I have given many presentations to CEO, CIOs, heads of business, and the like. The main thing I can share for success is the following:
-- Don't overload. -- Have your main points in the first five slides of a presentation. Never be surprised if a CEO, CIO, or head of business doesn't have the time to go past those first 5 to 7 pages. -- Be able to break everything down into bullet points. CEOs, CIOs, and heads of business don't want to wade through anything lengthy. They need to see succinct thought, which tells them also that you know what you're doing and can sum it up into a tight delivery. -- Charts and graphs work well. -- Timelines are important. Higher-ups like to know that you have a sense of time, man-hours, and money. -- Details can follow after you make your core pitch in the first several slides. I have a template that I use that I can try to dig up if you're interested. But these point are pretty core to keeping your presentation controlled. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Navid Sadikali Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:41 PM To: IxDA Discuss Subject: [IxDA Discuss] UX Presentation to the CEO? Does anyone have any good slide-decks or talks that you would reference in creating a presentation to the CEO? Goals - make them see the void without design - suggest an alternative to feature-lists going directly to engineering - inspire them on a business level, educate them to a "Business Week" level of design thinking - suggest the cultural changes that are necessary and the change that must occur ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
