start to get it.

  • http://stevegarfield.com steve Garfield

    Excellent!

  • http://stevegarfield.com steve Garfield

    Excellent!

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  • http://everythingcu.wordpress.com Morriss Partee

    Fantastic points, delivered effectively. I highly recommend that from here, people check out Garr Reynolds fantastic blog on presentations, Presentation Zen. One of my favorite Presentation Zen posts is the one where he gives us some video clips of Presentation humor. I can’t believe there’s a stand-up comic (Don McMillan) who makes an audience roar with laughter over bad Powerpoints. But more seriously, Garr sheds light on a variety of great speakers and analyzes their styles so that we can develop our own. Combine Presentation Zen with Made to Stick, and you’ve got the principles for successful presentations.

  • http://everythingcu.wordpress.com Morriss Partee

    Fantastic points, delivered effectively. I highly recommend that from here, people check out Garr Reynolds fantastic blog on presentations, Presentation Zen. One of my favorite Presentation Zen posts is the one where he gives us some video clips of Presentation humor. I can’t believe there’s a stand-up comic (Don McMillan) who makes an audience roar with laughter over bad Powerpoints. But more seriously, Garr sheds light on a variety of great speakers and analyzes their styles so that we can develop our own. Combine Presentation Zen with Made to Stick, and you’ve got the principles for successful presentations.

  • http://www.keithmonaghan.com Keith Monaghan

    It’s great to see this trend of learning to present better. There are so many resources out there now like Presentation Zen [http://www.presentationzen.com/] and my favorite: watching the master, Steve Jobs, present at Apple keynotes.

    So why aren’t I attending better presentations? Hmm….

    Anyone else seen an improvement?

  • http://www.keithmonaghan.com Keith Monaghan

    It’s great to see this trend of learning to present better. There are so many resources out there now like Presentation Zen [http://www.presentationzen.com/] and my favorite: watching the master, Steve Jobs, present at Apple keynotes.

    So why aren’t I attending better presentations? Hmm….

    Anyone else seen an improvement?

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  • http://www.mixtmediastrategies.com Maxine Teller

    This is terrific, Chris. Thanks so much for sharing. Very timely and relevant for me.

  • http://www.mixtmediastrategies.com Maxine Teller

    This is terrific, Chris. Thanks so much for sharing. Very timely and relevant for me.

  • Erick

    This dude has an interesting point but his manner of speaking and presenting himself is in itself probably an article for another blog post. What a snooze.

  • Erick

    This dude has an interesting point but his manner of speaking and presenting himself is in itself probably an article for another blog post. What a snooze.

  • http://www.reuters.com/developer Tom Ablewhite

    The Monkey: What doesn’t add to the presentation will only sustract from it. (That’s what slight of hand magicians say)

  • http://www.reuters.com/developer Tom Ablewhite

    The Monkey: What doesn’t add to the presentation will only sustract from it. (That’s what slight of hand magicians say)

  • Meryl Steinberg (twitter meryl

    I’m emailing video on presentation to client to educate on unique selling proposition. Knowing audience is key to determining USP for basic marketing thrust as well as when doing a powerpoint. Thanks for the post.

  • Meryl Steinberg (twitter meryl333)

    I’m emailing video on presentation to client to educate on unique selling proposition. Knowing audience is key to determining USP for basic marketing thrust as well as when doing a powerpoint. Thanks for the post.

  • http://www.larakretler.com Lara Kretler

    I totally disagree with Erick above – I thought Gopal expressed himself very well in this video. What a memorable and terrific way to make his points. I won’t soon forget audience, GPS and the monkey. Bravo Chris, thanks for sharing this with us.

  • http://www.larakretler.com Lara Kretler

    I totally disagree with Erick above – I thought Gopal expressed himself very well in this video. What a memorable and terrific way to make his points. I won’t soon forget audience, GPS and the monkey. Bravo Chris, thanks for sharing this with us.