It was a number of years ago. I was presenting at a Tourism industry conference somewhere in the Midwest and was among the audience for the lunch speaker.
After the presentation concluded, a DMO friend came up to say that she had the best time watching me watch the speaker. "You didn't smile once," she quipped. So, yeah...I'm a critic. Which, isn't my most endearing quality, I guess. But, I am.
I'm also exceptionally competitive. And, when I see a presenter with a better slide deck, I make sure that my next deck is better than theirs next time. When I see a better open or close, I double down to make sure that won't happen again.
I say all that as a preface to sharing a clip from an old friend that has simply dominated in a niche market even tighter than ours in Destination Marketing. Bill Guertin (yeah, we're part of the BG brotherhood) has just developed a Powerpoint-free presentation that is really unique.
It's called the "7 Voices in Your Head" (the trailer is here)...and, if you are engaged in the selection of speakers for your next event, you should give this a look/listen.
Well played, my friend. So well played.
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