I Was excited to be featured as a case study yesterday a the San Diego VMWare User Group Meeting. TJSL’s Brian Graham did a great job telling a compelling story while punctuating it with a few select slides that featured one photo each.
Sadly, the typical PowerPoint presentation seemed to dominate – too much info on the slide, not enough time to digest, and complete distraction from what the speaker was actually saying at the time.
Brian’s presentation worked because he got up on stage to tell a story – a story that emphasized the successes and lessons learned during our own desktop virtualization project. By keeping it human, mixing in a little self depreciating humor, and showing only a few select slides he managed to hold the audience’s attention and get his point across.
Brian got a lot of slaps on the back and recognition for the work he put into the VDI project – nice work Mr. Graham!
Aside from the PPTs it was a great event and I look forwarding to heading back!
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