To realize their potential, numbers need to be put into perspective in your presentations and meetings.

Consider the numbers for the NCAA Basketball Championship games as reported by Nielsen[1]:

Speaker SoundbitesKurt MacDonaldMay 1, 2024Business communication, Public speaking, Presenting numbers, QBRs, Board reports, Investment pitches, Professional Communicators

Presenting Data

Data have become a mainstay of most business presentations. Whether presenting employee retention rates, client churn, operational efficiency, EBITDA, NPS scores, or revenue under contract, data are foundational to many presentations.

We have four tips to help your data drive the results you intend.

Speaker SoundbitesKurt MacDonaldJune 1, 2023Presenting data, Financial presentations, Business updates, QBRs, Executive communication, Board reports

Master a 5-Minute Executive Update

Herein lies the conundrum that every professional inevitably faces–how to provide the most useful and efficient project update possible in a fraction of the time you want.

Speaker SoundbitesKurt MacDonaldApril 1, 2023Board reports, Executive update, Business communication, Project update, Public speaking, Professional Communicators

Information Overload

Imagine you’re at a Thanksgiving festival and a helicopter is circling above. Suddenly little slips of paper start to fall from the sky. On them are single words and small phrases. You race around furiously trying to grab as many slips of paper as you can to decipher the code.

What’s the message?

Speaker SoundbitesKurt MacDonaldNovember 1, 2021Presentation content, Business presentations, Board reports, Presentation coaching, Corporate communication, Professional Communicators